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COLLECTIONS 


JAN  SO  1934 


NEW  JERSEY 


HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 


YOLUME  V. 


NEWARK,  N.  J. 
PUBLISHED   BY   THE  SOCIETY, 

1858. 


OFFICERS 

OF  THE 

]\'EW  JERSEY  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

ELECTED  1858. 


Hox.  JOSEPH  C.  HORNBLOWER,  LL.  D.,  President,  Newark. 

Hon.  JAMES  PARIOiR,  1st  Vice  President,  Perth  Avihoy. 

Hon.  WM.  A.  DUER,  LL.  D.,  2d       "     "  Morristoicn. 

Hon.  WM.  L.  DAYTON,  LL.  D.,  3d  "     "  Trenton. 

WILLIAM  A.  WHITEHEAD,  Corresponding  Secretary,  Newark. 

DAVID  A.  HAYES,  Recording  Secretary,  Newark. 

SAMUEL  H.  CONGAR,  Treasurer  and  Libr.veian,  Newark^ 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

ARCHER  GIFFORD,  Esq.,  Newark. 

Rev.  NICHOLAS  MURRAY,  D.  D.,  Elizabethtown. 

Hon.  DUDLEY  S.  GREGORY,  Jersey  City. 

Hon.  henry  W.  GREEN,  Trenton. 

Hon.  WILLIAM  P.  ROBESON,  Beloidere. 

RICHARD  S.  FIELD,  Esq.,  Princeton. 

Rev.  RAVAUD  K.  RODGERS,  Bound  Brook. 

Hon.  WILLIAM  PENNINGTON,  Newark. 

PETER  S.  DURYEE,  Esq.,  Newark. 


COMMITTEE  ON  PUBLICATIONS. 

Rev.  NICHOLAS  MURRAY,  D.  D., 
RICHARD  S.  FIELD, 
WILLIAM  A.  WHITEHEAD, 
SAMUEL  H.  PENNINGTON,  M.  D., 
HENRY  W.  GREEN. 


New    (Tertey    Ui&forical     5ocie.4./ 


AN 


I 


\MLYTICAL  INDEX 


COLONIAL  DOCUMENTS  OF  NEW  JERSEY, 

U  THE  STATE  PAPER  OFFICES  OF  E^^GLAND. 

COJIPILED   BY 

HE^RY  *'STEVEXS. 


WITH  NOTES,  AND  EEFEEENCES  TO  PRINTED  WORKS  AND  MANUSCRIPTS 
IN  OTHER  DEPOSITORIES. 


WILLIAM  A.  WHITEHEAD. 


NEW  YORK  : 

PUBLISHED  FOR  THE  SOCIETY. 

D.     APPLETON    AND     COM  PA  NY 

1858. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1858,  by 

WILLIAM  A.  WHITEHEAD, 

In  behalf  of  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  in  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  United 
States  District  Court  for  tlie  District  of  New  Jersey. 


JOHN  F.  TROW, 

PEIKTER,   8TERE0TYPEE,   AND  ELECTP.OTTPEE, 

877  &  379  Broadway,  New  York. 


PREFACE. 


Every  Historian  has  had  occasion  to  regret  that  so  much 
ill-requited  labor,  if  not  positive  loss,  both  of  time  and  mo- 
ney, should  have  been  entailed  upon  him,  through  want  of 
information  as  to  the  source  whence,  with  the  greatest  ease 
and  with  the  least  liability  to  error,  he  could  have  drawn  his 
facts  and  illustrations.  Often  has  he  found  that  his  exer- 
tions merely  served  to  open  some  outer  galleries,  indicating 
the  existence  of  a  hidden  depository  of  treasure  to  which 
they  led,  but  which  to  him  was  inaccessible  ;  and  in  doubt 
as  to  its  extent  and  actual  character,  he  has  felt  disposed  to 
relinquish  his  undertaking  in  despair  of  giving  to  his  work 
the  completeness  or  the  value  he  designed. 

To  relieve  the  inquirer  into  the  history  of  New  Jersey 
from  much  of  this  labor  and  attendant  disappointment,  is 
the  object  of  this  volume  ;  which,  in  its  present  form  and 
dimensions,  bears  but  a  slight  similitude  to  what  was  first 
projected  :  and  its  character  and  aims,  as  well  as  the  diffi- 
culties which  had  to  be  surmounted  in  its  preparation,  may 
best  be  illustrated  by  a  narrative  of  the  events  connected 
therewith,  from  its  first  inception  to  its  publication. 

In  1841  the  State  of  New  York,  recognizing  the  duty  of 
securing  to  its  citizens  the  possession,  if  possible,  of  an  un- 
broken record  of  incidents  connected  with  the  rise  and  pro- 
gress of  their  great  and  prosperous  Commonwealth,  commis- 
sioned Mr.  John  Komeyn  Brodhead  to  proceed  to  Europe 
for  the  purpose  of  procuring  originals  or  copies  of  all  papers 


VI  PREFACE. 

relating  to  its  history,  that  might  be  found  in  the  State  Pa- 
per Offices  of  England,  Holland  and  France  ;  and  for  three 
years  that  gentleman  assiduously  devoted  himself  to  the  task 
assigned  him,  enriching  the  archives  of  his  native  State 
with  a  large  and  valuable  collection  of  public  documents, 
without  which,  not  only  its  own  history,  but  also  that  of 
several  other  States  of  the  Union,  would  have  remained  veiy 
imperfectly  understood. 

A  correspondence  with  Mr.  Brodhead  while  in  Europe 
having  made  it  evident  that  no  better  opportunity  would 
probably  ever  be  afforded,  to  obtain  information  which  had 
long  been  desired  relative  to  the  official  documents  existing 
in  the  public  depositories  in  England,  referring  to  New  Jer- 
sey, it  was  thought  that,  could  their  attention  be  properly 
directed  to  the  importance  of  the  measure,  the  Legislators 
of  the  State  might  be  induced  to  emulate,  to  some  extent, 
the  patriotic  and  Hberal  course  of  their  New  York  contempo- 
raries, by  engaging  Mr.  Brodhead  to  make  the  necessary  re- 
searches in  their  behalf. 

The  co-operation  of  Mr.  William  Paterson,  Member  of 

the  Assembly  from  Middlesex  County,  having  been  enlisted, 

the  following  Eesolution  was  offered  for  the  consideration  of 

that  Body  on  31st  January,  1843  : — 

"  Resolved^  That  a  select  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  in- 
quire into  the  expediency  of  authorizing  the  Governor  to  ascertain 
through  the  Agent  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at  present  in  Eng- 
land, procuring  copies  of  documents  referring  to  the  early  history  of 
that  State,  what  is  the  character  and  extent,  and  what  would  be  the 
probable  cost  of  obtaining  copies  of  similar  documents  iu  the  Eug- 
lish  Archives  referring  to  New  Jersey." 

This  resolution  on  the  8th  February  was  referred  to  a 
Special  Committee,  but  it  was  so  near  the  close  of  the  ses- 
sion that  no  report  was  made. 

The  ensuing  autumn  Governor  Haines,  in  his  Annual 
Message  to  the  Legislature,  alluded  to  the  subject  in  appro- 
priate terms,  and  urged  the  adoption  of  such  measures  as 
were  contemplated  by  the  resolution  offered  at  the  previous 


PREFACE.  vii 

session.  This  portion  of  the  Message  having  been  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  the  Judiciary  in  the  House  of  Assem- 
bly, a  report  was  received  from  them  on  the  16th  January, 
1844,  as  follows  : — 

"  Repoii^  of  the  Judiciary  Committee  on  the  subject  of  the  Colonial 
Records  of  New  Jersey.  January  IG,  18-i4. 
"  The  Committee  to  wlueli  was  referred  tlie  resokition  instructing 
an  inquiry  to  be  made  '  into  tbe  expediency  of  authorizing  the  Gov- 
ernor to  ascertain,  through  the  agent  of  the  State  of  New  York,  at 
present  in  England,  procuring  documents  referring  to  the  early  his- 
tory of  New  York,  what  is  the  character  and  extent,  and  what  would 
be  the  probable  cost  of  obtaining  copies  of  similar  documents  in  the 
English  archives,  relative  to  New  Jersey,'  and  also  that  portion  of 
the  Governor's  message  referring  to  the  colonial  records  of  New 
Jersey,  would  report  the  following,  as  the  result  of  their  investiga- 
tions : — 

"  The  committee  are  persuaded  that  the  nature  of  the  inquiry,  as 
contained  in  the  resolution  under  which  they  act,  and  the  impor- 
tance of  the  subject  which  they  have  had  under  consideration,  will 
commend  themselves  not  only  to  the  favorable  notice  of  both 
branches  of  the  Legislature,  but  will  also  be  a  matter  of  general  in- 
terest to  the  people  of  the  State.  There  are  many  transactions  con- 
nected with  the  early  settlement  and  history  of  New  Jersey,  which, 
from  inadequacy  of  authentic  information,  or  from  a  want  of  means 
wherewith  to  obtain  the  necessary  documents  and  papers,  the  histo- 
rian has  been  unable  to  record.  Those  events  occurred  during  the 
period  in  which  New  Jersey  was  a  colony  of  Great  Britain,  and  the 
memorials  of  them,  or  so  much  as  may  be  necessary  to  complete  the 
chain  of  our  imperfect  history,  are  to  be  found  on  file  in  the  diifer- 
ent  depai'tmeuts  of  the  British  Government.  It  is  but  natural  and 
reasonable  to  suppose,  from  the  connection  which  so  long  subsisted 
between  the  colonies  and  the  mother  country,  that  many  records, 
perhaps  in  a  great  measure  useless  to  those  in  whose  possession  they 
are  kept  only  to  moulder  and  decay,  are  lodged  in  those  deposito- 
ries, that  could  throw  much  light  around  the  dimness  of  our  early 
political  existence ;  and  every  effort  to  procure  correct  and  accurate 
information  respecting  those  papers,  cannot  but  be  regarded  with 
general  approbation.  Other  States  have  paved  the  way  in  this  en- 
terprise and  those  exertions,  and  surely  it  is  not  only  proper,  but  it 
should  also  be  the  pride  of  New  Jersey,  to  emulate  the  examples  of 
her  sister  States.  It  is,  perhaps,  a  matter  of  regret  that  an  associa- 
tion, similar  to  the  Historical  Society  of  New  York,  has  not  been 
formed  in  New  Jersey,  to  collect  materials  and  obtain  information 
on  this  subject ;  but  even  if  there  had  been  such  an  institution,  its 
efforts  would  have  been  useless  and  unavailing  without  the  aid  and 


Viii  PREFACE. 

assistance  of  the  State.  Nevertheless,  through  its  agency,  the  at- 
tention of  the  Legislature  might  have  been  directed  to  this  object 
at  an  earlier  period,  and  that  body  been  induced  to  have  taken  at 
least  some  preliminary  steps  in  the  investigation.  The  facilities 
which  might  have  been  derived  from  such  a  source,  and  which  would 
have  been  of  material  importance  in  enabling  the  committee  to  make 
a  full  and  satisfactory  inc^uiry,  have  been  kindly  furnished  by  a  citi- 
zen of  this  State,  who  has  devoted  much  time  and  industry  to  the 
examination  of  the  history  of  New  Jersey,  and  to  whose  researches 
the  committee  are  indebted  for  whatever  of  interest  or  value  is  em- 
bodied in  this  report. 

"  Until  within  a  few  years,  the  English  offices,  wherein  these  rec- 
ords have  long  been  slumbering  unnoticed,  and  almost  unknown, 
have  been  closed  to  the  American  historian.  But  they  are  now  no 
longer  sealed  depositories  :  their  doors  have  been  opened,  and  they 
are  the  source  from  whence  the  circumstances  connected  with  the 
settlement  and  early  history  of  our  country  can  be  more  perfectly 
understood  and  better  known.  A  vast  collection  of  documents, 
forming  an  almost  unbroken  series  of  historical  papers,  from  the  ear- 
liest period  of  English  discovery  and  settlement  in  America  to  the 
close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  are  there  preserved. 

"  In  the  '  State  Paper  Office'  is  found  the  correspondence  between 
the  Ministry  and  the  Governors  of  the  several  Colonies,  while  yet  they 
were  integral  parts  of  the  British  Empire,  and  also  communications, 
to  and  from  other  officers,  upon  civil  and  military  affaii's.  To  this 
office  have  recently  been  transferred,  also,  the  papers  of  the  '  Board 
of  Trade,'  which  succeeded  the  old  office  of  '  Lords  Commissioners 
for  Trade  and  Plantations,'  comprising  the  copies  of  the  Colonial 
laws,  journals  of  the  several  Legislatures,  and  all  such  documents 
as  relate  to  legislation,  courts,  Indian  affairs,  commerce,  manufac- 
tures, and  many  other  details  of  government,  as  were  transmitted 
to  England.  The  '  Privy  Council  Office  '  contains  the  instructions 
and  commissions  of  the  Governors,  the  decisions  of  the  Council  on 
the  Colonial  laws  in  cases  of  appeal,  &c.  All  these  papers  are  well 
preserved,  are  pronounced  very  complete  by  those  who  have  exam- 
ined them,  and  constitute  an  invaluable  mine  of  materials  for  the 
elucidation  of  American  history. 

"  It  may  very  properly  be  asked,  is  it  not  the  duty  of  the  General 
Government  to  procure  copies  of  all  these  documents  for  the  use  of 
the  people  of  the  United  States  ?  for  every  individual  has  some  in- 
terest in  their  contents.  Not  trusting,  however,  to  the  action  of 
Congress,  several  of  the  States,  as  has  been  previously  observed, 
have  themselves  entered  upon  the  work  of  collecting,  for  their  citi- 
zens, the  memorials  of  their  origin.  North  Carolina  has  taken  the 
preparatory  steps  of  obtaining  lists  of  the  papers  referring  to  her 
histury.  Georgia  and  South  Carolina,  and  individuals  in  behalf  of 
other  States,  it  is  believed,  have  completed  their  researches,  and 


PREFACE.  IX 

procured  copies.  New  York,  as  is  befitting  her  extent,  her  resources, 
and  the  elevated  rank  she  has  ever  held,  has  pursued,  and  is  a.till 
pursuing,  her  examinations  in  a  thorough  and  systematic  manner, 
which  will  place  the  State  in  possession  of  almost  every  document  of 
value  connected  with  its  provincial  history ;  and  the  Legislature  of 
that  State  has  a  standing  committee  on  Colonial  Records,  whose  busi- 
ness it  is  to  recommend  to  that  body  such  measures  and  appropria- 
tions as  may  be  necessary  to  facilitate  the  accomplishment  of  the  ob- 
ject. The  attention  of  her  agent,  J.  R.  Brodhead,  Esq.,  has  been 
directed  to  searches  in  Prance  and  Holland,  as  well  as  in  Great 
Britain,  and  it  is  a  matter  of  congratulation  that,  from  the  union 
which  existed  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  as  component 
parts  of  the  Province  of  New  Netherlands,  and  the  subsequent  close 
connection  of  interests,  the  labors  of  our  sister  State  necessarily 
enlighten  our  early  history  as  well  as  her  own. 

"  While  these  States  and  others  have,  thi-ough  their  historical  so- 
cieties or  the  enterprise  of  their  Legislative  bodies,  thus  greatly  les- 
sened the  labors  of  the  general  historian.  New  Jersey  has  done 
comparatively  nothing,  although  her  history  is  as  rich  in  incidents  as 
almost  any  other  State  in  the  Union.  It  is  true  her  Legislature 
have  shown  a  commendable  and  praiseworthy  spirit  in  reprinting  the 
minutes  and  proceedings  of  the  Provincial  Congress  that  framed  the 
Constitution,  and  this,  and  the  recent  geological  survey,  which  she 
caused  to  be  made,  cannot  but  be  regarded  as  testimonials  of  her 
desire  as  well  to  develope  the  natural  resources  of  the  State,  as  to 
rescue  its  early  history  from  oblivioa.  But  there  is  still  a  wide  field 
open.  There  are  dark  pages  in  that  history,  and  mysterious  clouds 
which  cover  the  origin  and  growth  of  many  political  measures  and 
opinions,  the  influence  of  which  was  not  confined  exclusively  to  the 
past ;  and  the  records  which  may  enlighten  the  former  and  dispel 
the  latter,  in  all  probability  exist  in  these  depositories ;  foi-,  so  far 
as  they  refer  to  the  history  of  New  Jersey,  these  papers  are  an  un- 
broken field  of  research.  No  historian  hfis  ever  illustrated  it  by 
reference  to  them,  except  Chalmers,  and  he  only  to  a  very  limited 
extent  and  in  a  very  imperfect  manner.  The  historian  Grrahame, 
writing  to  a  gentleman  in  this  country  in  IS-tO,  lamented  the  '  wo- 
ful  voids  in  the  early  histories  of  Rhode  Island,  Maryland,  and  New 
Jersey ; '  and  so  far  as  New  Jersey  is  concerned,  those  voids  will 
remain,  unless  the  documentary  evidence  existing  in  England  be  se- 
cured. 

"  The  Provincial  history  of  New  Jersey  is  divided  into  two  pe- 
riods :  the  first  comprising  the  Proprietary  Government,  and  extend- 
ing to  the  year  1702 ;  the  second  from  1702  to  the  Revolutionary 
war,  during  which  the  Royal  Provincial  Government  existed.  Re- 
ferring to  the  first  period,  there  is  a  most  valuable  coUectiou  of  doc- 
uments in  '  The  Grants,  Concessions,  and  Original  Constitutions  of 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey,'  compiled  principally  from  the  Pro- 


X  PREFACE. 

prietary  Records,  under  the  autbority  of  the  Assembly,  and  published 
in  1758,  by  virtue  of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature.  And  the  proprie- 
tary offices  of  East  and  West  Jersey  contain,  in  addition,  much  val- 
uable information ;  but  there  are  numerous  chasms,  for  the  filling  up 
of  which  they  afford  few,  if  any,  materials.  It  is  possible  that  the 
papers  transferred  to  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Trade  and  Plan- 
tations, on  the  surrender  of  the  Government  to  the  Crown,  in  1702, 
will  furnish  these.  The  despatches  of  the  Governors  are,  alone,  of 
great  value,  for  only  five  or  six  have  ever  been  rendered  available  in 
illustrating  the  events  of  that  period.  It  may  well  be  supposed  that, 
under  such  circumstances,  there  is  yet  much  to  be  learned  relative  to 
the  progress  of  the  Province  from  year  to  year ;  and  however  local 
the  tendency  of  such  researches  may  be,  they  cannot  be  otherwise 
than  serviceable  generally,  for  the  most  trivial  circumstance  fre- 
quently constitutes  the  all-important  link  in  a  chain  of  events  lead- 
ing to  results  most  extensively  felt. 

"  Of  the  second  period,  (eighty  years  in  duration,)  there  are  com- 
paratively few  official  documents,  other  than  the  minutes  of  the  Leg- 
islature and  the  records  of  the  Courts.  Very  little  is  known  of  the 
character  and  extent  of  the  correspondence  between  the  Governors 
and  the  Ministry,  and,  without  some  more  definite  knowledge  re- 
specting it,  the  true  relations  existing  between  New  Jersey  and  the 
mother  country,  during  the  whole  of  that  period,  must,  of  necessity, 
be  imperfectly  understood. 

"  In  the  jjreface  to  his  im.partial  and  eloquent  history  of  the  United 
States,  the  late  Mr.  Grahame  thus  alludes  to  the  annals  of  the  coun- 
try in  whose  elevation  among  the  nations  of  the  earth  he  took  so 
great  an  interest  :  '  There'  never  has  been  a  people  on  whose  charac- 
ter their  own  historical  recollections  were  calculated  to  exercise  a 
more  animating  or  salutary  influence  *  *  *  *.  The  origin  of  the 
nation,  and  the  rise  and  progress  of  its  institutions,  may  be  distinctly 
ascertained ;  and  the  people  enabled  to  acquire  a  complete  and  accu- 
rate conception  of  the  character  of  their  earliest  national  ancestors, 
as  well  as  of  every  succeeding  generation  through  which  the  inherit- 
ance of  the  national  name  and  fortunes  has  devolved  upon  them- 
selves *****.  A  more  elevated  model  of  human  character 
could  hardly  be  proposed  to  the  imitation  of  the  inhabitants  of  New 
England,  Pennsylvania,  and  some  others  of  the  North  American 
States,  than  that  which  their  own  early  history  bequeaths  to  them. 
They  will  cherish  a  generous  and  profitable  self-respect,  while  they 
comply  with  the  canon  of  Divine  wisdom,  '  to  remember  the  days  of 
old,  and  consider  the  years  of  many  generations.'  If  ive  thus  esti- 
mate the  advantages  of  a  recorded  lineage,  thus  revere  the  founders 
of  the  commonwealth,  and  would  thus  profit  by  the  consideration  of 
their  history,  it  behooves  us  to  seek  the  preservation  of  every  me- 
morial of  '  the  days  of  old  '  that  may  present  to  this  and  future 
generations,    iu    their    true    colors,  every  fact,    every  motive,    and 


PKHFACE.  XI 

every  action,  bearing  upon  the  establishment,  in  this  Western  Hemis- 
phere, of  those  principles  of  civil  and  religious  liberty  upon  which 
are  based  the  Government  and  institutions  under  whose  protection 
we  now  exist. 

"  In  the  foregoing  remarks,  the  committee  trust  it  has  been  made 
sufficiently  apparent,  that  the  due  illusti-atioa  of  the  early  history  of 
the  State  calls  for  some  measures  whereby  the  documents  adverted 
to  may  be  secured ;  and  the  propriety  of  some  action  at  the  present 
time  will  now  be  noticed. 

"  The  agent  of  New  York,  now  being  engaged  in  the  selection  and 
transcription  of  papers  for  that  State,  the  appointment  of  a  special 
agent  to  carry  out  the  views  of  the  Legislature,  and  the  consequent 
increased  expense,  may  be  avoided  by  securing  his  services  ;  as  it  is 
presumed,  from  the  close  connection  which  once  existed  between  the 
two  Provinces,  already  alluded  to,  he  has  in  some  measure  become 
aware  of  the  number  and  character  of  the  documents  referring  to 
New  Jersey. 

"  It  must  also  be  borne  in  mind,  that  from  the  repeated  applica- 
tions made  for  access  to  the  English  archives,  or  from  some  other 
cause,  the  request  of  the  State  of  New  York  was  not  acceded  to  in 
a  way  to  offer  any  hope  of  a  satisfactory  examination  of  the  papers, 
and  considerable  delay  was  experienced  before  the  objections  were 
removed.  It  is  therefore  wise  to  avail  ourselves  of  the  opportu- 
nity now  offered,  lest  at  some  future  period  less  courtesy  may  be 
extended,  and  obstacles  be  presented  that  may  not  be  so  readily  re- 
moved. 

"  While  the  committee  are  satisfied  of  the  value  of  these  historical 
documents,  they  do  not  feel  authorized  to  exceed  the  bounds  of  the 
inquiry  with  which  they  are  charged.  The  information  in  their  pos- 
session does  not  enable  them  to  form  any  conception  of  the  extent 
of  the  papers,  and  consequently  of  the  expense  that  would  be  in- 
curred in  procuring  copies.  But  they  would  recommend  that  pre- 
paratory steps  be  taken  to  obtain  lists,  or  indexes,  having  reference 
to  the  character  and  length  of  each  paper,  and  where  deposited ;  a 
measure  complete  in  itself,  inasmuch  as  the  transcription  of  selected 
papers  is  only  permitted  by  authorized  clerks  in  the  several  offices, 
and  attended  with  beneficial  effects  even  should  nothing  else  be 
done. 

"  With  sucb  indexes,  greater  discrimination  may  be  exercised  in 
the  selection  hereafter,  of  such  documents  of  which  copies  may  be 
desired ;  or  should  the  intervention  of  the  Legislature  stop  here, 
•which  the  committee  hardly  consider  probable,  they  will  give  to 
every  citizen  requisite  information  of  any  documentary  evidence  there 
existing,  referring  to  any  fact  iu  our  history.  This  course  has  been 
pursued  by  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  the  Legislature  of  which, 
during  the  last  year,  caused  their  indexes  to  be  printed  for  the  use 
•  of  the  people,  in  itself  a  valuable  aid  to  the  historian,  in  matters  re- 
lating to  that  Province. 


xii  PREFACE. 

"  The  committee  are  aware  that,  in  this  investigation,  they  have 
exceeded  the  usual  limits  of  a  Legislative  report,  and  it  may,  per- 
haps, be  thought  that  they  have  been  unnecessarily  long  and  minute, 
but  they  could  not  go  into  a  satisfactory  examination  of  the  subject 
of  inquiry  without  entering  somewhat  in  detail  into  a  statement  of 
the  points  and  facts  necessary  to  a  full  understanding  and  illustra- 
tion of  its  importance.  This  is  the  first  time  that  any  definite  ac- 
tion or  recommendation  has  been  had  with  regard  to  this  matter ; 
and  if  the  Legislature  deem  it  inexpedient  to  carry  out  the  views  of 
the  committee  at  this  time,  which  it  is  hoped  will  not  be  the  case, 
some  future  Legislature,  if  disposed  to  act,  may  have  the  benefit  of 
the  light  and  evidence  with  which  this  committee  have  been  fur- 
nished to  prepare  this  report. 

"  With  these  views,  the  committee  would  recommend  the  sub- 
joined resolutions  for  adoption. 

"  Resolved^  {Council  concurring,)  That  the  Governor  be  authorized 
to  obtain,  through  J.  11.  Brodhead,  Historical  Agent  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  at  present  in  England,  engaged  in  procuring  copies  of 
papers  referring  to  the  history  of  that  State,  or  through  the  agency 
of  some  other  qualified  person  resident  of  London — 

"  A  list  of  all  documents  and  papers  in  the  English  ofiices  refer- 
ring to  the  histoi-y  of  the  Provinces  of  East  and  West  Jersey,  of 
dates  between  1664  and  1702 ;  indicating  the  purport,  length,  and 
place  of  deposit  of  each  paper. 

"  A  similar  list  of  such  documents  and  papers  referring  to  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey  from  the  year  1702  to  the  Revolutionary 
war,  and 

"  An  estimate  of  the  probable  cost  of  transcribing  said  documents 
for  the  use  of  the  State. 

"  Resolved,  That  one  thousand  dollars  be  appropriated  to  carry 
out  the  foregoing  resolutions." 

As  tlie  proposed  measure  had  been  received  with  general 
favor  by  the  Press  throughout  the  State,  and  been  apjoroved 
of  by  the  most  intelligent  and  eminent  citizens,  it  caused 
much  surprise,  when,  on  the  10th  February,  the  resolutions 
reported  by  the  Committee  failed  to  secure  the  approbation  of 
the  Assembly," 

In  January,  1845,  Governor  Haines  again  solicited  the 
attention  of  the  legislature  to  the  subject,  and  it  was  referred 
in  the  Council  to  a  Special  Committee,  which,  on  the  25th 
March  ensuing,  submitted  a  report  adopting  the  views  and 
recommendations  of  the  Assembly's  Committee  of  the  pre- 

*  They  were  lost — ayes  23,  nays  31. 


PREFACE.  Xlil 

ceding  legislature,  with  the  additional  suggestion,  that  the 
inquiries  relative  to  the  historical  memorials  of  the  State 
should  not  he  confined  to  the  archives  of  England  alone,  but 
he  extended  to  the  public  depositories  of  the  other  States 
of  the  Union  ;  but  no  better  result  attended  this  movement 
than  the  other,  although  throughout  the  State  there  was  a 
growing  sense  of  the  need  of  fuller  and  more  accurate  infor- 
mation respecting  its  early  history. 

It  was  on  the  27th  February  of  this  year,  1845,  that  a 
few  gentlemen  assembled  at  Trenton  and  framed  a  Constitu- 
tion for  a  Historical  Society,  an  association  which  has  ren- 
dered essential  service  in  rescuing  from  oblivion  the  fleeting 
memorials  of  the  past,  and  in  fostering  among  the  prominent 
citizens  of  diiferent  parts  of  the  State  that  community  of 
feeling  which  is  the  best  promotive  of  a  common  patriotism. 
The  attention  of  the  members  of  the  Society  was  naturally 
directed  to  the  measure  before  the  Legislature,  and  as  especial 
preservators  of  our  history,  they  presented  a  memorial  referring 
to  it  at  the  session  of  1846  ;  for  which  some  remarks  of 
Governor  Stratton,  in  his  inaugural  address,  seemed  to 
promise  a  favorable  reception. 

Being  referred  to  a  Special  Committee  in  the  Assembly 
on  the  19th  February,  the  following  Report  was  made  to  that 
Body  through  Mr.  Cannon,  the  Chairman  : 

"  Report  of  th^  Special  Committee  of  Assembly  on  the  subject  of 
our  Colonial  Documents  in  England  :   February  19,  1846. 

"  The  committee  to  whom  were  referred  the  memorials  from  the 
New  Jersey  Historical  Society  and  numerous  citizens,  respecting 
the  documents  connected  with  the  history  of  the  State,  at  present  in 
the  archives  of  England,  or  of  the  other  States  of  the  Union,  would 
respectfully  state : — 

"  That  after  such  investigation  as  they  have  been  enabled  to  make, 
they  have  become  satisfied  of  the  propriety  and  practicability  of  the 
ijieasures  asked  for  by  the  petitioners. 

"  The  aim  of  the  memorialists  is  to  secure  such  action  on  the  part 
of  the  legislature  as  will  insure  the  possession  of  copies  of  all  papers 
of  importance,  necessary  for  the  full  illustration  of  our  history,  which 
may  be  at  present  in  tlae  archives  of  the  several  States,  and  the  ob- 


xiv  RPEFACE. 

tainment  of  accurate  iDformation  respecting  the  character,  extent  and 
place  of  deposit  of  similar  historic  materials  in  England. 

"  At  different  sessions  since  that  of  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-two 
and  forty-three,  the  last-named  measure  has  been  presented  for  the  con- 
sideration of  the  legislature,  having  been  twice  recommended  to  its 
favorable  notice  by  Governor  Haines,  and  by  the  present  Executive, 
in  his  inaugural  address ;  and  two  reports  thereon  have  been  made, 
both  projects  having  been  referred  to  in  that  which  was  presented  to 
the  Senate  at  its  last  session.  A  reference  to  these  reports  will  ren- 
der unnecessary  as  particular  a  detail  of  the  circumstances  under 
which  the  application  is  made  as  would  otherwise  be  required,  and 
your  committee  will,  therefore,  as  briefly  as  possible,  present  the 
grounds  on  which  they  would  ask  for  the  favorable  consideration  of 
the  prayer  of  the  memorialists. 

"  Throughout  the  country,  for  some  years  past,  a  most  commend- 
able desire  has  been  manifested  to  preserve  such  of  its  early  annals 
as  have  escaped  the  destroying  influences  of  time  and  accident,  from 
further  detriment,  and  a  number  of  the  States,  through  their  histori- 
cal societies,  special  agencies,  or  individual  exertion  of  their  citizens, 
have  been  actively  engaged  in  securing,  in  every  quarter,  the  mate- 
rials essential  to  a  complete  development  of  every  portion  of  their 
past  history. 

"  To  the  English  archives  special  attention  has  been  directed ;  for 
from  the  relations  existing  between  Great  Britain  and  America,  be- 
fore the  Revolution,  the  various  offices  of  that  country  became  neces- 
sarily the  depositories  of  all  the  most  important  legislative,  judicial, 
commercial  and  statistical  documents  referring  to  the  several  prov- 
inces. Georgia  and  South  Carolina  have  secured  their  share  of  these 
papers  ;  North  Carolina  has  obtained  a  full  index  to  hers ;  Virginia 
and  Massachusetts  (perhaps  others)  are  understood  to  be  preparing 
for  similar  examinations,  and  New  York  has  recently  obtained  a 
mass  of  documents,  not  only  from  England,  but  also  from  France 
and  Holland,  almost  an  unbroken  series,  illustrating  her  history  from 
the  settlement  of  the  country  to  the  war  of  independence.  Why 
should  not  the  example  set  by  these  enlightened  States,  be  imitated 
by  New  Jersey  ? 

"  Much  of  the  whole  period  of  the  provincial  existence  of  New  Jer- 
sey is  an  unexplored  field  of  historical  inquiry,  and  it  has  remained 
so  far  too  long.  We  are  too  apt  to  consider  the  history  of  the  State 
as  dating  from  the  time  when,  in  common  with  the  other  colonies, 
she  threw  off  her  allegiance  to  Great  Britain  ;  but  the  war  which  ef- 
fected the  independence  of  the  country  was  the  termination  of  a 
chain  of  events,  the  links  of  which  bind  together  every  portion  of 
our  early  history ;  and  the 'why  and  wherefore'  of  the  Ilevolution 
can  best  be  discovered  by  an  attentive  examination  into  the  matters 
connected  with  the  progress  of  the  settlement  throughout  the  conti- 
nent.    We  may  erect  monuments  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  bat- 


PREFACE.  XV 

tie-fields,  but  we  should  also  observe  proper  precaution  to  preserve 
the  niemorv  of  those  who  first  promulgated  and  upheld  those  views 
of  public  liberty  and  inherent  rights,  for  which  those  battle-fields 
were  discolored  by  the  blood  of  patriots. 

"  It  seems  particularly  appropriate  for  New  Jersey,  at  the  present 
time,  to  adopt  some  measures  for  the  preservation  of  her  past  history, 
commencing,  as  she  is,  a  new  era  in  her  political  existence. 

"  Every  individual  who  feels  an  honest  pride  in  tracing  his  descent 
from  an  enterprising  and  virtuous  ancestry,  through  whom  a  valued 
estate  has  been  secured,  feels  also  an  interest  in  the  events  that 
marked  their  course  to  prosperity  and  honor,  and  gathers  from  their 
history  the  lessons  of  wisdom  and  experience :  and  so  should  it  be 
with  a  citizen  of  the  State.  He  has  inherited  a  patrimony  his  own 
arm  procured  not  for  him ;  it  was  not  by  the  sweat  of  his  brcmi  that 
the  wilderness  was  turned  into  the  fruitful  field ;  it  was  not  by  his 
enterprise  that  the  broad  land  has  been  filled  with  thriving  villages 
and  populous  cities;  nor  was  it  by  his  foresight  that  his  civil  and 
religious  liberties  were  secured  to  him.  He  has  taken  possession  of 
his  inheritance,  and  finds  himself  surrounded  by  blessings  which  ren- 
der the  responsibilities  of  occupancy  and  improvement  far  more 
weighty  ;  and  to  fit  himself  for  his  duties  and  to  enable  him  to  dis- 
charge the  debt  of  gratitude  he  owes  to  the  fathers  of  the  State,  a. 
recurrence  certainly  should  be  had  to  the  sentiments  and  measures 
of  the  men,  their  characters,  and  the  emergencies  they  triumphed 
over  in  creating,  under  God,  for  Am,  the  privileges  and  advantages 
he  enjoys. 

"  A  due  degree  of  watchfulness  over  the  safety  of  all  memorials  of 
the  past  should  undoubtedly  be  exercised  by  the  legislature,  and  the 
documents  which  have  been  referred  to  are  deserving  of  special  no- 
tice, containing  as  they  do  by  far  the  most  important  (in  some  cases 
the  only)  records  of  our  history  during  the  periods  to  which  they  re- 
late, in  them  may  he  the  correspondence  of  the  Proprietary  Gov- 
ernors, and  other  papers  of  which  nothing  is  known  at  present,  re- 
ferring to  that  interesting  portion  of  our  history  which  preceded  the 
erection  of  New  Jersey  into  a  regal  government ;  but  they  certainly 
comprise  all  the  oflicial  documents  (excepting  the  minutes  of  the  le- 
gislature, the  records  of  the  courts,  and  a  few  others  of  an  important 
character,  which  the  State  may  possess)  connected  with  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  public  affairs  of  New  Jersey  from  seventeen  hundred 
and  two  to  seventeen  hundred  and  seventy-six.  It  was  justly  re- 
marked in  the  report  of  the  judiciary  committee  in  eighteen  hundred 
and  forty-four,  that  '  very  little  is  kaowQ  of  the  character  aiid  ex- 
tent of  the  correspondence  between  the  governors  and  the  ministry, 
and  without  some  more  definite  knowledge  respecting  it,  the  true  rela- 
tions existing  between  New  Jersey  and  the  mother  country  during  the 
whole  of  that  period,  must,  of  necessity,  be  imperfectly   understood.' 

"  If  these  views  of  your  committee  as  to  the  value  of  these  papers 


xvi  PREFACE. 

are  correct,  the  question  arises  how  can  the  information  they  contain 
be  made  available  to  the  New  Jersey  statesman  or  historian  ?  Some 
of  the  difSculties  attendant  upon  the  decision  of  this  question,  are  stated 
by  the  late  Executive  of  the  State.  '  One  plan  is,'  said  Governor 
Haines,  in  his  message  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-five, 
*  to  employ  an  agent  there,  to  procure  copies  of  such  documents  as 
may  interest  us.  But  great  difficulty  will  be  found  in  communi- 
cating to  him  what  we  need.  To  send  an  agent  expressly,  according 
to  another  plan  proposed,  must  be  attended  with  very  considerable 
expense.' 

"The  committee  do  not  consider  the  prayer  of  the  memorials  re- 
ferred to  them,  to  extend  to  the  obtainment  of  these  papers  or  of 
copies,  but  of  definite  information  respecting  them ;  and  this  they 
conceive  can  be  procured  without  the  expense  of  a  special  agent,  as  is 
proved  by  the  success  of  North  Carolina ;  a  list  of  her  papers  having 
been  obtained  through  the  intervention  of  the  Minister  of  the  United 
States  to  that  country.  The  course  they  would  recommend  is  plainly 
set  forth  in  the  report  made  to  the  Senate  at  the  last  session,  as 
follows : — 

"  '  The  committee  are  informed  that  no  one  is  permitted  to  perform 
any  clerical  duty  in  connection  with  the  State  paper  offices,  except- 
ing the  persons  attached  thereto,  and  therefore,  as  any  list  or  memo- 
randum respecting  the  New  Jersey  papers  would  have  to  be  ob- 
tained from  the  regular  officers,  subject  to  the  payment  of  the  usual 
fees,  it  would  only  be  requisite  for  the  executive  to  designate  the 
form  in  which  that  list  or  memorandum  should  be  made  out,  to  have 
an  analysis  of  each  enumerated  document.  The  specific  character  of 
the  lists  would  necessarily  enhance  the  value  of  the  services  rendered; 
but  possession  of  them  would  enable  the  authorities  of  the  State  to 
determine  which  papers  were  of  importance,  which  of  them  obtain- 
able on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  and  otherwise  discriminate  judi  - 
ciously  how  far  the  process  of  transcribing  at  any  future  period 
should  be  carried,  and  thereby  save  to  the  State,  in  all  probability, 
an  expenditure  of  large  sums  for  copies  of  papers  obtainable  else- 
where at  a  cheaper  rate.' 

"  Your  committee  believe  that  such  a  course  would  supersede  all 
necessity  for  employing  a  special  agent  to  procure  copies  of  these 
papers  at  any  future  period,  should  that  measure  be  eventually 
adopted.  It  is  desirable  that  the  legislature  should  avail  itself  of 
the  opportunity  now  afforded  to  obtain  access  to  these  papers ;  for 
independent  of  the  danger  which  must  ever  attend  the  existence  of 
such  perishable  memorials,  they  are  held  at  the  will  of  a  foreign 
government,  which  at  any  time  may  close  them  to  us  effectually  and 
forever. 

'*  In  relation  to  the  historic  memorials  in  possession  of  the  other 
States,  referring  to  New  Jersey,  your  committee  would  remark  that 
in  the  archives  of  New  York  in  particular,  there  are  many  of  special 


PRKFACE.  XVII 

interest.  From  the  discovery  of  the  country  until  sixteen  hundred 
and  sixty-four,  and  subsequently  in  sixteen  hundred  and  seventy-four, 
New  Jersey  was  under  the  domination  of  the  Dutch,  and  the  records 
of  those  periods,  or  as  many  as  have  been  preserved,  can  only  be 
found  at  Albany.  From  seventeen  hundred  and  two  until  seventeen 
hundred  and  thirty-eight,  New  York  and  New  Jersey  were  asso- 
ciated under  the  same  governor,  and  their  close  relation  created  a 
community  of  interest  in  various  documents,  the  originals  or  copies 
of  which  are  now  in  the  oflBce  of  the  Secretary  of  the  former  State, 
as  well  as  others  relating  to  matters  which  gave  occasion  to  corre- 
spondence between  the  two  governments  at  other  periods.  Papers  of 
similar  import  may  exist  in  the  archives  of  other  States,  and  as  your 
committee  believe  that  copies  of  them  might  be  obtained  at  little  ex- 
pense, it  seems  to  them  desirable  that  the  legislature  should  adopt 
measures  to  secure  them. 

With  these  views  the  subjoined  resolutions  are  submitted  and 
their  adoption  recommended : 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey^  That  the  Governor  be  authorized  to  obtain,  through 
the  intervention  of  the  Minister  of  the  United  States  in  London,  and 
such  other  persons  as  may  be  necessary,  from  the  proper  officers  of 
the  State  Paper  Department  of  England,  a  list  or  lists  of  all  docu- 
ments and  papers  in  the  English  archives,  referring  to  the  history 
of  the  provinces  of  East  and  West  Jersey ;  of  dates  between  sixteen 
hundred  and  sixty-four  and  seventeen  hundred  and  two,  indicating 
the  purport,  length  and  place  of  deposit  of  each  paper,  and  a  similar 
list  of  such  documents  and  papers  referring  to  the  province  of  New 
Jersey,  from  seventeen  hundred  and  two  to  seventeen  hundred  and 
eighty-three,  with  an  estimate  of  the  probable  cost  of  transcribing 
such  documents  for  the  use  of  the  State. 

Mesolvedj  That  the  sum  of dollars  be  appropriated  to  carry 

out  the  foregoing  resolution. 

Mesolved,  That  the  'Governor  be  authorized  to  apply  to  the 
proper  authorities  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  of  such  other  States 
as  may  possess  such  historic  materials,  for  permission  to  have  copies 
made,  by  proper  persons  by  him  appointed,  of  such  documents  or 
papers,  existing  in  their  archives,  as  refer  to  the  history  of  New  Jer- 
sey ',  and  that  a  sum,  not  exceeding dollars,  is  hereby  appro- 
priated towards  defraying  the  expense  that  may  be  thereby  incurred ; 
the  said  transcripts  or  copies  to  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State. 

Again  were  the  friends  of  the  project  disappointed.  Ke- 
quiring  a  majority  of  two-thirds,  the  resolutions  failed,  *  and 
no  better  success  attended  their  efforts  the  ensuing  year.    The 

*  The  vote  was — 29  ayes,  17  najs. 

B 


Xviii  PREFACE. 

Historical  Society,  in  consequence,  determined  to  cease  their 
importunities,  and  endeavor  to  effect  their  object  through 
private  enterprise.  A  committee  was  therefore  raised  on 
29th  May,  1847,  "  to  obtain  subscription  from  members  and 
others  interested  in  the  History  of  the  State,  towards  a  fund 
to  be  expended  in  obtaining  an  Analytical  List  of  the  Colo- 
nial Documents  to  be  deposited  in  the  Library  of  the  Society  ;" 
but  at  the  request  of  some  of  the  members,  another  applica- 
tion to  the  Legislature  was  authorized  on  the  16th  Septem- 
ber ;  and  a  Committee,  of  which  General  Wall  was  made 
Chairman,  was  charged  with  that  duty.* 

This  Committee's  efforts  proving  unavailing  up  to  the 
18th  January,  1849,  the  Society,  on  that  day,  at  a  meeting 
held  in  Trenton  during  the  session  of  the  legislature,  after 
some  discussion  in  the  presence  of  many  of  the  members,  ap- 
pointed another  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  R.  S.  Field 
and  W.' A.  Whitehead,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Murray,  authorized  to 
urge  upon  the  representatives  of  the  people  the  adoption  of 
the  wished-for  measures  without  delay,  as  the  presence  in 
London  of  Mr.  Brodhead,  the  former  Agent  of  New  York,  as 
Secretary  of  Legation  from  the  United  States,  and  of  Mr. 
Henry  Stevens,  who  possessed  peculiar  facilities  for  obtaining 
access  to  the  State  Paper  offices — both  of  them  honorary 
members  of  the  Society,  and  interested  in  its  success, — prom- 
ised results  that  might  not  be  secured  at  another  time. 

The  gentlemen  of  the  Committee  were  so  favored  as  to  be 
allowed  an  opportunity  of  addressing  the  members  of  both 
Houses,  and  others,  in  the  Assembly  Chamber  on  the  evening 
of  13th  February,  and  earnestly  advocated  the  proposed 
measures  as  called  for  ;  not  only  for  the  purposes  of  the  histo- 
rian, but  for  those  of  the  Statesman  and  Jurist  as  well ;  the 
records  of  the  Legislative,  Executive  and  Judicial  Depart- 
ment of  the  State  all  being  incomplete,  and  requiring  eluci- 

*  To  facilitate  the  action  of  the  Committee,  ithe  Corresponding  Secretary  of 
the  Society  addressed  a  communication  to  the  Governor  on  14th  December,  pre- 
senting the  subject  anew  for  his  consideration,  and  again  on  the  25th  January, 
1848.     See  Proceedings  of  Society,  Vol.  III.  p.  65. 


PREFACE.  XIX 

dation  from  the  English  archives  ; — but  no  action  was  taken 
upon  the  subject  ; — the  Committees  to  whom  it  was  referred 
making  no  reports.  One  further  attempt  was  made  during 
the  session  of  1850,  to  induce  the  Legislature  to  procure  copies 
of  their  missing  minutes,  which  were  known  to  be  in  England, 
but  the  House  of  Assembly  gave  no  attention  to  the  subject, 
and  in  the  Senate  only  two  votes  were  recorded  in  its  favor. 

It  was  evident  that  private  enterprise  and  patriotism  must 
be  resorted  to  if  success  were  desired  ;  and  the  late  Hon. 
James  Gore  King,  then  a  most  efficient  member  of  the  So- 
ciety, generously  leading  the  way  by  a  proffer  of  one-fifth  of 
the  entire  expense,  a  sufficient  sum  was  soon  secured,  and  the 
services  of  Mr.  Henry  Stevens  engaged.  His  letter  of  in- 
structions was  as  follows  : — 

TO  HENRY  STEVENS,  ESQ.,  LONDON. 

New  Jersey  Historical  Society,    ) 
Newark,  Jfay  10th,  1849.        \ 
Dear  Sir, 

As  you  have  entered  upon  the  task  of  procuring  an  Analytical 
Index  to  the  documents  and  other  historical  materials  relating  to 
New  Jersey,  which  exist  in  the  State  Paper  Office  and  Public  Li- 
braries in  England,  it  may  facilitate  your  operations  to  state,  briefly, 
what  information  we  already  have  respecting  our  papers  in  the  former 
depository,  and  what  portions  of  our  history  more  particularly  require 
elucidation. 

Although  you  may  be  acquainted  with  their  extent,  it  may  prove 
useful  for  me  to  say,  here,  that  by  a  letter  from  Mr.  Brodhead,  ad- 
dressed to  Mr.  King,  in  September  1847,  we  learn  there  are  in  the 
"  State  Paper  Office"  series  of  papers,  seventeen  volumes  entitled 
"  New  Jersey,"  containing  documents  from  1728  to  1782 — a  hiatus 
occurring  between  1752  and  1762.  Other  sets  of  volumes  conse- 
quently have  to  be  examined,  such  as  the  series  entitled  "  Plantation 
General"  containing  documents  from  1760  to^  1784  : — another  simi- 
larly entitled,  containing  documents  from  1766  to  1781  :  one  en- 
titled "  Governors  in  America,"  covering  the  years  1743  to  1768, 
and  another  entitled  "  America,"  containing  documents  from  1620  to 
1762.  Each  of  these  sets  consist  of  several  volumes,  and  it  is  quite 
probable  something  will  be  found  in  all  of  them  relating  to  New 
Jersey. 

We  learn  also,  that  in  the  "  Board  of  Trade"  there  are  thirty- 
eight  volumes  containing  "  New  Jersey"  papers — eleven  of  them  con- 
taining the  original  documents  received  from  the  Provincial  Authori- 


XX  '  PREFACE. 

ties  and  others,  from  1702  to  1775 — S7X  containing  the  despatches 
from  the  Board  to  those  Officers— and  the  remaining  twenty-one 
consisting  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Council  and  Assembly  from  1703  to 
1774,  and  of  the  Laws,  Acts,  and  Votes  of  the  Province,  during  that 
period.  And  besides  these  there  are  ninety-nine  volumes  containing 
papers  of  dates  from  1638  to  1782,  under  the  titles  "  Plantations 
General"  and  "  Proprieties,"  which  should  be  examined  for  any  ref- 
erences to  New  Jersey  they  may  contain.  Regarding  the  procure- 
ment of  the  Minutes  of  the  Council  and  Assembly  (for  it  may  not  be 
known  to  you  that  the  State  has  no  records  of  the  Proceedings  of  the 
Council,  and  that  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  are  imperfect)  as  a 
work  which  the  State  Legislature  should,  and  probably  will,  under- 
take, it  is  not  expected  that  any  of  the  Funds  raised  by  the  Society 
will  be  devoted  to  the  examination  of  the  volumes  containing  these 
minutes  more  than  may  be  sufficient  to  ascertain  their  completeness. 
The  same  remark  will  apply  to  the  copies  of  the  laws,  of  which  an 
abstract  must  eventually  be  obtained  by  the  State  to  supply  the  de- 
ficiencies in  the  Archives,  particularly  in  reference  to  the  private 
acts,  of  the  effect  of  which,  we  have,  in  most  instances,  no  knowledge 
other  than  may  be  derived  from  their  titles. 

The  History  of  New  Jersey  while  under  English  rule  is  very 
clearly  divided  into  two  eras — one,  extending  from  the  grant  of  the 
country  to  the  Duke  of  York,  in  1664,  to  the  surrender  of  the  gov- 
ernment to  Queen  Anne,  1701,  or  the  Proprietary  Era :  and  the 
other,  extending  from  1701  to  the  Revolution,  or  the  Provincial 
Era. 

Of  the  first,  or  Proprietary  Era,  we  have  some  papers  among  the 
New  York  Documents  procured  by  Mr.  Brodhead,  and  as  it  is  pre- 
sumed that  such  as  he  copied  can  readily  be  identified  in  the  State 
Paper  Office,  the  time  and  expenditure  required  to  note  them  may  be 
saved.  All  others  referring  to  that  period  are  of  great  importance 
from  the  paucity  of  such  historic  memorials  on  this  side  of  the  At- 
lantic. 

With  the  exception  of  one  or  two  letters  by  Philip  Carteret,  those 
of  Lawrie  in  "  Scot's  Model,"  and  one  of  Governor  Hamilton's  in  my 
possession,  I  am  not  aware  that  any  despatches  from  the  Proprietary 
Governors  to  their  Constituents  in  Great  Britain  are  known  to  us ; 
and  very  few  either  of  the  letters  or  orders  sent  to  the  Governors 
have  been  preserved  or  are  now  to  be  found. 

It  is  not  probable  that  these  much  coveted  documents  exist  in  the 
State  Paper  Office,  as  we  have  no  warrant  for  believing  that  on  the 
transfer  of  the  government  to  the  Crown  any  papers  were  surrendered 
by  the  proprietaries ;  but  it  is  hoped  that  many  interesting  docu- 
ments of  a  more  general  character  may  be  met  with,  in  the  shape  of 
reports  relating  to  the  soil  and  waters,  and  in  the  correspondence 
which  must  have  preceded  and  been  connected  with  the  negotiations 
for  the  surrender. 


PREFACE.  Xxi 

Although  the  Board  of  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  endeavored  to 
recover  some  of  their  missing  papers,  yet,  from  want  of  promptness, 
their  exertions  were  not  attended  with  success.  The  following  item 
may,  however,  even  at  this  late  period,  lead  to  some  discoveries.  A 
Mrs.  Margaret  Bowles,  under  date  of  Feb.  1st,  1738-9,  informed  the 
Board  that  she  had  "  in  her  custody  the  Register  Book  and  Book  of 
Orders  for  the  Governors  and  Proprietors,  but  thinks  it  not  advisable 
to  part  with  them — being  other  People's  concerns."  But  no  atten- 
tion seems  to  have  been  paid  to  the  subject  until  1767,  when  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  apply,  through  the  Agent  of  the  Province, 
to  Mr.  Humphrey  Bowles,  or  any  other  person,  for  the  books ;  but 
they  were  never  obtained. 

How  the  books  got  into  the  possession  of  the  Bowles  Family  is 
not  stated  ;  but  they  may  have  been  connected  with  Wm.  Dockwra, 
the  Proprietaries  Register.  Some  of  his  or  their  descendants  might 
yet  be  found  possessing  documents  of  interest  to  the  State.  All, 
no  matter  of  what  character,  connected,  with  this  period,  will,  it  is 
hoped,  be  diligently  sought  and  receive  your  particular  attention. 

Of  the  second,  or  Provincial  Era,  we  have  some  items  of  intelli- 
gence among  the  New  York  papers,  but  they  are  comparatively  of 
minor  import. 

With  the  exception  of  two  or  three  intercepted  despatches  of 
Governor  Franklin,  and  a  portion  of  the  correspondence  of  Gov- 
ernor Morris  (the  dates  of  which  are  specified  in  the  accompanying 
sheet  in  order  to  save  you  the  trouble  of  noting  the  despatches  them- 
selves when  met  with,)  we  have  no  knowledge  of  the  extent  or  char- 
acter of  the  communications  which  passed  between  the  Governors  of 
the  Province  and  the  Departments  in  England,  so  that  there  is 
scarcely  a  paper  of  any  consequence  (with  the  exceptions  stated)  con- 
nected with  this  period  that  we  should  not  like  to  know  the  con- 
tents of. 

So  far  as  I  can  learn,  we  are  almost  entirely  barren  of  statistical 
information  respecting  the  commerce,  population,  and  productions  of 
the  Province;  so  that  documents  throwing  any  light  upon  these 
topics  will  deserve  your  particular  attention.  And  many  of  the  mes- 
sages of  the  Governors,  communicated  by  them  to  the  Ministry,  not 
having  been  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  the  Council  and  Assembly, 
it  is  desirable  that  they  should  be  noted  with  some  particularity  as 
but  few  of  them  were  ever  published.  There  must  have  been,  at 
different  times,  in  the  possession  of  the  descendants  of  those  who 
acted  as  agents  for  the  Province  or  the  Board  of  Proprietors,  a  large 
quantity  of  valuable  papers.  Ferdinand  John  Paris,  particularly, 
who  was  a  very  active  and  efficient  agent  of  the  Proprietors  for  many 
years,  prior  to  and  during  Governor  Belcher's  adiiiinistration,  must 
have  left  papers  of  great  interest.  Richard  Partridge,  Joseph  Sher- 
wood, Henry  Wilmot,  and  one  or  two  others  whose  names  I  do  not 
now  recollect,  acted  as  the  agents  of  the  Province  at  different  pe- 


XXll  PREFACE. 

riods,   and  could  their  descendants  be  reached,  valuable  discoveries 
might  be  made. 

Whether  this  is  practicable,  you  alone,  on  the  spot,  can  determine. 
I  merely  draw  your  attention  to  the  subject,  confident  that  if  any 
thing  can  be  done  in  the  premises,  your  exertions  will  not  be  want- 
ing. 

At  the  instance  of  the  Society  I  wrote  two  or  three  letters  to  our 
Consul  at  Paris,  about  two  years  ago,  requesting  his  co-operation  in 
discovering  the  place  of  deposit  of  the  papers  of  Governor  Franklin, 
which  are  represented  to  have  been  taken  by  his  son  to  Paris,  and  to 
have  been  there  as  late  as  1818,  in  the  possession  of  his  widow. 
From  some  unexplained  cause  I  have  never  received  any  answer,  and  if 
through  any  correspondent  of  yours  in  Paris,  the  inquiry  could  be 
made,  an  important  service  would  be  rendered  the  Society.  From 
the  Governor's  long  administration  of  the  affairs  of  New  Jersey,  it  is 
thought  many  papers  of  importance  would  be*  found  among  those 
taken  by  him  from  the  State,  should  they  yet  be  in  existence. 

It  has  been  a  matter  of  deep  regret  that  we  have  no  portraits  of 
the  early  Proprietors  and  Fathers  of  New  Jersey,  and  it  would  be 
exceedingly  gratifying  if  you  in  the  progress  of  your  researches  could 
discover  likenesses,  engraved  or  otherwise,  of  Sir  George  Carteret, 
Sir  John  Berkley,  or  any  other  of  the  early  Governors  or  settlers  of 
the  province. 

I  would  respectfully  ask  you  to  communicate  to  us  from  time  to 
time  the  progress  making  in   the  work  intrusted  to  you,   and   any 
farther  information  you  may  desire  will  be  furnished  with  pleasure  by 
Dear  Sir, 

Yours  very  truly, 

W.  A.  WHITEHEAD, 

Corresponding  Secretary. 
Henry  Stevens,  Esq.,  &c.,  &c.,  London. 

P.  S.  I  would  add  that  the  information  the  Society  wishes  the 
List  or  Index  to  embody,  will  consist  of  the  Place  of  Deposit — 
Date — Character — Summary  of  Contents,  and  Estimated  length,  in 
folios,  of  each  Document  examined. 

Mr.  Stevens  having  industriously  prosecuted  his  re- 
searches, the  Committee  charged  with  the  administration  of  the 
Fund  provided  for  the  procurement  of  the  Index,  had  the  pleas- 
ure, on  the  11th  Sept.,  1851,  of  exhibiting  to  the  Society  nine 
quarto  cases,  covered  with  blue  morocco,  and  having  locks 
and  keys,  containing  over  eighteen  hundred  separate  cards, 
each  containing  an  abstract  of  some  paper  relating  to  New 
Jersey,  beautifully  engrossed,  the  cards  being  arranged  chron- 
ologically, and  each  case  having   the  first  and  last  date  let- 


PREFACE.  XXlll 

tered  on  the  back,  the  whole  forming  a  manuscript  work  of 
great  value  and  unique  appearance. 

It  was,  therefore,  with  great  cordiality  and  unanimity 
that  the  following  resolution  was  passed  by  the  Society  : 

"  Mesolved^  That  the  thanks  of  the  New  Jersey  Historical  So- 
ciety be  presented  to  Henry  Stevens,  Esq.,  now  in  London,  for  his 
discrimination,  good  judgment  and  fidelity  in  the  selection  and  ar- 
rangement of  his  Index  of  the  Colonial  Documents  of  New  Jersey, 
and  that  a  copy  of  this  resolution,  duly  authenticated,  be  transmitted 
to  him  by  the  Secretary." 

Further  additions,  subsequently  received,  brought  the 
work  to  a  satisfactory  completion,  and  the  claims  of  the  So- 
ciety upon  the  favorable  consideration  of  the  Legislature, 
were  at  last  acknowledged  at  the  session  of  1852,  so  far  as  to 
lead  to  an  authorized  subscription  for  copies  of  the  Index, 
when  printed,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  dollars  ;  but  it 
was  not  until  the  19th  January,  1854,  that  the  publication  of 
the  volume  as  the  Fifth  of  the  "  Collections"  of  the  Society 
was  duly  authorized  :  and  at  the  ensuing  session,  in  May,  the 
Committee  on  Publications  reported  that  they  "  had  taken 
incipient  steps  towards  the  publication  of  the  Analytical  In- 
dex to  the  New  Jersey  Colonial  Documents,  and  had  intrusted 
the  publication  of  the  volume  to  Mr,  W.  A.  Whitehead,  the 
Corresponding  Secretary.  The  Committee  coincided  in  opin- 
ion with  Mr.  Stevens,  through  whose  agency  the  Index  in  its 
form  was  secured,  that  the  value  of  the  work  will  be  much 
enhanced  by  making  it  refer  as  well  to  documents  in  Amer- 
ica, as  to  those  in  the  English  State  Paper  Office  ;  and  by 
introducing  notes  explanatory  or  illustrative  that  may  be  re- 
quired to  elucidate  any  of  the  papers.  Some  time  and  con- 
siderable labor,  consequently,  would  have  to  be  expended  in 
the  preparation  of  the  volume.  It  would  relieve  the  Editor 
from  considerable  trouble,  and  facilitate  the  publication,  were 
members  of  the  Society,  and  all  others,  having  documents  or 
rare  pamphlets  in  their  possession  relating  to  the  Colonial 
history  of  New  Jersey,  to  furnish  him  with  lists  embodying 


Xxiv  PREFACE. 

the  dates  of  the  documents,  and  a  succinct  analysis  of  the 
contents  of  each." 

The  general  appeal  for  aid  contained  in  this  extract  from 
the  Committee's  report  not  having  secured  the  desired  co-ope- 
ration, the  Editor  prepared  a  Circular  which  was  widely  dis- 
tributed through  the  State,  copies  being  addressed  to  all 
Clerks  of  Counties  and  towns,  as  well  as  other  officials,  besides 
individuals  who  were  known  to  have  manuscripts  in  their 
possession,  setting  forth  the  views  and  wishes  of  the  Society  ; 
but  failing  to  elicit  any  information  excepting  from  one  or 
two  sources,  the  following  additional  circular  was  sent  out ; 
and  it  is  here  inserted,  in  the  hope  that  it  may  yet  be  of  ser- 
vice, and  that  at  some  future  time  a  supplemental  volume 
may  be  pubHshed  containing  the  wished-for  information.  : 

New  Jersey  Historical  Society. 

Newark,  July  Ath,  1854. 

Sir, — From  information  I  have  received  in  answer  to  my  pre- 
vious circular,  I  am  led  to  believe  that  some  of  the  gentlemen 
to  whom  it  was  addressed,  have  misunderstood  its  purport,  and 
having  in  their  possession  papers,  documents,  or  records,  only  of  a 
local  or  restricted  character,  have  presumed  that  such  did  not  come 
within  the  scope  of  my  inquiries,  inasmuch  as  they  did  not  refer  to 
the  general  history  or  political  organization  of  the  State  "  as  a 
whole." 

The  history  of  New  Jersey  in  all  its  fulness  is  yet  to  be  written, 
and  no  unimportant  part  of  the  materials  for  it,  that  yet  exist,  are 
those  very  local  annals  and  records  in  which  it  is  thought  nothing 
can  be  found  in  any  way  illustrating  our  colonial  era.  A  little  re- 
jflection,  I  am  certain,  will  bring  the  conviction  that  such  a  conclu- 
sion is  erroneous.  Take,  for  example,  the  records  of  a  County. 
Slight  peculiarities  in  the  mode  of  administering  the  laws,  in  the  ap- 
pointment of  oflBcers,  &c.,  that  maybe  discovered  as  having  prevailed 
in  any  section  of  the  then  colony,  or  any  circumstance  of  note  affect- 
ing individuals  or  parties  (how  much  oftentimes,  for  example,  does  a 
single  trial  affect  public  opinion  and  laws  for  years  thereafter  ?)  may 
have  had  an  influence  coextensive  with  the  whole  of  New  Jersey  ; 
so  that,  although  at  first  a  matter  may  have  concerned  only  a  single 
county  or  town,  it  became  in  time  a  matter  of  great  public  interest. 
The  bearing  of  County  Records,  therefore,  cannot  be  regarded  by 
any  means  as  confined  to  the  district  of  country  with  which  they  are 
particularly  connected,  and  it  becomes  in  consequence  important  to 
know  their  character  and  extent. 


PREFACE.  XXV 

The  same  remarks  apply  to  Town  Records,  and  to  Parish  or 
Church  Registers,  serving  as  they  do  to  point  out  important  changes 
ip  communities,  their  progress  in  civilization,  education  and  morality, 
and  the  condition  of  the  population  at  particular  periods  ;  informa- 
tion, which  is  absolutely  essential  to  the  historian,  who  would  present 
a  truthful  picture  of  the  past,  or  rightly  derive  from  its  teachings 
the  instruction  needed  for  the  present  and  the  future. 

It  is  not  to  be  expected,  that  each  document,  in  a  public  depository, 
can  be  particularly  specified,  but  a  favor  would  be  conferred  upon  the 
Society  could  you  furnish  me  with  a  description,  as  particular  as  cir- 
cumstances will  permit,  of  the  Records  in  your  charge,  of  dates  prior 
to  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States ;  giv- 
ing— : 

The  number  of  volumes  of  each  kind,  and  how  designated,  whether 
Court  Records,  (and  if  so,  of  what  courts,)  Wills,  Deeds,  Registers  of 
Births,  Deaths  and  Marriages,  &c.,  with  the  dates  covered  by  each 
volume. 

The  volumes  or  documents,  which  may  refer  to  particular  town- 
ships, churches,  congregations  or  precincts ;  their  character,  dates,  &c. 

Any  documents,  such  as  assessments,  valuations,  and  other  statis- 
tics, serving  to  throw  light  upon  the  condition  and  progress  of  the 
County,  or  any  portion  of  it,  at  any  time  or  during  any  period. 

To  do  this  will  doubtless  require  an  expenditure  of  time  and  oc- 
casion you  some  trouble,  but  I  can  only  urge  you  to  undertake  it  by 
using  with  you  the  argument  I  used  with  myself,  on  concluding  to 
perform  the  more  laborious  task  assigned  to  me  by  the  Society ; 
which  is,  that  the  State  demands  of  those  who  love  it — who  venerate 
its  past  spotless  history,  and  estimate  aright  its  present  and  future 
advantages  of  position  and  resources  as  in  a  great  measure  connected 
with  that  history, — that  they  do  all  in  their  power  to  rescue  from 
oblivion  every  fact  and  circumstance  illustrative  of  its  progress,  or 
calculated  to  present  it  in  its  true  light  to  the  other  States  and  to 
the  world.  The  work,  in  connection  with  which  the  foregoing  in- 
quiries are  propounded,  may  be  made,  if  my  exertions  are  properly 
seconded,  the  foundation  for  researches  which  must  redound  to  the 
public  benefit  in  many  ways. 

It  is  with  such  sentiments  and  such  aims  that  I  venture  to  ask 
your  co-operation. 

Very  respectfully.  Sir, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

W.  A.  WHITEHEAD, 
Corresponding  Secretary  New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc. 

This  circular  was  responded  to,  in  a  way  to  advance  the 
work,  only  by  Mr.  Samuel  H.  Conga  r  of  Newark — who  volun- 
tarily assumed  the   task  of  furnishing   a  summary  of  the 


XXVI  PREFACE. 

Kecords  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  Essex  County : — Mr. 
JoNATHAH  Hand,  Clerk  of  Cape  May  County  ; — and  Kev. 
KicHARD  Webster  of  Mauch  Chunk  ;  the  Clerks  of  Cam- 
den and  Monmouth  County  and  of  the  Townsliip  of  Wood- 
bridge,  and  the  Secretary  of  State  ;  politely  expressing  their 
willingness  to  submit  the  contents  of  their  offices  for]  the  ex- 
amination of  the  Editor. 

Disappointed,  but  not  discouraged,  he  essayed  to  secure 
some  action  by  the  Legislature  which  would  secure  to  the 
State  a  uniform  and  proper  system  for  the  keeping  and  pres- 
ervation of  the  records  and  documents  in  all  the  public  offices, 
while  at  the  same  time  the  information  sought  to  render 
this  work  complete  would  be  obtained.  That  some  more 
perfect  system  is  called  for,  or  rather,  that  system  should  be 
introduced  where  it  is  now  almost  entirely  wanting,  cannot 
be  denied. ■-•'  There  are  many  important  offices  whose  recorded 
minutes  or  proceedings  are  deficient,  in  consequence  of  in- 
cumbents frequently  presuming  the  books  used  during  their 
terms  of  service  to  be  private  property,  which  they  had  a 
right  to  retain  on  relinquishing  their  offices,  or  from  their  neg- 
lect in  not  keeping  proper  records.  Even  some  of  the  im- 
portant and  most  confidential  records  of  the  State  under  the 
old  Constitution  are  understood  to  be  thus  deficient  from  one 
or  both  of  these  causes.  It  is  a  matter  of  great  public  con- 
cernment ;  and  the  propriety  of  the  proposed  measure  was  so 
manifest  to  Governor  Price,  that,  in  his  message  of  1856,  he 
commended  it,  in  appropriate  terms,  to  the  consideration  of 
the  legislature.  The  public  prints  also  advocated  its  adop- 
tion at  difierent  times,  but  nothing  definite  was  done  until 
the  session  of  1857,  when  William  K.  McDonald,  Esq.,  of 
Newark,  brought  the  subject  before  the  Assembly,  of  which 
he  was  a  prominent  member,  in  the  following  preamble  and 

resolution : 

I 

Whereas  the  people  of  the  State  are  deeply  interested  in  the  proper 
preservation  and  arrangement   of  the  public  records;  and  whereas 

*  See  Appendix  E,  p.  501. 


PREFACE.  XXVU 

the  manner  of  keeping  and  preserving  said  records  is  not  now  uni- 
form or  systematic  in  the  difterent  counties,  leading  to  inconvenience 
and  detriment  to  the  public  interests,  therefore,  Be  it  enacted  : 

That,  in  each  of  the  Counties  of  the  State,  a  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners be  organized  under  the  authority  of  the  Governor,  to  consist 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  County,  the  Prosecutor  of  the  Pleas  and  two  com- 
petent citizens  to  be  selected  by  the  Governor,  for  the  purpose  of  in- 
quiring into  the  extent  and  condition  of  the  Kecords  of  each  county, 
and  of  the  measures  taken  for  their  preservation  :  and  that  each  Board 
of  Commissioners  report  to  the  Secretary  of  State  on  or  before  the  first 
December  next  the  result  of  their  examinations,  particularly  as  to  the 
number  of  volumes  of  each  kind  of  records  or  documents,  whether  wills, 
deeds,  registers  of  marriages,  proceedings  of  Courts,  &c.,  with  the 
dates  covered  by  each  :  the  number  of  volumes  or  documents  refer- 
ring to  particular  townships,  churches,  congregations  or  precincts, 
with  their  dates ;  and  what  documents,  such  as  assessments,  valua- 
tions, maps  and  other  statistics,  throwing  light  upon  the  condition 
and  progress  of  the  county  or  any  portion  of  it  at  any  period,  of 
which  they  may  obtain  information;  and  that  the  Secretary  of  State, 
on  the  receipt  of  said  reports  from  the  difierent  counties,  cause  a  re- 
port to  the  Legislature  to  be  prepared  and  printed,  giving  the  result 
of  said  examinations,  with  such  suggestions  and  recommendations  as 
may  lead  most  effectually  to  the  introduction  of  a  uniform  system 
for  the  preservation  of  the  public  records  of  the  State. 

The  measure  having  "been  appropriately  presented  by  Mr. 
McDonald,  this  resolution  parsed  the  House  of  Assembly 
unanimously,  but  in  the  Senate,  through  some  undefined  ap- 
prehensions of  the  expense  that  might  attend  the  inquiry, 
(which  might  have  been  guarded  against  by  an  express  pro- 
vision)— there  were  only  three  members  willing  to  record 
their  votes  in  the  affirmative,  and  the  resolution  was  conse- 
quently lost. 

Such  have  been  the  difficulties  attending  the  attempt  to 
carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  Society,  and  the  Editor  conse- 
quently must  ask  for  a  lenient  judgment  upon  his  labors. 
If  the  intentions  of  the  Society  in  committing  the  work  to 
his  editorial  supervision  have  not  been  fully  realized,  he  nev- 
ertheless trusts  that  he  returns  it  to  them  not  entirely  with- 
out additional  value.  Keferences  to  nearly  eleven  hundred 
difierent  documents  will  be  found  inserted  in  their  proper 
places,  and  at  least  five  times  that  number  has  passed  through 


XXVIU  PREFACE. 

his  hands  while  prosecuting  his  researches  ;  and  as  the  Index 
proper  is  the  portion  of  the  volume  for  which  the  Society  is 
indebted  to  Mr.  Stevens,  the  Editor's  additions  thereto  are 
distinguished  by  being  contained  within  brackets.  Through- 
out, the  arrangement  is  strictly  chronological  with  reference 
to  th?  date  of  the  document,  and  not  to  the  events  with 
which  they  may  sometimes  be  subsequently  connected. 

All  the  manuscripts  belonging  to  the  Society  are  not  no- 
ticed. Many  of  them  have  been  printed  in  their  series  of 
"  Proceedings  ; "  the  papers  of  Governor  Lewis  Morris,  with 
ew  exceptions,  have  been  published  in  their  "  Collections  ;  " 
and  as  others,  like  the  manuscript  books  of  Samuel  Smith, 
would  naturally  be  examined,  and  are  scarcely  susceptible  of 
being  analyzed  in  the  mode  adopted  in  the  Index,  it  was 
deemed  unnecessary  to  increase  the  size  of  the  present  vol- 
ume by  particular  references  thereto.  Most  of  the  other 
manuscripts  described,  are  either  in  the  valuable  collection  of 
Miss  Rutherfurd,  of  East  ridge,  near  Newark,  or  among  those 
in  the  possession  of  the  Editor.  The  "  Belcher  Papers,"  re- 
ferred to,  are  in  the  Library  of  the  Historical  Society,  being 
copies  of  such  as  related  to  New  Jersey,  among  those  belong- 
ing to  the  Historical  Society  of  Massachusetts  ;  the  selec- 
tion having  been  made  by  the  Editor  in  person,  under  the 
authority  of  the  Society.  The  Catalogue  of  Printed  Works 
will  be  found  to  contain  a  table  of  the  contents  of  the  So- 
ciety's publications  ;  and,  for  the  first  time,  the  titles  of  the 
principal  publications,  exclusive  of  public  documents,  that 
may  be  consulted  with  advantage,  have  been  brought  to- 
gether for  the  information  of  the  student  of  our  early  his- 
tory. Lists  of  the  different  Editions  of  the  Laws,  and  of 
the  Earlier  Newspapers  of  the  State,  are  also  appended. 

The  established  price  of  copying,  in  the  State  Paper  Of- 
fice of  England,  is  four  pence  sterHng  for  each  foho  of  sev- 
enty-two words  ;  the  cost  of  any  document  can  therefore  be 
readily  ascertained  by  referring  to  the  number  of  folios  it 
contains,  as  stated  in  the  Index.     It  was  not  thought  neces- 


PREFACE.  XXIX 

sary  to  give  the  length  of  the  documents  procurable  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic. 

Whenever  biographical  notices  or  references  are  intro- 
duced, they  will  be  found  generally  in  connection  with  the 
first  allusion  to  the  respective  individuals, 

Newark,  New  Jjerset,  May,  1858.  * 


ABBREVIATIONS. 

«'  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T." — State  Paper  Office,  Board  of  Trade  Papers — the  different 
classes  of  Papers  being  designated  "  Amer.  and  West  Indies,"  "  Proprieties," 
"  Plantations  Gen'l.,"  &c.     See  page  xix. 

"  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS." — The  Manuscripts  in  the  Library  of  the  New  Jersey  His- 
torical Society. 

"  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts."— Documents  relating  to  the  History  of  the  State  of  New- 
York,  Edited  by  E.  B.  O'Callaghan,  AL  D.,  under  the  authority  of  the  Legisla- 
ture. 

"  Rutheifurd  MSS." — Papers  in  the  possession  of  Miss  Rutherford. 

"  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS." — Manuscripts  of  Massachusetts  Historical  Society. 

"  Whitehead  MSS." — Manuscripts  in  the  possession  of  W.  A.  Whitehead. 

"  Belcher  Papers." — Original  Papers  of  Gov.  Belcher  in  Massachusetts  Historical 
Society  Collections,  copies  of  which,  referring  to  New  Jersey,  are  among  the 
New  Jersey  Historical  Society  Manuscripts. 

"  Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers." — Manuscripts  of  the  Historical  Society  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  in  Philadelphia. 


ERRATA. 


„.  [for  "Pinhouse"  read  Pinhome. 


Page  36.  The  reference  to  Sir  Tho's  Lane  ^o\A^  follow  the  entry  it  precedes. 

"     37.  Line  7  from  bottom,  for  "  Edmund"  read  Edward. 

"     65.  Line 

"     79.  Line  31 

"     48.  Line  29  for  Proceedings  of  Society,  "  Vol.  III."  read  Vol.  VIII. 

"  1  ^fi      T  ■       1^1  from  bottom,  for  "  John  Wells  "  read  John  Wills. 

"  125.     Line  4  from  bottom,  for  "  June  19  "  read  June  10. 

,,  ,  -"1'     T  .       X    >•  for  "  Peter  Baird  "  read  Peter  Bard. 
"  177.     Luie  6    ) 

"  207.     Line  1  insert  to  between  "  July  23"  and  "  1748." 

"  217  and  218.     The  usual  [  should  have  been  before  the  dates  Nov.  20 — Nov. 

23— Dec.  3  and  Dec.  14. 
'  221.     Line  24.     The  letter  of  R.  H.  Morris  referred  to,  will  be  found  noted 

on  Page  240,  the  entry  being  misplaced. 
'•  228.     The  letter  under  date  of  April  24th,  1748,  should  have  been  noticed 

under  date  of  April  24th,  1749. 
"  281.     Line  13  for  "  Thomas  Barton  "  read  Thomas  Bartow. 
"  330.     Line  15  for  "  Aisley  "  sead  Ainsley. 
"  394.     Line  6  for  "  De  Brahn  "  read  De  Brahm. 


ANALYTICAL    INDEX. 


INDEX. 


1649. 

[Feb.  4  Certificate  of  John  Fenwicke's  membership  of  the 
church,  "  whereof  Mr.  John  Goodwin  is  Pastor."  Original.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Johnson's  Account  of  Salem,  p.  33.  An  Original  Memoir  of  "  John 
Fenwicke,  Chief  Proprietor  of  Salem  Tenth,  West  Jersey,"  by  Rohert  G.  Johnson, 
is  printed  in  the  "Proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,"  Vol.  IV., 
p.  53.] 

1651. 

[Sept.  4.  Commission  of  John  Fenwicke  to  be  "  Captain  of  a 
Troop  of  Horse,"  from  "  Jo.  Bradshawe,  Pres't,"  with  the  seal  of 
the  Council  of  State.     Original,  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Johnson's  Account  of  Salem,  p.  32.] 
1663-4. 

March  12.  Patent  from  King  Charles  II.  to  the  Duke  of  York, 
for  New  Jersey,  in  America.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  25,  p.  113.     26  folios. 

["An  exemplification  of  this  grant  at  the  request  of  John  Fenwicke,  Esqr.," 
engrossed  on  parchment,  is  among  the  manuscripts  of  the  N.  J.  Hist.  Society. 
It  is  printed  at  length  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  3.] 

1664. 

June  23  and  24.  The  Lease  and  Release  from  the  Duke  of  York 
to  Lord  Berkley  and  Sir  George  Carteret,  of  New  Ca^sarea,  for  the 
yearly  rent  of  twenty  Nobles.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  25,  p.  118.     18  folios. 

[The  Oeiginax,  Lease  for  a  year,  and  Eelease  are  in  the  Collection  of  Manu- 
scripts in  possession  of  Miss  Rutherfurd,  near  Newark.  The  latter  is  printed  at 
length  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  8.] 

Aug.  19—29.  Fort  Anil,  N.  Netherl'ds.  Gov.  P.  Stuyvesant 
to  the  Commander  of  an  English  Man-of-War.  The  Governor  is  de- 
sirous to  know  the  intent  and  purpose  of  the  Commander's  approach 
and  continuance  in  the  Harbour  of  Nyack.  Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am. 
and  West  Indies,  V.  5  folios. 

Printed  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  37.  [See  Brodhead's  N.  Y.  p.  738.] 
1 


2  UNDER  THE  DUKE   OF  YORK.  [1664. 

Aug.  20—30.  On  Board  the  Ship  "  Guyny."  Col.  Nicolls  to 
Gov.  Stuyvesant.  The  King  of  Great  Britain,  "  whose  Right  and 
Title  to  these  parts  of  America  is  unquestionable,"  commanded  Col. 
Nicolls  to  require  a  Surrender  of  Forts,  Towns,  &c.,  which  are  now 
possessed  by  the  Dutch.  Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  4 
folios. 

Printed  in  Smitli's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  38. 

Aug.  25,  o.  s.  Sept.  4,  n.  s.  Gravesend.  Col.  Nicolls  to  Gov. 
Stuyvesant.  Col.  Nicolls  is  ready  to  propose  and  receive  all  ways 
and  means  to  avoid  the  effusion  of  blood.  He  will  not  treat  other- 
wise but  upon  articles  of  surrender.  Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West 
Indies.     4  folios. 

Printed  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  42, 

(Aug.  23,  o.  s.)  Sept.  2,  n.  s.  Fort  Amsterdam.  Gov.  Stuyvesant 
to  Col.  Nicolls  in  answer  to  his  letter  of  20 — 30  August,  1664. 
The  King  of  Gt  Britain  has  no  right  to  New  Holland,  Curacoa, 
Bonair  and  Araba.  The  Dutch  possessed  Fort  Orange  abt  50  years, 
the  Mauhatans  abt  42.  The  Soult  River  abt  40  years,  and  the  Fresh 
Water  River  abt  36  years.  Particular  dates  of  the  settlement  of 
the  Dutch.  The  offering  of  any  Hostility  would  be  an  infraction 
of  the  Treaty  of  Peace.  The  Dutch  did  not  Fear  the  threats. 
Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     26  folios.  . 

Tlie  substance  of  tlie  above  letter  is  to  be  found  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey, 
p.  39. 

Aug.  25,  o.  s.  Sept.  4.  n.  s.  Fort  Amsterdam  in  N.  Hol'd.  Gov. 
Stuyvesant  to  Col.  Nicolls.  The  Commissioners  are  sent  to  Col. 
Nicolls  "  to  treate  and  seeke  out  the  means  of  a  good  accommoda- 
tion, and  in  the  meaue  time  to  cause  all  hostility  to  cease."  Copy, 
S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     4  folios. 

This  letter  is  printed  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  40. 

(Aug.  26,  0.  s.)  Sept.  5,  n.  s.  Fort  Amsterdam,  N.  Nether- 
lands. Governor  Stuyvesaut's  Commission,  Empowering  several 
persons  to  treat  with  Col.  Nicolls  upon  Articles  of  Surrender.  Co- 
py, S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West  Indies.     3  folios. 

Aug.  26,  o.  s.  Sept.  5,  7i.  s.  Camp  bef.  the  Manhatans.  Col. 
Nicolls'  acceptance  of  the  proposal  made  by  the  Gov'  of  N.  Am- 
sterdam to  treat  upon  Articles  of  Surrender,  and  nominating  his 
Commissioners.     Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West  Indies.     3  folios. 

Aug.  27,  o.  s.  Sept.  6,  n.  s.  The  "  Govr's  Bowry  on  the  Mau- 
hatans." Copy  of  Articles  of  Surrender  of  the  City  and  Fort  of 
Amsterdam  and  the  Province  of  New  Netherlands  to  the  Crown  of 
England.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  p.  59.     16  folios. 

Printed  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  43. 

September  3 — 13.  Manhatan.  Copy  of  a  Commission  from 
Col.  Nicolls,  Mr.  G.  Cartwright  and  Mr.    Maverick  to  Sir  Robert 


1664.]  UNDER   THE   DUKE    OF   YORK.  3 

Carr  to  subdue  the  Dutch  settled  at  Delaware  Bay.     S.  P.  0.  ;  Am. 
and  W.  Indies.     3  folios. 

Printed  ia  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey,  p.  47,  [and  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol. 

m.,  p.  70.] 

Oct.  1.  Articles  of  Agreement  between  Sir  Robert  Carr  and 
the  Dutch  and  Swedes  Inhabiting  in  Delaware  Bay  and  River. 
Copy,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  p.  169.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  HI.  p.  71 ;  and  in  Smith's  New  Jersey, 
p.  49.] 

Oct.  10.  Sir  Robert  Carr's  grant  of  a  tract  of  Land  called  by 
the  Indians  "  Chipusen,"  and  "  now  called  the  manor  of  Grrimstead," 
near  the  head  of  the  Delaware  River,  to  Captain  Hugh  Hyde  and 
Capt"  Thomas  Morley,  upon  condition  that  it  be  planted  in  six 
years.     Copy,  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  and  West  Indies.     9  folios. 

Enclosed  in  1664,  Octr.     Col.  NicoUs  to  Sir  H.  Bennet,  &c. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  HI.  p.  72.] 

Oct.  — .  Fort  James,  New  York.  Col.  Nicolls  to  (Sir  H. 
Bennet,  afterwards  Lord  Arlington,)  Seer,  of  State — Capt'u  Hyde 
will  give  an  ample  relation  of  the  reducing  of  Delaware  Bay — The 
Planters  and  Burgers  submitted  at  once,  but  the  Gov'r  with  about  50 
Men  defended  the  Fort,  which  was  taken  by  a  foot  company  under 
the  command  of  Li«ut.  Carr  and  Ensign  Stocke — In  the  Fort  a  con- 
siderable "  cargo  "  was  found — Sir  Robert  Carr  claims  the  booty  as 
his  own — Col.  Nicolls  purposes  going  there — The  wants  of  the  Troops 
— Sir  Robt.  Carr's  absence  hinders  the  execution  of  His  Majesty's 
Commission  in  New  England — The  importance  of  extending  the 
Trade  with  the  Natives  and  Europeans  settled  on  Delaware  Bay, 
fears  of  its  being  retaken  in  the  spring  by  the  Dutch  W.  India 
Company — Lord  Baltimore  will,  undoubtedly,  solicit  the  King  to 
give  him  Delaware — Col.  Nicolls  appointed  Capt'n  Robert  Needham 
to  command  at  Delaware  Bay  till  the  King's  pleasure  be  further 
known.     S.  P.    0. ;  Am.  and  West  Indies.     Original,  12  folios. 

Copy  of  Sir  Rob'  Carr's  Gx-ant  of  a  Tract  of  Land  to  Capt. 
Hyde  and  Capt.  Morley.     10  Oct.,  1664,  enclosed. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  68.] 
1664-5. 

Jan.  16.  Boston,  N.  Engl'd.  Mr.  George  Cartwright  to  Sir 
Henry  Bennet  (Lord  Arlington)  Seer,  of  State — Since  the  reduc- 
tion of  the  Dutch  and  Swedes  "  upon  the  South  River"  in  October 
last,  Mr.  Maverick  and  Mr.  Cartwright  visited  the  English  Colo- 
nies, but  could  do  nothing,  since  Sir  Robert  Carr  cannot  be  per- 
suaded to  leave  Delaware,  and  Col.  Nicolls  is  detained  at  N.  York 
— Probability  of  the  Dutch  endeavouring  to  i-egain  their  possessions 
S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  and  West  Indies.     Original,  3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  HI.  p.  83.] 

Feb.  7.     Boston  N.  E.     Mr.  G.  Cartwright  to  Sir  H.   Bennet 


4  UNDER  BERKLEY  AND   CARTERET.  [1665. 

(Lord  Arlington)  Seer,  of  State — Sir  Robert  Carr  returned  from 
Delaware  on  the  4th  of  Febry. — Sir  Robt.  Carr,  Mr.  Maverick  and 
Mr.  Cartwright  intend  going  to  Plymouth  to  meet  the  Assembly — 
The  spirit  of  Commonwealth  is  still  very  strong  in  N.  England — 
The  Commissioners  hope  to  finish  their  business  by  midsummer. 
Original,  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and  West  Indies.  2  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  89.] 

Feb.  10.  Concessions  and  agreement  of  the  "  Lords  Proprietors 
of  the  Province  of  New  Cesarea,  or  New  Jersey,  to,  and  with  all 
and  every  the  Adventurers  and  all  such  as  shall  settle  or  plant 
there,"  signed  and  sealed  John  Berkley  and  G.  Carteret.  Attested 
copy,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey,  Vol.  3,  E  43—4.     3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov.  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  July 
3,  1728. 

[Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  12;  and  in 
Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  512.  A  manuscript  copy  which  belonged  to  John  Feu- 
"wicke,  is  among  the  manuscripts  of  the  Society.  The  original  document  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  in  April,  1686.      See  Proceedings  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,  Vol.  III.  p.  165.] 

[Feb.  10.  Commission  from  Lords  Berkley  and  Carteret  to  Philip 
Carteret  to  be  Governor  of  East  Jersey.  Copy,  Boundary  Papers, 
Whitehead  MSS. 

Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  Grants  and  Concessions,  p.  26.] 

[Feb.  10.  Commission  from  Lords  Berkley  and  Carteret  to  Rob- 
ert Vanquellin :  to  be  Surveyor  General  under  the  first  seal  of  the 
Province.     Original,  Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  pp.  52,  62,  77,  92.] 
1C65. 

November.  Fragment  of  an  Original  Letter  from  Col.  Nicolls 
to  the  Duke  of  York,  dissuading  him  from  issuing  out  a  Patent  to 
Lord  Berkley  and  Sir  G.  Carteret  for  the  Lands  to  the  West  of 
Hudson's  River,  and  proposes  another  Tract  of  Land  on  Delaware 
River  to  be  granted  to  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1, 
p.  7.     7  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  Yoi'k  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  105 ;  in  Chalmers'  Political 
Annals,  p.  624,  and  in  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  179.] 

1666. 

Nov.  6.  Answers  to  the  several  Queries  relating  to  New  Plant- 
ers on  the  Territories  of  the  Duke  of  York  in  America.  In  the 
handwriting  of  Col.  Nicolls.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1, 
p.  30.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IIL  p.  188.] 
1667. 

Oct.  7.  Petition  of  Peter  Stuyvesant  of  New  York  to  the  King, 
praying  that  the  Hollanders  may  trade  with  those  parts  of  America 
which  formerly  belonged  to  the  Dutch.  Original,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ; 
New  York,  Vol.  1,  B.  A.,  p.  28.     3  folios. 


1667.]  UNDER   BERKLEY   AND   CARTERET.  5 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  164.  Referred  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  and  an  order  was  issued  October  27,  allowing  the  Dutch  to  trade  to  New 
York  for  seven  years,  &c.     See  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  pp.  165,  166.] 

[Oct.  30.  Grant  from  Governor  Philip  Carteret  and  Council  to 
Nicholas  Verlett  and  Nicholas  Bayard,  for  the  plantation  "  known  in 
the  Indian  language  by  the  name  of  Sekakus."  Copy  from  the  Kec- 
ords,  Whitehead  MSS. 

The  Island  "  Secaucus,"  still  so  called,  on  the  southern  end  of  which  is  Snake 
Hill,  in  Hudson  county.] 
166§. 

[Sept.  22.  Charter  to  the  town  of  Bergen  from  Governor  Philip 
Carteret  and  Council.     Copy,  Whitehead  MSS.] 

[November.]  Address  from  the  Council  of  Trade  to  the  King, 
praying  him  to  give  orders  to  restrict  the  Trade  of  the  Dutch  to 
New  York,  and  other  parts  of  his  Plantations  in  America.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol  1,  B.  A.,  p.  34.     10  folios. 

[Resulting  in  the  recall  of  the  order  of  October  27,  1667.     Printed  in  N.   Y. 
Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  pp.  175,  177.] 
1669. 

Dec.  31.  New  York.  Matthias  Nicolls  to  Col.  Nicolls,  in  Lon- 
don. The  Finns  of  Delaware  attempted  an  Insurrection,  Wt  were 
put  down — Mr.  White,  Survcj^or  Gen'l  of  Maryland,  made  claim  to 
the  West  side  of  Delaware  Ptiver  on  behalf  of  Lord  Baltimore,  but 
did  not  succeed  in  establishing  obedience.  Original,  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  B.  A.,  p.  40.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  186.] 
1673. 

Sept.  3.  Boston.  Extract  of  a  letter  to  Mr.  Harwood  about 
the  surrender  of  New  York  to  the  Dutch.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  New 
York,  Vol.  1.,  B.  A.,  p.  42.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  205.] 

Oct.  26.  A  Memorial  sent  to  Mr.  Locke  by  Mr.  Bridgeman, 
on  behalf  of  the  English  Planters  round  New  York,  praying  His 
Majesty  to  reduce  the  said  New  York  under  his  obedience,  and  to 
provide  sufficient  strength  to  protect  them  and  their  Trade  against 
Hollanders.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol  1,  B.  A.,  p.  44.  3 
folios. 
1674. 

July  1.  Commission  from  the  Duke  of  York  to  Sir  Edmund 
Andross,  to  be  Governor  of  New  York  and  all  the  Lauds  depending 
thereon.  Copy,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  p.  171.  7 
folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  215.] 

[July  28  and  29.  Lease  for  a  year,  and  Release  from  James 
Duke  of  York  to  Sir  George  Carteret,  for  the  northern  half  of  New 
Jersey.     Original,  Rutherfurd  MSS. 


6  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  [1674. 

The  Release  is  printed  at  length  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Conces- 
sions," p.  46.] 

[July  31.  Instructions  from  Sir  George  Carteret  for  tlie  gov- 
ernment of  his  province,  directed  to  the  Governor,  Council,  and 
Inhabitants.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  at  length  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  50.] 

1675. 

[July  19.  Counterpart  of  Release  from  John  Fenwicke  for  his 
portion  of  Vf  est  Jersey,  (signed  by  Edmond  Warner  and  John  El- 
dridge.)     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  17.  Grant  from  the  Indians  to  John  Fenwicke  for  lands 
in  West  Jersey. 

Copy  in  Fenwicke's  handwriting.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.  This  was  for  the 
first  purchase,  including  lands  between  Salem  and  Old  Man's  Creeks.  See  John- 
son's Salem,  p.  14.] 

1675-6. 

[Jan.  8.     Deed  from  the  Indians  to  John  Fenwicke,  confirmatory 
of  sale  of  Nov.  17,  1675.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
See  Johnson's  Salem,  p.  14.] 

[Feb.  6.  Grant  from  the  Indians  to  John  Fenwicke  for  his  sec- 
ond purchase  of  lands  in  West  Jersey.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS. 

This  included  lands  between  Salem  Creek  and  Cohansey.  See  Johnson's  Sa- 
lem, p.  14.] 

1676. 

[March  2  and  14.  Deeds  from  Indians  to  John  Fenwicke  for  his 
third  purchase  of  lands  in  West  Jersey.  Originals.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS. 

These  lands  were  between  the  Cohansey  and  Morris  Rivers.  See  Johnson's 
Salem,  p.  15.] 

1675-8. 

[Dec.  5  to  Oct.  28.  Proceedings  of  Government  of  New  York 
in  relation  to  the  settlement  and  jurisdiction  of  John  Fenwicke  in 
West  Jersey.  New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.  Copies  from  Records 
at  Newcastle,  Delaware. 

Printed  in  "  Proceedings  "  of  the  Society,  Vol.  H.  pp.  8,  &:c.] 
1676. 

[July  1.  Quintipartite  deed  between  Sir  George  Carteret,  Wra. 
Penn,  Nicholas  Lucas,  Gawen  Lawrie  and  Edward  Byllinge  (di- 
viding the  province  into  East  and  West  Jersey,  difibrently  from  the 
Conveyance  to  Sir  George  of  July  28-29,  1674.)  Original  and  a 
duplicate.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  in  Leaming  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  Gl.  See  East 
Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  pp.  99,  126,  &c.] 

[Aug.  6.     Instructions  of  William  Penn,  Gawen  Lawrie,  Edward 


1676.]         UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  7 

Byllynge,  Nicholas  Lucas  and  Edmond  "Warner  to  their  commission- 
ers to  West  Jersey,  James  Wasse,  Richard  Hartshorne  and  Richard 
Grey.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  pp.  80-87.] 

167T. 

[May  2.  Release  from  Wm,  Penn,  Nicholas  Lucas,  Gawen 
Lawrie,  and  Edward  Byllynge,  to  Thomas  Rudyard,  for  l-9th  of 
9-lOths  of  West  Jersey,  iu  consideration  of  £350  due  to  Rudyard 
from  Byllynge.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Thomas  Rudyard  appointed  Deputy  Governor  of  East  Jersey,   Sept.    16,  1632. 
See  East  Jersey  uuder  the  Proprietors,  pp.  91,  123.] 

1677-8. 

[March  2.  Release  from  William  Penn,  Nicholas  Lucas,  Gawen 
Lawrie,  and  Edward  Byllynge,  to  Thomas  Rudyard  and  John  Ridge 
for  l-9th  of  9-lOths  of  West  Jersey.     Original.      Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

167§. 

March.  Sir  Ed.  Andros'  account  of  his  proceedings  in  the 
Gov't  of  New  York,  from  Oct.  1674  to  Nov.  1677,  wherein  he 
mentions  the  New  Jersey  Indians  being  turbulent.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T. ;  New  York,  V.  I.,  B.  B.,  p.  13.     24  folios. 

[Prmted  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  in./p.  254.] 

[August  27.     London.     Original  Letter  to  John  Fenwicke  from 
his  wife  Mary.     New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
Printed  in  Johnson's  accoimt  of  Salem,  p.  46.] 

[August  31.  London.  Original  Letter  to  John  Fenwicke  from 
his  wife  Mary.     New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1679. 

[Feb.  9.  London.  Original  Letter  to  John  Fenwicke  from  his 
wife  Mary.     New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Johnson's  account  of  Salem,  p.  52.] 

[August  20.  New  York.  Patent  from  Sir  Edward  Andros  to 
Robert  Hegnat  and  John  Crue,  for  a  tract  of  land  called  Westches- 
ter, about  four  miles  South  of  "  Rebobah  Bay,"  in  Delaware  River, 
containing  900  acres,  Quit  Rent,  nine  bushels  of  Wheat.  Certified 
copy  in  1769,  from  New  York  Records.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept.  19.  Sir  John  Werden's  note  to  the  (Secretary  of  State.) 
An  account  of  the  Establishment  of  Customs  at  New  York — grants 
of  New  Jersey  to  different  parties — waits  to  be  informed  whether 
by  the  grant  the  Quakers  be  empowered  to  set  up  a  distinct  Govern- 
ment, and  whether  they  are  not  still  liable  to  the  laws  established  in 
New  York.  S.  P.  0.  America  &  West  Indies.  Vol.  385.  Draft, 
7  folios. 

[Feb.  19.  Will  of  Sir  George  Carteret.  Date  of  Will,  Dec. 
25,  1678.  Exemplified  Copy  from  the  Canterbury  Archives. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 


8  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.        [1680. 

16§0. 

[Elizabethtown.     Letter  from  Revd.  Seth  Fletcher  to  *  *    *    * 
Discussion    with    Quakers    lately — news    of    the   day.      Original. 
Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
From  Revd,  Riclid.  Webster.] 

[August  6.  Grant  of  James,  Duke  of  York,  to  Edward  Byl- 
linge,  William  Penn,  Gawen  Lawrie,  Nicholas  Lucas,  and  Edmund 
Warner,  for  the  Soil  and  Government  of  West  Jersey. 

One  of  the  originals  is  in  the  Rutheifurd  Collection,  with  the  Seal  (imperfect) 
attached  in  a  tin  box,  and  another  in  the  Surveyor  General's  Office,  Burlington . 
Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  Grants  and  Concessions,  p.  412.] 

August  6.  Copy  of  the  Duke  of  York's  confirmation  of  the  soil 
and  grant  of  the  Government  of  West  New  Jersey  to  Edward  Byl- 
linrre,  his  Heirs  and  Assigns.  Communicated  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
by  Mr.  Edv/ard  Richier,  Sept.  23,  1701.  (Same  as  foregoing.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;    Proprieties.     Vol.  6.     G-  34.     48  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  pp.  191,  202.  Samuel  Jennings  ap- 
pointed Deputy  Governor  by  Byllinge.     See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  126.] 

[Sept.  10.  Release  of  James,  Duke  of  York,  to  Sir  George  Car- 
teret (the  grandson  and  heir)  for  all  East  Jersey,  (does  not  appear 
to  have  been  signed  before  Oct.  16.)  Original  and  Duplicate. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  pp.  81,  192.] 

1681. 

[Oct.  14.  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  Cornelius  Longfield,  for  a 
tract  of  land  on  south  side  of  Raritan  River.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Nov.  2.  Copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Gov,  Council,  and  As- 
sembly, at  a  Court  held  at  Elizabeth  Town,  in  New  Jersey,  from 
Oct.  19  to  Nov.  2,  1681.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  I.,  p. 
249.     40  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.,  p.  293 ;  and  a  synopsis  is  in  East  Jersey, 
&c.,  p.  192.] 

16§l--2. 

[Feb.  1.  Release  from  Elizabeth  Carteret,  Executrix,  and  the 
Trustees  of  Sir  George,  to  the  twelve  Proprietors  for  all  of  East  Jer- 
sey.    Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Copies  are  among  the  Manuscripts  of  the  Society — in  the  Boundary  Papers  of 
the  Whitehead  MSS.,  and  it  is  printed  in  the  "Proceedings"  of  the  Society,  Vol. 
IV.  p.  156.  Originals  of  both  Lease  and  Release  are  also  in  the  Secretary  of  State's 
Office,  Trenton.] 

16S2. 

[June  1.  Agreement  by  the  twelve  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey, 
that  there  should  be  no  benefit  of  survivorship.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd MSS.] 

[Sept.  22.     Deed  from  William  Penn  to  Robert  Barclay,  for  one 


1682.]        UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.  9 

half  of  his  twelfth   (one  twenty-fourth)   of  East  Jersey.     Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  73.  Robei't  Barclay 
■was  appointed  Governor  of  East  Jersey  in  Sept.  1682,  and  afterwards  Governor 
for  life  July  17,  1683.  Ho  commissioned  Thomas  Rudyard  to  be  bis  Deputy 
Sept,  16,  1682.] 

[Dec.  10.  Will  of  Philip  Carteret,  Governor  of  New  Jersey, 
under  Lords  Berkley  and  Carteret.  Copy  from  the  Records. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  85 — Note.] 

1682-3. 

March  14.  Grant  by  way  of  Indenture,  by  the  Dvike  of  York 
for  East  New  Jersey  to  twenty-four  Proprietors,  upon  payment  of 
ten  Nobles  per  annum.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.;  Proprieties.  Vol.  3. 
C.  5.     Copy,  35  folios. 

[Pi-inted  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  141.  See 
East  Jersey,  &c.,  pp.  88,  196.] 

[March  23.  Deed  from  John  Fenwieke  to  William  Peun,  con- 
veying his  interest  in  West  Jersey,  excepting  certain  reservations. 
The  counterpart  signed  by  Wm.  Penn.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

16§3. 

[Order  of  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  relative  to  Perth- Amboy. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[August  11.  East  Jersey.  Letter  from  Samuel  Groom  to  the 
Proprietors  in  England,  describing  the  country  and  his  proceedings 
since  his  arrival.  Original  in  Rutherfurd  MSS.  (See  "  Proceed- 
ings" of  the  Society,  vol.  1,  p.  69.) 

Printed  in  Scot's  Model  of  the  "  Government  of  East  New  Jersey,"  p.  15-t. 
(See  East  Jersey,  &c.,  p.  281,)  and  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  172.] 

[Sept.  21.  Directions  of  the  Proprietors  in  England  to  Gawen 
Lawrie  and  Samuel  Groom,  for  the  "  expeditious  building  of  y''  ground 
on  Ambo  Point,  which  we  intend  shall  be  called  Perth  Towne,"  di- 
recting how  it  is  to  be  laid  out,  divided  among  the  Proprietors,  &c. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS. 

Lawrie  appointed  Governor  of  East  Jersey  in  July,  1683,  but  did  not  assume 
the  Government  until  February,  IBS-l.] 

[November  23.  Whitehall.  King  Charles  II.'s  letter  to  the 
Governor  and  Council  of  East  New  Jersey,  and  to  the  Planters,  In- 
habitants, and  all  others  concerned  in  the  said  Province — that  they 
yield  due  obedience  to  the  laws  and  government  of  James,  Earl  of 
Perth,  and  others.  Grantees  of  the  Province  by  an  Indenture  from 
James,  Duke  of  York.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Ind.  Plant. 
Gen.  0.  B.  8  Vol.     9  folios. 

Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "Grants and  Concessions,"  p.  151.] 

November  23.     Kino;  Charles  the  II.'s  Proclamation  to  the  in- 


10  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.        [1683. 

habitants  of  East  New  Jersey,  to  submit  to  the  Laws  'and  Gov't  of 
the  Grantees,  being  the  foregoing  letter  in  a  Printed  Broadside,  to 
which  is  attached  the  names  of  the  Proprietors,  and  a  short  sketch 
of  the  boundaries  and  origin  of  the  Propr'y  Govern't  also  printed. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.     Vol  1.     A  58—1.     12  folios. 

1684. 

[Feb.  13.  Agreement  between  William  Penn  and  the  Executors 
of  John  Fenwicke,  relative  to  the  taking  up  of  land  in  West  Jersey. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Johnson's  account  of  Salem,  p.  27.] 

[March  13.  Deed  of  sale  from  William  Dockwra  to  Robert  Black- 
wood, of  Edinburgh,  for  one  forty-eighth  part  of  East  Jersey. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS. 

William  Dock-m-a  was  the  Proprietors'  Register  in  England.     See  Contributions 
to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  14.]  \ 

16S3--4. 

March  15.  Newmarket.  Letter  from  King  Charles  II.  to  Ed- 
ward Billing  (Byllynge,)  Governor  of  West  New  Jersey — that  great 
care  be  taken  that  no  disorders  or  depredations  be  committed  to  the 
prejudice  of  His  Majesty's  allies,  by  pirates.  Entry,  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Ind.  Plant.  Gen.     0.  B.    8  Vol.     3  folios. 

16§4. 

[April  13.  Agreement  between  William  Penn  and  the  Execu- 
tors of  John  Fenwicke.     Copy.     New  Jersey  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Johnson's  Salem,  p.  27.] 

August  22.  Edinburgh.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Perth,  Geo. 
McKenzie,  and  Lord  Drummond  to  Gov.  Dongan — Have  discoursed 
with  the  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations  and  the  Duke  of 
York,  about  the  proposal  of  annexing  the  colony  of  New  Jersey  to 
the  Gov't  of  New  York,  and  urged  Col.  Dongan  to  lay  aside  all 
thought  of  it.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  p.  308. 
3  folios. 

[Printed  in  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  214  ;  in  Chalmers'  Annals, 
p.  62,  and  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  HI.  p.  348.] 

16S4-<5. 

Feb.  13.  New  York.  Gov.  Dongan  to  the  Earl  of  Perth,  in 
answer  to  his  letter  of  Aug.  22,  1684 — East  Jersey  affairs — incon- 
veniencies  of  having  two  distinct  Governments  upon  one  Biver — 
complains  of  the  Conduct  of  his  Agents  on  Staten  Island.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  1,  p.  309.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  East  Jersey  &c.,  p.  215 ;  in  Chalmers'  Annals,  p.  628,  and  in  N. 
Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.  p.  353.] 

16§5. 

[March  26.  Power  of  attorney  from  the  Propriefors  in  England 
and  Scotland  to  Gawen  Lawrie,  Deputy  Governor  Thomas  Rudyard, 
Thomas  Warner,  and  others,  to  determine  the  rightful  ownership  of 


1685.]        UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.  11 

certain  lands  on  Raritan  Eiver.  Copy  in  the  handwriting  of  Wm. 
Dockwra,  Register  of  the  Proprietors,  with  original  notes  by  Peter 
Sonmans.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[May  11.  Order  of  Proprietors  making  it  necessary  for  the  sig- 
natures of  five  whole  proprietors,  or  a  number  equivalent  thereto,  in- 
cluding the  Governor  and  Register  to  be  appended  to  any  commis- 
sions, instructions,  &c.,  to  give  them  validity,  and  confirming  sundry 
documents  already  issued.  Original.  Rutherfurd  MSS. 
Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  204.] 

May  13.     The  Corporation  of  New  York  to  Sir  John  Werden — 
Recommending  to  His  Majesty  to  re-unite  New  Jersey  and  Dela- 
ware to  the  Govern't  of  N.  Y.     Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  •  Vol. 
1,  p.  296.     New  York.     4  folios. 
[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  III.,  p.  361.] 

[July  3.  Instructions  from  the  Proprietors,  relative  to  "  setting 
out  of  lands,"  and  disapproving  of  the  course  of  Lawrie  and  Rud- 
yard  in  the  selection  of  land  at  Changoroza.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd MSS. 

Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  207.] 

[October  21.  Order  of  the  Proprietors  directing  an  examina- 
tion into  the  afi'airs  of  the  Province  of  East  Jersey.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

16§6. 

[Jan.  —  Minutes  of  Proprietors  of  Eastern  Division,  on  applica- 
tion of  John  Berry,  for  abatement  of  quit  rents  on  his  lands  in  New 
Barbadoes,  and  his  surrendering  the  old  for  a  new  patent.  Copy 
from  the  Records.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[April  29.  Order  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  authorizing 
William  Dockwra,  their  Register,  to  sign  for  them.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

A  mark  of  confidence  on  the  part  of  the  Proprietors,  as  no  consultation  with 
any  of  them  was  made  necessary.] 

[August  24.  Deed  from  the  Proprietors  to  William  Haige  for 
500  acres  of  land  in  Monmouth  County,  known  as  "  Cooper's  Nook." 
"  In  consideration  of  the  sudden  disappointment  the  said  William 
Haige  has  so  lately  met  withal,  in  being  so  quickly  dispossessed  of 
the  office  of  Surveyor  General."  Original.  Whitehead  MSS. 
See  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  14.3 

[Sept.  20.  MinutesofCoiincil  of  East  Jersey.  Boundary  Papers. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Oct.  23.  Minutes  of  Council  of  East  Jersey.  Boundary  Pa- 
pers.    Whitehead  MSS.] 

[ —  A  list  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey.  Original.  Ruth- 
erfurd MSS.] 


12  UNDER   THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENIS.         [1687. 

168T. 

[April  2.  A  list  of  tlie  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

This  list,  bearing  date  April  2d,  is  printed  in  appendix  to  the  "Answer  of 
William,  Earl  of  Sterling,  and  others,  Proprietors,  &c.,  to  John  Hunt's  Bill  in 
Chancery,   1770."J 

[ —  Revocation  of  all  the  powers  granted  to  Gawen  Lawrie  by  the 
Proprietors  of  East  Jersey.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Lord  Neill  Campbell  appointed  to  succeed  him  June  4th,  1680  ;  assumed  the 
Government  October,  1686.J 

1686--7. 

Feb.  22.  New  York.  Col.  Dougau,  Gov'r  of  New  York,  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — In  answer  to  the  heads  of  inquiry  sent  him — The 
state  of  the  Province  of  New  York  and  its  relations  with  the:  neigh- 
bouring Provinces — East  and  West  Jerseys  injure  the  trade  of  New 
York — attract  not  only  the  Indians,  but  even  many  merchants  from 
N.  Y.  go  over  there — In  Jerseys  there  are  no  Import  or  Export  Duties 
— Privateers  and  others  are  harboured  at  Sandy  Hook,  and  carry  on 
an  illegal  trade — It  would  be  advisable  to  build  a  Fort  there  (/.  e., 
Sandy  Hook) — As  regards  the  three  Lower  Counties,  it  would  be 
more  advantageous  to  join  them  to  N.  Y.  than  Pennsylvania.  Origi- 
nal. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.;  New  York,  Vol.  1.  B.  D.  P.  49.  Extract. 
10    folios.     Entire  paper  ab't  200  folios. 

In  the  P.  S.  Col.  Dongan  proposes  to  the  Board  that  Connecticut 
be  joined  to  N.  Y.    Since  the  loss  of  Delaware   and  the   Jerseys,  the 
Peltry  Trade,  Quit-rents,  and  Excise,  are  very  much  diminished. 
[Printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IE.,  p.  389.] 
16§T. 

[March  12.  Minutes  of  Council  of  East  Jersey.  Copy.  Bound- 
ary Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.;^ 

May  9.  Petition  of  John  Palmer  to  King  Jas.  II.,  that  a  fine 
of  £60,  which,  in  a  suit  with  the  Proprietors  of  New  Jersey,  he  was 
sentenced  to  pay,  may  be  remitted  to  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Vol. 
1,  p.  371.    3  folios. 

[John  Palmer  (Captain),  of  Staten  Island,  received  a  grant  for  land  on  the 
Raritan  in  1681,  and  in  1682,  Dec.  13,  he  -vvas  appointed  one  of  Deputy  Governor 
Rudyard's  Council.] 

May  30  to  July  12.  Memorandum  of  a  Petition  presented  by 
the  Proprietors  of  E.  &  W.  Jersey  to  the  King,  complaining  that 
their  ships  are  obliged  to  enter  New  Ybrk.  The  petition  was  re- 
ferred to  the  Board  of  Trade,  May  30,  1687.  On  the  15th  June, 
1687,  the  Board  of  Trade  gave  their  opinion  that  the  Petition  be  i>ent 
to  Gov.  Dongan  for  his  answer.  On  the  18th  of  June  an  Order  of 
Council  was  issued  confirming  the  Board's  opinion.  The  Proprietors 
applied  the  second  time,  and  on  the  12th  of  July,  1687,  an  Order  of 
Council  was  issued  commanding  the  Board  of  Trade  to  hear  the  Pro- 


1687.]         UNDER  THE   PEOPEIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  13 

prietors — tlie  result  of  which  hearing  was  a  letter  from  the  Privy 
Council  to  Col.  Dongan,  under  date  of  14th  August,  1687.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  47,  p.  118.     8  folios. 

Aug.  14.  Windsor,  Letter  from  the  Privy  Council  to  Gov. 
Dongan,  signifying  His  Majesty's  pleasure,  "  that  all  ships  bound  for 
New  Perth,  in  H.  M.'s  Colony  of  East  N.  Jersey,  to  go  directly 
thither,  without  touching  at  New  York,"  under  certain  provi- 
sions. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  46,  p.  136.  Entry.  3 
folios. 

[The  copy  sent  to  New  Jersey  is  in  the  Wliitehead  Manuscripts.  It  is  printed 
in  New  York  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  III.,  p.  428  ;  and  see  "  East  Jersey  un- 
der the  Proprietors,"  p.  Ill,  Note.] 

16§§. 

April  30.  Draft  of  a  surrender  of  Government  presented  to 
King  James  II.,  by  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey.  Communicated 
to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Dockwra,  11th  Dec.  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Proprietors.     Vol.  6.     G.  47.     4  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  1 13.] 

[Aug.  25.  Commission  from  Governor  Andros  to  Andrew  Ham- 
ilton, John  Campbell,  Robert  Vanquellin,  John^Bishop,  John  Inians, 
and  Samuel  Haile,  to  be  "  Justices  to  keep  the  peace  in  the  County 
of  Middlesex."  The  great  Provincial  Seal  attached.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1692. 

[April  6.  Commission  from  William  Dockwra,  the  Proprietors' 
Register,  and  in  their  behalf,  to  John  Barclay  (and  in  case  of  dis- 
ability on  his  part  to  John  Reid)  to  be  Surveyor  General,  with  Seal 
of  the  Province  in  a  tin  box.  Barclay's  oath  of  office  on  the  back, 
dated  Nov.  1,  1092.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

For  notices  of  John  Barclay  and  John  Reid,  see  Contributions  to'  East  Jersey 
History,  pp.  42,  45.] 

[Sept.  28.  Minutes  of  Council  of  East  Jersey.  Copy.  Bound- 
ary Papers.     Whitehead'  MSS.] 

[Dec.  30.  Commission  from  Governor  Andrew  Hamilton  to 
Lewis  Morris,  of  Tinton  Manor,  Lewis  Morris,  of  Passage  Point,  and 
John  Hauce,  Judges  of  Court  of  Common  Right  in  Shrewsbury. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1693. 

[April  1.  London.  Letter  from  Wm.  Dockwra,  Proprietors' 
Register,  to  Governor  Hamilton.     Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

[Printed  in  Society's  Proceedings,  Vol.  I,  p.  144 ;  and  see  East  Jersey,  pp. 
133-4.] 

1696. 

July  17.  Extract  of  a  Presentment  from  the  Custom  Commis- 
sioners to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  about  the  Governors  in  the 


14  UNDER  THE  PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.        [1696. 

Proprietary  Governments  in  America,  being  remiss  in  enforcing  the 
Acts  of  Trade  and  Navigation  in  their  respective  Grovernments. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  34,  p.  19.     Entry,  3  folios. 

July  22.  Mr.  Lowndes,  Seer,  of  the  Treasury  to  Mr.  Popple, 
Seer,  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  Transmits  for  the  Board  of  Trade's 
consideration,  Extract  of  a  Presentment  from  the  Custom  Com- 
miss""^  of  17  July,  1696,  complaining  of  the  Governors  of  the  Pro- 
prieties, being  remiss  in  enforcing  a  compliance  with  the  Acts  of 
Trade  and  Navigation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant"  Gem.  Vol.  34, 
p.  18.  Entry,  1  folio.  Enclosed  :  Extract  of  the  above-named  pre- 
sentment of  July  17,  1696. 

July  31.  The  names  of  persons  recommended  to  be  the  Judges, 
Registers,  and  Marshals,  in  the  Courts  of  Admiralt}^,  and  also  of  the 
Attorney  General  in  the  Colonies  and  Provinces  on  the  Continent  of 
America,  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Randolph.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  Plant.  Gem.     Vol.  34,  p.  22.     4  folios. 

August  31.  Edward  Randolph's  Memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
about  the  inefficiencies  of  the  Attorney  Generals  in  the  N.  American 
Colonies,  recommending  to  remove  some  of  them,  and  to  appoint 
others.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant"  Gen>.  Vol.  34,  p.  29. 
11  folios. 

Sept.  7.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords 
Justices  of  England,  upon  the  Presentment  from  the  Custom  Com- 
missioners of  17  July,  1696.  Recommend  Mr.  James  Gi'aham  to  be 
Att.  General  for  New  York,  East  Jersey,  and  Connecticut ;  and  Mr. 
Edward  Chilton  for  Virginia,  Maryland,  Pennsylvania,  N.  Carolina, 
and  West  Jersey.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  31, 
p.  34.     5  folios. 

Nov.  5.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of 
Carolina,  Bahama  Islands,  Pennsylvania,  E.  &  W.  Jersey,  and  Con- 
necticut. They  pray  that  a  copy  of  the  B.  T.  Representation  of 
Sept.  7,  made  upon  Ed.  Randolph's  information,  may  be  given  them, 
and  that  they  may  be  heard,  before  Mr.  Attorney  shall  make  Report 
^n  the  subject.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  1. 
A.  4.     7  folios. 

Nov.  10.  Randolph's  Representation  to  the  Custom  Commis- 
sioners about  the  breach  of  Acts  of  Trade  and  Navigation  in  the  sev- 
eral Colonies,  especially  in  those  which  were  under  distinct  Proprie- 
ties. Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol  1.  A.  6. 
25  folios. 

Nov.  21.  Commission  from  the  Custom  Commissioners  to  Mr. 
Thomas  Cocker,  to  be  Collector  of  Duties  at  Perth  Amboy.  Copy. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York.     Vol.  7.     D.  33-4.     4  folios. 

Dec.  3.  Order  of  Council  upon  a,  Representation  from  the  Board 
of  Trade  of  the  same  date,  relating  to  Jamaica,  and  complaining  of 


1696.  ]       UNDER   THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.  15 

the   Protection   given   to   Pirates  in   tlie    Proprieties.       Original. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     Vol.  1.     A.  10.     2  folios. 

Dec.  4.  Inner  Temple.  Sir  Tho'  Trevor's  (Att.  Gen'l)  opinion 
that  the  King  may  appoint  Admiralty  Jurisdiction,  Advocates  Gen- 
eral, and  such  other  Ofl&cers  in  the  Admiralty  Courts  as  he  may  think 
convenient.  Enclosing  foregoing  Representation  of  1G9G,  Sept.  7, 
and  Order  of  Council  referring  the  above  Representation  to  the  Att. 
Gen'l.     1696,  Sept.  10.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant"  Gen'l.     Vol.  1. 

A.  7.     9  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Randolph's  JMemorial  to  the  Commissioners  for  Trade 
desiring  leave  to  prove  the  allegations  in  his  Memorial  to  the  Custom 
Commissioners  of  Nov.  10,  1696.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ; 
Propr.     Vol.  1.    A.  8.    2  folios. 

Dec.  16.  Memorial  of  the  Lords  Proprietors  and  Agents  of  the 
Provinces  of  Carolina,  Bahama  Islands,  Pennsylvania,  E.  &.  W. 
Jersey,  and  Connecticut,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  requesting  to  be 
heard  ab'  the  Courts  of  Admiralty  being  established  there.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     V.  1.     A.  11.     4  folios. 

Dec.  31.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Representa- 
tion from  Proprietors  of  several  Colonies  in  America  to  the 
King,  appointing  the  7th  of  January  next  for  their  hearing.     S.  P.  0., 

B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  1.     A.  13.     2  folios. 
1696--T. 

January  21.  Petition  from  the  Proprietors  of  Carolina,  Ba- 
hama, Pennsylvania,  E.  &.  W.  Jerseys,  and  Connecticut,  to  the 
King,  desiring  that  the  Governors  of  the  said  Provinces  may  have 
Commissions  to  be  Vice  Admirals.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  1.     A.  18.     3  folios. 

[Jan.  30.  London.  Receipt  of  William  Dockwra  for  £o  Is.  3d. 
for  sundry  expenses  (specified)  incurred  for  the  Proprietors  in  the 
years  1695  and  1696 — money  received  from  P.  Sonmans,  Treasurer 
of  the  Proprietors.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

February  9.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Proprs.  of  E.  & 
W.  N.  Jerseys — to  pay  their  respective  Quota  of  Men  to  New  York 
— to  make  eflFectual  Laws  ag''  Deserters  and  Fugitives — to  take  care 
that  no  Pirates  be  sheltered  or  protected  there.  Entry,  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     V.  25,  p.  45.     6  folios. 

March  1.  Mr.  Lownds,  Secr'y  of  the  Treasury  to  the  Custom 
Commiss'rs  about  the  Ports  in  New  Jersey. 

See  1697.    Sept.  8.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     Vol.  1.     A.  53. 

1697. 

April  2.  Opinion  of  Sir  Creswell  Levinz  on  the  subject  of  Cus- 
toms in  East  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr. 
Vol  1.     A.  58-2.     3  folios. 

See  also,  1697.     Oct.  1.     Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  East 


16  UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.        [1697. 

New    Jersey,    &c.,    and    1697,    June    4,    Opinion    of    Sir    Jolin 
Hawles. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  tlie  Proprietors,  p.  142.] 

April  9.  Sir  Thos.  Trevor,  Att.  Gen'l  to  Secretary  Popple,  en- 
closing a  draft  of  a  bond  to  be  entered  into  by  the  Proprietors  of  the 
several  Plantations  in  America,  for  obliging  them  to  cause  their 
Dep.  Gov'rs  to  obey  his  Majesty  or  other  persons  acting  under  his  au- 
thority or  orders.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Prop.       V.  1.  A.  38.    5  folios. 

April  22.  The  King's  Letter  to  the  Proprietors  of  E.  &.  W. 
N.  Jerseys,  relating  to  the  Plantation  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ; 
Proprieties.     V.  25,  p.  69.     3  folios. 

May  6.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Basse,  enclosing  a 
Bond  to  be  entered  into  by  the  Proprietors  of  East  and  "West  N.  Jer- 
sey, in  conformity  with  the  King's  orders.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr. 
Vol.  25,  p.  75.     3  folios. 

May  20.  Burlington.  Association  for  the  Defence  of  King  Wm. 
III.'s  Person,  and  Governmen  against  Attempts  of  the  late  Kg. 
Jas.  II.,  signed  by  the  Gov'r,  Council,  and  Representatives  of  W.  N. 
Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  2.  B.  19. 
No.  2.     3  folios. 

May  20.  Address  of  the  Gov'r  and  Council  of  W.  N.  Jersey  to 
King  Wm.  the  Third,  upon  his  delivery  from  the  hands  of  an  assassin. 
Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  2.  B.  19.  No.  3. 
2  folios. 

(May  20.)     Declaration   of  the   Quakers  of  New  Jersey  to  be 
faithful  to    King  Wm.    III.,  and  to  protect  his  person  and  Gov't 
against  Traitors.     42  signatures.     Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;   Pro- 
,  prieties.     Vol.  2.     B.  19.     No.  4.     4  folios. 

May  21.  Memorial  of  the  Propr\s  of  E.  &.  W.  New  Jerseys, 
signifying  their  having  nominated  Mr.  Jeremiah  Basse  to  be  Gov'r  of 
those  provinces,  and  desiring  His  Majesty's  approbation.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;   Proprs.     V.  1.     A.  44.     3  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey,  &;c.,  p.  138.] 

June  4.  Opinion  of  Sir  John  Hawles,  on  the  subject  of  Cus- 
toms in  East  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Propr. 
Vol.  1.     A.    58-3.     3  folios. 

See  also  1697.     April  2,  and  1697.     Oct.  1. 

June  8.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Basse,  informing  him 
that  the  Proprietors  ought  to  give  the  required  security  before 
be  be  presented  to  the  King  for  the  Gov'r  of  the  New  Jerseys.  En- 
try.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     Vol.  25,  p.  82.     2  folios. 

[See  May  6,  1G97.] 
169Y. 

July  15.     London.     Mr.  Basse  to  Mr.  Popple — Desires  to  know 


l(iU7.]         UNDER   THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.  17 

1°  What  to  do  with  those  that  were  Pirates  and  now  may  be  settled 
in  the  Jersies  ? — 2"  What  course  will  be  the  best  to  take  with  those 
that  may  come  into  the  Provinces  ? — and  3 '  Whether  it  would  not 
be  necessary  for  all  the  officers  in  E.  and  W.  New  Jersey  to  take 
the  oaths  and  to  sign  the  Association  ? — Few  remarks  about  the  re- 
quired Bond  from  the  Proprietors.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol. 
1,  A.  48.     10  folios. 

July  21,  London.  Mr.  Basse  to  Mr.  Popple. — Waits  for  an  an- 
swer to  his  of  the  15th  inst. — He  goes  to  Jerseys  with  a  firm  reso- 
lution of  putting  a  stop  to  the  Piracies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr., 
V.  1,  A.  49.     3  folios. 

July  22.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Basse. — In  answer  to  his  letters 
of  the  15th  and  21st  of  July,  transmitting  several  Queries  about 
Pirates,  and  explaining  to  him  about  taking  oaths  in  Jerseys,  and 
giving  Bond  by  the  Proprietors.  S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.  Propr.,  Vol.  25, 
p.  92.     6  folios. 

July  26.  London.  Letter  of  Mr.  Basse  to  Seer.  Popple. — In 
answering  the  several  Queries  in  his  Letter  of  the  22d  inst.,  Mr. 
Basse  gives  a  long  and  particular  account  of  all  that  he  knew  about 
the  Pirates  in  the  American  Plantations.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Propr.,  Vol.  1,  A.  50.     23  folios. 

Aug.  4.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Basse — requiring  him 
to  lay  before  the  Board  of  Trade  the  most  particular  instances  he 
knows,  of  the  Pirates  being  entertained  and  protected  in  R.  I.  :  N. 
Y. :  Car.  :  and  Providence — The  names  of  the  said  Pirates  and  their 
protectors,  and  of  all  other  matters  relating  to  Piracy.  Entry,  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p.  103.     3  folios. 

Aug.  31.  Report  from  the  Custom  Commissioners  about  the 
Ports  at  New  Jersey. 

See  1697.  Sept.  8.  Copy,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.  Vol.  1,  A. 
53.     9  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey,  &c  ,  p.  142.] 

Sept.  8.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lownds  by  order  of  the  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  referring  to  the  Board  of  Trade's  considerat"  a  Report  of 
the  CommissTS  of  Customs  upon  a  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  E. 
and  W.  New  Jerseys  relating  to  their  Port,  and  the  ainioyance  they 
experience  from  the  Collectors  of  New  York.     Enclosing 

The  Proprietor's  Petition  to  the  Treasury. 

Mr.  Lownds  to  the  Custom  Commiss'rs,  1696-7,  March  1,  and 
Custom  Commiss'rs'  Report,  1697,  Aug.  31.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Propr.     Vol.  1,  A.  53.     3  folios. 

Sept.  23.     Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board  of  Trade  the 
Petition  of  the  E.  N.  Jersey  Proprietors  to  the  Lords  Justices,  pray- 
ing  that  a  day  may  be   appointed  to  hear  their   complaints  against 
2 


18  UNDER  THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.         [1697. 

the  Custom  officers  of  New  York.     Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Pro- 
prieties, Vol.  25,  p.  150.     10  folios. 

Sept.  14.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Lowndes  in  answer 
to  his  Letter  of  the  8th  of  the  same  Month  about  Ports  in  E.  and 
W.  New  Jerseys.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p. 
148.     2  folios. 

Oct.  1.  East  N.  Jersey.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  East 
New  Jersey  (signed  by  Wm.  Dockwra,  Seer,  and  Reg.  of  E.  N.  J.,) 
complaining  of  the  Collector  and  Officers  of  New  York,  who  insist 
that  all  ships  Bound  to  E.  N.  J.  should  come  to  New  York  and  pay 
an  Import  laid  upon  goods  there,  according  to  an  Act  of  their  Gen' 
Assembly.     Enclosing 

1683,  November  23.  1697,  Apr.  2.  1697,  June  4.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Propr.,  V,  1,  A.  58.     35  folios. 

Oct.  6.  Whitehall  Seer.  Popple  to  the  Att.  and  Sol.  Greneral 
relating  to  the  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  N.  Jersey  about 
the  right  of  Constituting  Ports,  requiring  their  opinion  whether  that 
Bight  is  actually  invested  in  the  Pi'oprietors.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p.  164.  5  folios. 
Original  in  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.  V.  2,  B.  1. 

Oct.  18.  The  Attorney  and  Solicitor  G-eneral's  Answer  to  the 
Queries  sent  them  by  the  Seer.  Popple  -Oth  of  Oct.  about  Ports  of 
N.  Jersey.  Original,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.  Vol.  2,  B.  1.  3  fo- 
lios. 

Oct.  21.  The  ""Commissionei's  of  Customs  to  Mr.  Randolph, 
Surv  G-eni  of  Customs  in  America,  ordering  him  to  appoint  officers 
for  Collecting  duties  on  Import  and  Export  at  Perth  Amboy  and 
Burlington.     Copy,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  D.  33. 

Oct.  27.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords 
Justices  upon  the  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey, 
objecting  to  their  having  a  Right  to  Establish  a  Free  Port  at  Perth 
Amboy.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.  Vol.  25,  p.  176.  27  fo- 
lios. 

Oct.  27.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Council  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Plantations  in  America  ab'  publishing  the  Peace.  Entry, 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l,  Vol.  34,  p.  190.     2  folios. 

Nov.  25.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  Representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Oct.  27,  1697,  disallowing  the  Estab- 
lishment of  a  Port  at  Perth  Amboy,  and  directing  that  all  the  Ships 
Trading  in  Hudson's  River  pay  their  dues  to  the  Governor  of  New 
York.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p.  188.  (2 
folios.) 

Nov.  30.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  all  the 
Plantations  in  America,  with  Copies  of  the   Treaty  of  Peace  with 


1697.]         UNDER   THE    PROPEIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  19 

the  French  King.     Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant'n  Gen'l,  Vol.  34, 
p.  208.     2  folios. 

[December  1,  Authority  to  George  Willocks  from  Proprietors 
of  East  and  West  Jersey  to  receive  and  sell  Quit  Rents.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Gi'ants  and  Concessions,"  p.  214.  For  notice 
of  George  Willocks  see  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  80.] 

Dec.  22.     Seer.   Popple   to   the  Prop,  of  E.  and  W.  N.  Jerseys, 
requiring  them  to   transmit  to   the   Board  of  Trade   all   the   Acts 
passed  in  the  General   Assembly  of  Jersey.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Pro- 
prieties, Vol.  25,  p.  188.     Entry.     1  folio. 
169T-8. 

Feb.  23.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Proprietors  of 
Carolina,  Bahama  Islands,  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jerseys,  with 
Proclamations  prohibiting  His  Majesty's  subjects  to  enter  into  the 
Foreign  Service.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p.  196. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

March  21.  Cockpit.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Proprietors  of  Carolina,  Bahama  Islands,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jer- 
seys, Conn't  and  Rh.  Isl'd,  directing  them  to  enact  Laws  against 
Privateers  and  Pirates.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p. 
201.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[See  New  York  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  IV.  p.  299.] 
169§. 

April  14.  Burlington.  Complimentary  Letter  from  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey  to  the  Proprietors,  thanking  them  for  having  sent 
Mr.  Basse  to  be  their  Governor.  Copy,  inclosed  in  Gov  Basse's 
letter  to  Seer.  Popple,  of  1G9S,  April.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propriet., 
Vol.  2,  B.  13,  No.  1.     4  folios. 

[An  account  of  the  disbursements  of  the  East  Jersey  Proprie- 
taries to  this  year.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  in  Appendix  to  "  Answer  of  William,  Earl  of  Sterling,  and  others  Pro- 
prietors, &c.,  to  John  Hunt's  Bill  in  Chancery,  1770."] 

April.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov  Basse  to  Seer.  Popple — His  ar- 
rival in  Jersey — published  his  Commissions — took  and  administered 
the  oaths — some  Pirates  from  Rhode  Island  Landed  in  Jersey,  of 
which  he  informed  the  E.  of  Bellomont,  Gov'r  of  N.  Y. — the  Ille- 
gal Trade  to  Curacao  and  Madagascar — Recommends  to  erect  a  For- 
tification on  Sandy  Hook,  and  to  appoint  some  officials  there — com- 
municated his  plans  to  Mr.  Randolph — proposes  a  method  for  re- 
ducing the  Plantation  Trade  to  an  equality.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B.  13.     5  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  138.] 

May  8>  Earl  of  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade — In  the  lat- 
ter part  of  his  letter  he  states  that  the  granting  leave  of  2  .ports  to 


20  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.         [1698. 

the  Jerseys  may  be  attended  with  ill  consequences  to  N.  Y.,  and 
that  he  would  not  permit  Proclamations  to  be  printed  for  making 
Perth  and  Burlington  Free  Ports.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.,  New  York, 
Vol.  7,  c.  2.     (Extract.)     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  IV.  p.  302,  and  see  page  298 
same  volume.     See  also  East  Jersey,  &c.,  p.  143.] 

[May  11.  Commitment  of  Lewis  Morris  for  contempt  of  Court, 
signed  by   Joseph  Rolph,   sheriff.     Original.     N.    J.    Hist.    Soc'y, 

MSS. 

See  East  Jersey,  pp.  100,  139,  and  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  Vol.  IV.  p.  6.] 

May  2-4.  New  York.  Earl  of  Bellomont's  Proclamation  for 
maintaining  the  Port  at  New  York  against  Perth- Amboy  and  Bur- 
lington in  New  Jersey.  Printed  Broadside,  N.  Y.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.,  New  York,  Vol.  7,  c.  17.     7  folios. 

May  25.  New  York.  Earl  of  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Encloses  his  Proclamation  of  May  24,  1698,  for  maintain- 
ing the  Port  at  N.  Y.,  in  its  privileges  against  Perth  and  Burling- 
ton in  East  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.,  New  York,  Vol.  7,  c.  16. 
Original.     (Extract.)     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  IV.  p.  313,  and  see  p.  318  of 
same  volume.] 

May  27.  Perth- Amboy.  Deposition  of  John  Elston,  one  of 
Every's  (the  Pirate)  Crew  taken  before  the  Gov'r  of  the  Jerseys. 
Copy.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  D.  41.     13  folios. 

May  30.  Perth- Amboy.  Gov'r.  Basse's  Proclamation,  asserting 
the  Right  of  Perth- Amboy  of  being  a  Free  Port.  Orig'l  in  MS. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  c.  51.     5  folios. 

June  17.  Perth- Amboy.  Gov  Basse  to  the  Earl  of  Bello- 
mont, refusing  to  give  up  two  of  Every's  (the  Pirate)  Crew.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  D.  3.     Copy.     2  folios. 

June  18.  New  York.  Earl  of  Bellomont  to  Gov'r  Basse  in  an- 
swer to  his  Letter  of  17  June,  about  two  of  Every's  (the  Pirate) 
Crew,  then  being  in  New  Jersey.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New 
York,  Vol.  7,  D.  3.     3  folios. 

June  30.  Memorial  of  J.  Graham,  the  Att.  Gen'  of  New  York 
to  the  Earl  of  Bellomont,  gives  a  short  historical  Acc't  of  the  Jer- 
seys from  1664,  and  offers  his  reasons  why  Amboy  ought  not  to  be 
a  Free  Port.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7.  D. 
42.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  382.] 

July  1.  New  York.  Earl  of  Bellomont  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Had  Received  and  Published  the  Council's  order  about  the  Port 
of  N.  Y.  and  Perth- Amboy — Sends  Col.  Basse's  Counter  Proclama- 
tion asserting  the  Right  of  Perth-Amboy,  who  afterwards  submits 


1698.]         UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  21 

to  the  King's  orders — Mr.  Randolph  seized  a  Ship  at  N.  Jersey, 
which  is  tried  in  the  Court  of  Admiralty  at  N.  Y. — that  Court  is- 
sued a  precept  to  bring  before  them  two  Pirates  found  in  Jerseys ; 
Gov  Basse  and  Council  at  first  refused  but  afterwards  submitted — 
&c.,  &c.,  &c.     Original. 

The  remaining  part  of  the  letter  does  not  relate  to  N.  Jerseys. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  c.  50.     (Extract.)     4  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  IV.  p.  332,  and  see  p. 
359  of  same  volume.] 

July  6.  Seer.  Popple  to  Seer.  Sansom  of  the  Customs,  with 
an  Order  of  Council  of  25  November,  1697,  about  the  Free  Ports 
at  Perth-Amboy  and  Burlington  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Proprieties,  Vol.  25,  p.  212.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  2-3.  Copy  of  a  Minute  of  Council  of  New  York  upon  a 
dispute  about  the  clearing  of  a  Ship  for  Perth-Amboy,  without  pay- 
ing Customs  at  New  York.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T. ;  N.  Y.,  Vol.  7,  D. 
31.     6  folios. 

Sept.  18.  Deposition  of  Ducie  Hungerford,  Collector  of  Cus- 
toms at  New  York,  about  the  seizure  of  a  Ship  at  Perth-Amboy, 
and  the  resistance  olFered  to  him  by  the  People  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T. ;  New  York,  Vol.  7,  D.  34.     Copy.     8  folios. 

[See  despatch  from  Lord  Bellomont  to  the  Lord  of  Trade,  Dec.  1-t,  1698, 
ill  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  438,  and  pages  546  and  777.  Governor 
Basse's  Memorial  same  volume,  p.  605,  and  East  Jersey,  &c.,  p.  145.] 

Oct.  25.  Seer.  Popple  to  Gov'r  Basse  in  answer  to  his  Letter 
of  April  last,  commending  his  Zeal.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol 
25,  p.  256.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Dec.  14.  Whitehall.  Seer.'  Popple  to  Mr.  Lownds — Gov'r 
Basse's  disobedience  of  the  Order  of  Council  of  the  25th  Nov., 
1697,  about  the  Port  at  Perth-Amboy — wishes  to  know  whether  this 
fact  is  known  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  and  if  so,  what  direc- 
tions their  Lordships  have  given  about  it.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr., 
Vol.  25,  p.  262.      Entry.      3  folios. 

Dec.  22.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Sansom — Gov'r 
Basse's  opposition  to  the  Order  of  Council  of  the  25  Nov.,  1697, 
about  the  Port  at  Perth-Amboy — transmits  several  Documents  rela- 
tive to  the  subject,  and  wishes  to  know  the  opinion  of  the  Custom 
Commissioners,  for  the  information  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol  25,  p.  282.     Entry.     9  folios. 

(Dec.  23.)  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  New  Jersey  to 
King  Wm.  III.  praying  his  approval  of  Mr.  Andrew  Hamilton  as 
Gov^  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B.  42. 
Orig.     3  folios. 

See  1698-9.     Jan.  5.     Order  of  Council 

[See  East  Jersey,  p.  148.] 


22  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARy   GOVERNMENTS.         [1G98. 

169§--1700. 

New  Jersey.  Extracts  of  Records  in  New  Jersey,  containing 
Proofs  to  support  the  Address  of  the  L'  Gov'r  and  Council  to  the 
Queen  (1707-8,  Feb.  10.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1, 
C.  35,)  relating  to  the  irregular  conduct  of  Mr.  Morris  and  other 
Members  of  the  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1, 
C.  69.     Copy.     60  folios. 

Transmitted  by  Mr.  Dockwra  in  his  Memorial  31  Oct.,  1709. 

See  (1707-8,  Feb.   10,)  Address  of  the  L't  Gov'r  and   Council 
of  N.  Jersey. 
1699? 

["  Propositions  for  y'  Settlement  of  Pamphilia  by  the  Gover- 
nor."    Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Pamphilia,  so  called,  comprised  22,800  acres  in  Salem  County,  fronting  on  the 
Delaware,  conveyed  by  Jeremiah  Basse,  as  Attorney  for  the  West  Jersey  Society, 
to  John  Tatham  and  John  Jewell.     See  Jan.  13,  1735.] 

169§--9. 

Jan.  5.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  Petition  of  the  Propr'rs  of  E.  New  Jersey  recommending 
Mr.  Andrew  Hamilton  for  Gov'r  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Propr.,  V.  2.  B.  42.      Orig'l.     2  folios. 

(Enclosing  the  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  New  Jersey  of 
Dec.  23,  1698.) 

Jan.  17.  Custom  House,  London.  Mr.  Sansom  to  Mr.  Popple 
in  answer  to  his  Letter  of  the  22  of  Dec.  last — the  Commiss"  have 
not  yet  had  time  to  examine  the  papers  relative  to  Perth-Amboy, 
but  will  despatch  them  soon.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B. 
43.     Orig'l.     1  folio. 

January  17.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  the  Attorney  General, 
Inquiring  whether  Mr.  Hamilton,  a  Scotchman,  be  qualified  to  be 
Gov'r  of  East  N.  Jersey,  in  respect  of  the  Act  for  preventing  Frauds, 
&c.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  25,  p.  303.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  148.] 

Feb.  2.  Sir.  Thos.  Trevor  (Att.  Gen')  to  Mr.  Popple,  In  answer 
to  his  of  January  17th — Mr.  Hamilton,  Scotchman  born,  is  by  Law 
capable  of  being  appointed  Governor  of  any  of  the  Plantations.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B.  44.     Orig'l.     1  folio. 

Feb.  9.  Sir  Thomas  Lane,  to  Mr.  Popple — Desires  a  Report 
upon  the  Petition  of  the  Propr's  of  E.  New  Jersey,  praying  that  ]Mr 
Hamilton  may  be  appointed  Gov  of  the  said  Province.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Propr.,  A^ol.  2,  B.  45.     Orig'.     2  folios. 

Feb.  21.  Custom  House,  London.  Mr.  Sansom  to  Mr.  Popple, 
In  answer  to  his  of  the  22nd  of  December  last — sending  a  Copy  of 
the  Custom  Commiss'rs'  Report  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  recom- 
mending the  release  of  the  Inhabitants  of  E.  New  Jersey  from  pay- 


1699.]         UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  23 

ment  of  Duties  to  New  York.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B. 
52.     Origi.     2  folios. 

Feb.  21.  Custom  House,  London.  Report  of  the  Custom  Com- 
missioners to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury. — Recommend  to  relieve 
the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey  from  payment  of  an}-  Duties  to 
the  Government  of  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol.  2, 
B.  52,  No.  1.     Copy.     S  folios. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Lowndes— Board  of 
Trade  wishes  to  know  what  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  intend  to  do 
about  the  Port  at  Perth- Amboy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Propr.,  Vol.  25, 
p.  349.     Entry.     2  folios. 

March  9.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  the  Petition  of  the  Propr.  of  East  New  Jersey  [of 
March,  1698-9,  enclosed,]  praying  either  to  Free  the  Port  at  Perth- 
Amboy,  or  to  consent  to  a  Trial  at  VVestm''  Hall  upon  a  feigned  is- 
sue, where  they  may  receive  a  Judicial  Determination.  Original. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B.  57.     8  folios  with  End. 

March  13.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  W.  New  Jersey  to 
the  B.  of  Trade.  Andrew  Hamilton,  Esq.,  recommended  to  be  Gov'r 
of  W.  N.  Jersey,  signed  by  Sir  Thos.  Lane,  Mr.  Paul  Domini(pe, 
Mr.  E.  Richier,  Mr.  John  Moore,  Mr.  Michael  Watts,  Mr.  John 
Bridges,  Mr.  Rob.  Michel  and  Mr.  Wm.  Hammond.  Original.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr.,  Vol.  2,  B.  57.     3  folios. 

(March  13.)  "  An  Act  declaring  what  are  the'Rights  and  Privi- 
leges of  His  Majesty's  subjects  inhabiting  within  this  Province  of 
East  New  Jersey,"  passed  at  the  General  Assembly  held  at  Perth 
Amboy,  from  the  21  February  to  13  March,  1698—9.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3.  E.  43 — 44.  Attested  Copy.  8 
folios. 

p]nclosed  in  a  Letter  from  Gov'  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
of  July  3,  1728. 

[See  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  p.  368.] 

March  23.  A.  Hamilton,  Esqr.,  to  Seer.  Popple.  Desires  a 
speedy  Report  upon  the  Proprietors'  Memorial  about  his  being  ap- 
pointed Governor  of  the  New  Jerseys.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Propr. 
Vol.  2.     B.  59.     Original.     2  folios. 

March  23.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Complain  of  the  Gov'r  of  N.  Y.  seizing  the 
ship  Hester  within  the  Harbour  of  Perth  Amboy — Arguments  in 
support  of  their  Claim  to  have  a  Free  Port  at  Perth  Amboy — In- 
conveniences of  clearing  their  ships  at  N.  Y. — offer  to  obtain  an  Act 
of  Assembly  to  fix  the  same  duties  at  Perth  Amboy,  as  are  paid  at 
N.  Y. — Pray  to  be  heard  before  the  B.  T.  make  their  report  upon 
their  last  Petition.  Originah  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol. 
3.     C.  1.     12  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  Hi.] 


24  UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.         [1699. 

1699. 

April  3.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Nevr  Jersey  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  allowing  a  Port  in  East  N.  Jersey  upon  the 
conditions  they  proposed  at  the  last  hearing  would  be  no  detriment, 
but  an  advantage  to  New  York — Reasons  for  it — Their  Title  to  the 
Govern'  of  the  Province — Pray  to  make  a  speedy  Report  upon  their 
Petitions.  Original  S.  P.  6.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Voh  3.  C. 
4.     8  folios. 

April  14.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra — The  Claim 
of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey  to  a  Port  at  Perth  Amboy, 
and  the  Right  of  the  Gov't  of  the  Province  will  be  tried  at  the 
Bar  in  Westminster  Hall,  in  order  to  receive  a  Judicial  Determina- 
tion. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  25,  p.  399.  Entry,  2 
folios. 

April  18.     Whitehall      Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  King  Wm.  TIL,  Recommending  that  the  Claim  of  the  Proprie- 
tors of  East  New  Jersey  to  a  Port  at  Perth  Amboy,  be  tried  at  the 
Bar  iu  Westminster  Hall.     S.  P.  0.,   B.   T. ;    Proprieties.      Vol. 
•  25,  p.  400.     Entry,  2  folios. 

April  19.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  N.  Jersey  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Popple  informed  them  of  the  Board's  intention 
to  bring  their  Claim  of  a  Port  in  East  Jersey,  together  with  the 
Right  of  Gov't  of  that  Province  to  a  Trial  at  Westminster 
Hall — They  proposed  to  have  a  Trial  of  their  Claim  to  a  Port  as  the 
last  resort  to  justify  themselves  against  the  clamours  of  the  Inhabit- 
ants— They  did  not  offer  to  try  their  Right  of  Government,  as  their 
right  to  a  Port  does  not  depend  upon  it.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  3.     C.  7.     4  folios. 

[April  21.  Letter  from  the  "  Towue  of  Newarke  to  the  Townes 
of  Perth  Amboy,  Elizabethtowne,  Woodbridge,  Freehold,  Bergen, 
Shrewsbury,  Middletown,  Piscataqua,  Aquechenonck,  &c.,"  relative 
to  an  "  Act  for  redressing  a  force  of  our  neighbour  Province," 
passed  by  the  Assembly ;  approving  their  intention  not  to  com- 
ply with  it,  and  calling  upon  the  other  towns  to  co-operate.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  East  Jersey  tinder  the  Proprietors,  p.  14,5;  and  seethe  Act  in  Learn- 
ing &  Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions."] 

May  25.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Basse's  Proclamation,  prohibiting 
the  Inhabitants  of  N.  Jerseys  from  having  any  correspondence,  or 
giving  any  assistance  to  the  Scotch  Adventurers  intending  to  settle 
in  America.  (Darien.)  Coi:>y,  S.  P.  0.  America  &  West  Indies. 
V.  385.     4  folios. 

May  27.  Cape  May.  Gills  Shelley  to  Mr.  Delancey — Arrived 
at  Cape  May  from  Madagascar — his  Cargo — the  number  of  Passen- 
gers and  their  destiny — amount  received  for  the  passage — goes  to 


1699.]         UNDIiR   TEIK   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMEMTS.  25 

Sandy  Hook — Buckmaster  is  on  Board — Capt.  Barges  at  St.  Marys 
— lie   has  23  Negroes  for  his  owners.     Copy,  transmitted  in  Gov'r 
Basse's  Letter  to  Seer.   Popple,  of  1690,  June  9,  [which  see.]      S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.    Vol.  3.    C.  29.     N°  1.     4  folios. 
[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.  Vol.  IV.,  p.  rA2.] 

May  31.  Oz'der  of  Council  upon  a  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of 
W.  New  Jersey  to  King  Wm.  III.,  praying  to  approve  Andrew  Ham- 
ilton, Esqr.,  to  be  Govt  of  the  said  Province.  Referred  to  the  Board 
of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  3.  C.  21.  Origi- 
nal, with  a  Copy  of  the  Petition.    4  folios,  with  Enclosure. 

June  1.  Letter  to  (the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey)  from 
the  Towns  of  "NewWorke,  Eliza's  Town,  Perth  x\mboy,  and  Free- 
hold," signed  by  the  Town  Clerks.  The  address  passed  to  Gov'r 
Basse  is  far  from  being  the  sentiments  of  the  generality  of  the 
Province — Gov'r  Basse's  misconduct  in  his  Gov't,  &c.  A  Copy  en- 
closed in  Mr.  L.  Morris's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Aug.  5, 
1701.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  6.     G.  28.     6  folios. 

[See  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  145.] 

June  1.  Col.  Quary,  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  iu  Pennsylvania, 
to  the  B.  of  Trade.  He  had  seized  two  pirates  and  sent  them  to  Bur- 
lington. Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey  is  very  active ;  provided  a  sloop  to  pur- 
sue the  Pirates,  and  went  in  it  himself.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprie- 
ties. Vol.  3.  C.  30.  Original.  (Extracts  as  far  as  relates  to 
New  Jersey.)     2  folios. 

[Col.  Quary's  name  in  connection  with  the  Colonies  is  first  met  with  as  Gov- 
ernor of  South  Carolina  in  1684,  and  again  in  1090,  having  during  part  of  the  in- 
termediate time  acted  as  Secretary  of  the  Pi-ovince.  When  he  became  a  resident  of 
the  middle  Colonies  is  not  known.  His  letters  to  the  Board  of  Trade  and  other 
Officials,  a  number  of  which  may  be  seen  in  the  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  indicate 
the  possession  of  more  than  ordinary  ability,  and  the  existence  of  certain  relations 
to  the  Board  of  Trade,  which  some  have  thought  warranted  the  supposition,  that 
he  Avas  a  secret  emissary  or  spy  of  the  Government.  The  fact  that  he  had  at  one 
time  a  seat  in  the  Councils  of  five  of  the  Colonies — New  York,  New  Jersey,  Penn- 
sylvania, Maryland  and  Virginia, — gives  some  color  to  the  supposition.  (See 
Smith's  New  Jersey,  231  Note.)  He  was  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  Court  in  New 
York,  as  well  as  Pennsylvania.  Smith  says  ho  died  in  1712  ;  it  must  have  been 
after  June,  as  he  was  then  living  and  holding  the  office  of  Surveyor  General  of 
the  Customs  in  America.     N.  Y.  CoL  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  pp.  329,  835.] 

June  6.  Philadelphia.  Col.  Quary,  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  in 
Pennsylvania,  to  the  B.  of  Trade — Gov'r  Basse  has  seized  4  more  of 
the  Pirates— the  Pirates  in  West  New  Jersey  cannot  be  tried  there, 
they  having  no  Act  to  that  purpose — the  Pirates  in  Pennsylvania 
are  confined  to  a  Tavern — those  in  West  Jersey  are  at  Liberty, 
the  Quakers  there  will  not  let  them  to  go  to  Jail.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ; 
Proprieties.  Vol.  3.  C.  31.  Original.  (Extracts  relative  to 
West  New  Jersey.)     2  folios. 

June  9.  Burlington.  Gov'r. Basse  to  Seer.  Popple — He  seized 
2  Pirates  ;  they  were  bailed  by  the  Earl  of  Bellomont — Shelley  ar- 


26  UNDER   THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.         [1699. 

rived  at  Cape  May — some  of  his  Crew  are  seized — he  will  send  their 
confessions  and  Inventory  of  their  goods  by  the  next  conveyance — 
Kidd  was  seen  between  the  Capes  of  Delaware — the  Proprietors  neg- 
lect Gov'r  Basse  because  he  discourages  Pirates  and  the  Scotch  in 
illegal  Trade — Jamaica  act  ag'st  Pirates  passed  in  E.  N.  Jersey ;  the 
Scotch  opposed  the  said  Act — they  hope  to  have  a  Scotch  Gov'r 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.;  Proprieties.  Vol.  3.  C.  29.  Original.  12 
folios. 

Enclosing,  1699,  May  27,  Gills  Shelley  to  Mr.  Delancey  of 
N.  Y. 

[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  551.] 

June  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Basse  to  Seer.  Vernon — Some 
Scotch  inhabitants  endeavour  to  promote  the  settlement  which  they 
call  New  Caledonia — the  Scotch  settled  on  Golden  Island,  near  the 
Coast  of  Darien,  entered  into  a  Confederacy  with  the  Indians,  and  in 
a  skirmish  with  the  Spaniards  came  off  victorious — they  sent  propo- 
sal for  the  settlement  of  that  place — the  N.  Jersey  Gentlemen, 
Scotch  by  birth,  do  not  mind  the  King's  prohibition,  but  sup- 
port the  Adventurers — the  Trade  of  N.  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  is 
much  in  the  hands  of  the  Scotch  to  the  detriment  of  the  English. 
S.  P.  0. ;  America  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  385.     Original.     6  folios. 

June  27.  Perth  Amboy.  Mr.  C.  Goodman,  Collector  at  Perth 
Amboy  to  the  Custom  Commissioners — Was  informed  that  Shelley 
landed  some  Goods  in  New  Jersey  from  the  Ship  Nassau — he  seized 
them,  but  some  20  Men  in  disguise,  and  armed,  forced  from  him  the 
said  goods — an  acct  of  the  Inhabitants  of  New  Jersey  and  their  dis- 
regard for  the  Government.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  4. 
D.  15.     Original.     8  folios. 

See  1699.     Oct^  23.     Order  of  Council. 

July  5.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Province  of  East 
New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade — They  have  an  aversion  to  hold  a 
Controversy  with  the  King — they  declare  themselves  ready  to  sur- 
render their  Gov't — certain  Rights  and  Privileges  to  be  confirmed 
to  the  Proprietors  and  Planters — request  that  Col.  A.  Hamilton 
may  be  dispatched  by  the  Board  to  the  Govern'  of  W.  Jersey. 
Original.  Enclosing  King  Chas.  the  II. 's  Proclamation  of  1683. 
Nov.  23.  (See  1697.  Oct.  1.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  3.     C.  23.     11  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  560;  and  tlic  opinion  and  answer  of  the 
Lords  of  Trade  will  be  found  in  the  same  work,  p.  562.  See  also  Learning  & 
Spicer's  "  Grants  and  Concessions,"  pp.  588  &  .o94.] 

July  [5.]  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  West  New  Jersey  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Surprised  to  find  that  the  Board  questions  the 
validity  of  the  Grant  under  which  they  Claim  the  Govern't  of  that 
Province — desire  another  better  title  from  the  King — West  Jersey 
lying  upon  a  different  River,  can  never  interfere  with  the  Trade  of 


1699.]         UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  27 

New  York — they  cheerfully  join  with  the  other  Proprietors  in  East 
New  Jersey  in  a  surrender  of  that  Govern't — pray  that  Col.  Hamil- 
ton might  go  over  with  the  Board's  approbation  to  West  Jersey,  and 
to  continue  in  the  Government  until  the  King's  pleasure  be  further 
known.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Voh  3.  C.  24.  Original. 
7  folios. 

August  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Lords  Justices — Arrival  of  Pirates  in  Pennsylvania 
and  W.  New  Jersey — illegal  Trade  between  N.  York  and  Mada- 
gascar— all  the  Pirates  seized  in  Pennsylvania  and  W.  New  Jersey 
be  sent  home  with  the  evidences  against  them.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  Proprieties.      Vol.  26,  p.  66.     23  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  542.] 

August.  21.  Extract  of  a  Presentment  from  the  Custom  Com- 
missioners to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury — Mr.  C.  Goodman,  Collector 
at  Perth  Amboy,  seized  some  goods  from  a  ship  called  the  Nassau 
from  Madagascar — the  goods  were  forcibly  taken  away  from  him. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  4.    D.   15.     Copy,  2  folios. 

See  1699.     Oct.  23.     Order  of  Council,  &c. 

September.  An  account  of  the  number  of  Freeholders  in  West 
Jersey,  being  an  extract  from  Daniel  Leeds'  Almanac  for  the 
year  1701,  presented  to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Dockwra,  13  Feb.  1704-5. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.;  New  Jersey.     Vol.   1.    B.  7.     Copy,  2  folios. 

[Daniel  Leeds  was  an  early  immigrant  into  West  Jersey,  and  for  many  years 
was  one  of  the  principal  Surveyors  of  the  Province,  became  one  of  the  Council , 
and  held  other  important  positions.] 

Oct.  23.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  the  Extract  of 
a  Presentment  from  the  Custom  Commissioners — Board  of  Trade 
are  ordered  to  examine  the  matter,  and  to  report  thereon.  Original. 
Enclosing  entries  of  June  27  and  August  21,  1699.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.;  Proprieties.     VoL  4.     D.  15.     3  folios. 

Oct.  25.  Whitehall  Sccr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra— The  King 
in  Council  wanted  to  know  how  far  the  "  Act  for  preventing  Fraud 
and  regulating  Abuses  in  the  Plantation  Trade,"  has  been  complied 
with  in  E.  &  W.  New  Jersey — how  the  Gov't  of  each  of  those 
Provinces  now  stands,  and  in  whose  hands  the  administration  thereof 
at  present  lies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  VoL  26,  p.  124. 
Entry,  2  folios. 

Nov.  7.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Sansom — The  Board  of  Trade  are 
desirous  to  know  whether  the  Commissioners  of  Customs  have  any 
thing  further  to  offer  relating  to  the  seizure  of  Goods  by  Mr.  Good- 
man at  Perth-Amboy.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  26,  p.  126.     2  folios. 

Nov.  8.     Custom  House.     Mr.  Sansom  to  Mr.  Popple  in  answer 

to  his  of  the  7th  of  the  same  Month — the  Commissioners  have  noth- 


28  UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.        [1699. 

ing  further  to  offer  relating  to  the  seizure  of  goods  made  by  Mr. 
Goodman  at  Perth  Amboy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol. 
4.     D.  19.     Original.     1  folio. 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra— Received 
no  answer  to  his  letter  of  the  25th  of  last  Month — Board  of  Trade 
want  to  know  the  names  of  the  Persons  in  whose  hands  lies  the  Gov- 
ernment of  E.  &  W.  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr. 
Vol.  26,  p.  128.     1  folio. 

Nov.  14.  Chief  Office,  Penny  Post.  Mr.  Dockwra  to  Mr.  Pop- 
ple— Keceived  his  two  Lettex-s — the  Proprietors  are  dispersed,  but  as 
soon  as  he  can  get  a  Committee  of  them  he  will  inform  the  Board 
of  the  mames  of  the  Persons  in  whose  hands  the  Government  of  E. 
&  W.  New  Jersey  lies.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  4.      D.  20.     2  folios. 

[William  Dockwra  was  the  originator  of  the  Penny  Post  in  London.  See 
Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  15.] 

Nov.  20.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Sir  Thos.  Trevor,  Attorney 
General — The  Board  desires  his  opinion,  whether  the  King  may  not 
empower  the  Earl  of  Bellomont  by  name,  or  the  Gov'r  of  New  Eng- 
land, or  the  Gov'r  of  any  other  Plantation,  for  the  time  being,  to  ap- 
prove or  disapprove,  from  time  to  time,  any  of  the  Newly  Elected  or 
Appointed  Governors  of  Proprieties  or  Charter  Governments. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol  26,  p.  130.     2  folios. 

1699— 1700. 

[List  of  papers  referring  to  the  surrender  of  the  Government  of 
New  Jersey  to  the  Crown,  of  which  Mr.  Paris  desired  copies  from 
the  Office  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

All  the  papers  mentioned  in  this  list,  21  in  number,  are  specified  in  this  Index, 
excepting  the  following  :  "  July -20,  1699,  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors,  with  pro- 
posals"— "  Nov.  28,  1699,  answer  of  the  Board  to  said  proposals" — and  "  March 
21,  1702,  the  Board's  Letter  to  Messrs.  Dockwra  and  Morris" — Mr.  Paris,  however, 
gives  particular  references  to  the  dates  and  pages  of  the  Board's  Journal,  on 
which  the  subject-matter  of  these  documents  was  discussed  or  alluded  to,  as  fol- 
lows :— Journal  D.  1699,  July  20.  Nov.  27-28.  1700.  Jan.  15.  Feb.  12. 
Jom-nal  E.  1700,  Nov.  15.  Dec.  3,  6,  17.  Journal  F.  1701,  July  18.  Aug. 
20.  Oct.  1,  2,  8,  22,  21,  31.  Nov.  4,  6,  11,  12,  28.  Dec.  3  to  5,  9,  11,  12,  16. 
1702,  Jan,  6.     Feb.  4,  6.     March  20.] 

[Opinion  of  Council — William  Leek,  William  Williams,  Jo. 
Holies,  John  Hoyle,  John  Holt,  Wm.  Thompson,  Rich'd  Wallop, 
Hen.  Pollisefen,  concerning  the  invalidity  of  Col.  Nicolls'  grants, 
and  Indian  purchases  against  the  title  of  Berkley  and  Carteret. 
Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

January  15.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  New  Jersey  to 
the  Board  of  Trade  in  reply  to  their  Lordships'  "  Opinion  and  An- 
swer" of  the  28  of  November  last — Are  surprised  at  the  dubious 
answer  returned  concerning  the  Establishment  of  a  Port  at  Perth 


1700.]        UNDER   THE   PROPRIETAEY    GOVERNMENTS.  29 

Amboy — the  Inhabitants  of  E.  N.  Jerse}-  are  equally  entitled  to  the 
King's  faA'Or  -with  the  inhabitants  of  New  York — to  obtain  a  Port  it 
was  the  Proprietors'  main  inducement  to  consent  to  a  surrender  of 
their  Government — they  insist  that  in  the  New  Charter  to  be  granted 
to  them  by  the  King,  there  be  an  express  clause  inserted,  whereby 
Perth  Amboy  shall  be  a  Port  for  ever.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprie- 
ties.    Vol.  4.     D.  36.     Original.     8  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  6G-i  ;  and  in  Learning  &  Spicer's  "  Grants 
and  Concessions,"  p.  597.] 

Feb.  1.  London.  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Encloses 
all  his  proceedings  in  the  two  Governments  of  the  Jerseys  against 
the  Pirates,  with  transcripts  of  the  Proclamations,  Warrants,  and 
Letters  that  passed  on  that  subject — he  would  be  happy  to  give  an 
account  at  large  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  that  Province,  of  the  dis- 
turbances and  methods  of  ci[uelling  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Pro- 
prieties.    Vol.  4.     D.  38  to  D.  39-7.     Original.     85  folios. 

[Feb.  14.  Plan  of  Governor  Hamilton,  of  New  Jersey,  for  the 
maintenance  of  Soldiers  in  the  Plantations  on  the  Continent  of 
America,  delivered  to  the  Earl  of  Bellomont. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  G7!) ;  and  see  Earl  of  B.'s  De- 
spatch transmitting  it  at  page  671.] 

March  12.  Elizabeth  Town.  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  of  the 
County  Court  held  at  Elizabeth  Town — deportment  of  Saml.  drter 
in  Court — the  Sheriff  ordered  to  arrest  Carter — the  Court  obliged 
to  adjourn  amidst  noise  and  howling  of  the  People.  Attested  Copy, 
Enclosed  in  Mr.  Morris's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Aug.  5 
1701.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  6.     G.  28.     5  folios. 

March  19.  Piscataway.  Record  of  the  disturbance  caused  at 
Piscataway,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex — the  Justices  of  the  Peace 
came  to  Piscataway  to  hold  the  County  Court — the  People  would 
not  allow  the  use  of  the  County  Court — Edward  Slater  and 
others  maltreat  the  Sheriff  and  the  Justice  Dennis — the  Justices 
finding  such  opposition  and  resistance  went  to  the  Constable's  house 
and  made  this  Becord.  Attested  Copy,  Enclosed  in  Mr.  Morris's 
letter  to  the  Board  of  Aug.  5,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B,  T. ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  6.  G.  28.  5  folios. 
ITOO. 
[June  1.  Perth- Amboy.  Letter  from  Governor  Andrew  Ham- 
ilton to  the  Proprietors  in  England.  Original,  and  an  old  copy. 
Whitehead  MSS. 

Printed  in  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  p.  223.] 

June  13.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hamilton  to  (Seer,  of  State) — Mr. 
Basse  is  gone  to  England,  he  will  give  an  account  of  what  money, 
&c.,  of  the  Pirates  he  seized — Gov.  Hamilton  since  his  arrival  took 
4  into  Custody — Cob  Quary  has  the  money  seized  upon  Pirates.  S. 
P.  0.,  Am.  and  West  Indies,  Vol.  385.     Original.     2  folios. 


30  UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.         [1700. 

July  23.  Middletown,  E.  J.  Andrew  Bowne  and  Rich.  Harts- 
borne,  to  Mr.  Basse — the  Government  wants  to  be  settled — Col. 
Hamilton  put  Morris  into  Commission  of  his  Council. — Morris  said, 
he  will  make  the  People  submit  to  Col.  Hamilton's  Government  or  he 
will  embrue  the  Province  in  blood — The  Sheriff  was  beaten  while  on 
his  way  to  arrest  Salter  and  others — Col.  Hamilton  sent  40  armed 
Men  to  Middletown  to  seize  Salter  and  Bray,  but  for  the  intercession 
of  some  people  there  would  have  been  a  riot — there  are  a  great  many 
people  aga'st  Hamilton,  but  almost  all  against  Morris.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  5,  F.  43.  Extract.  (Enclosed  in  1700 
(Nov.  15).)     5  folios. 

\_Andreici  Bou-ne  as  President  of  the  Council  had  been  left  by  Basse  in  the  ex- 
ercise of  the  chief  authority,  but  his  title  thereto  was  questioned,  and  hence  his 
hostility  to  Hamilton's  administration.  See  East  Jersey,  &c.,  p.  150.  Richard 
JIarishorne  was  of  Monmouth  County,  and  came  to  the  Province  from  London  in 
September,  1669.  He  was  a  Quaker  by  profession.  An  account  of  the  country 
^v^itten  by  him  and  circulated  in  England  induced  considerable  emigration.  He 
was  one  of  the  Commission  appointed  by  Lawrie,  Penn,  Lucas,  &c.,  in  1676  to 
lay  out  West  Jersey. — It  was  under  a  grant  to  hira  in  1677  that  Sandy  Hook  was 
fii-st  held.  See  Smith's  New  Jersey  for  various  references  to  him,  and  East  Jersey 
tmder  the  Proprietors.  For  a  memoir  of  Lewis  Morris  and  his  papers  sec  "  Col- 
lections" of  the  Society,  Vol.  IV.  Richard  Salter  is  styled  by  several  of  the  Pro- 
prietaries "  a  factious  and  seditious  person,"  and  see  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  343.] 

Jitly  30.  E.  J.  to  Mr.  Basse — Col.  Hamilton  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Morris  President  of  the  Council,  which  caused  a  com- 
motion in  the  Province — Mr.  Morris  threatened  to  embrue  the  coun- 
try in  blood  if  the  people  did  not  submit  to  Col.  Hamilton's  Govern't. 
— Riot  in  Monmouth — The  Sheriff  maltreated— Col.  Hamilton  with 
40  or  50  armed  Men  goes  to  Middletown — The  jMonmouth,  Mid- 
dlesex and  Essex  Counties  resolved  to  oppose  Morris — Justices  Den- 
nis and  Bishop  disown  the  people's  proceedings — The  Country  is  re- 
solved to  secure  Hamilton,  Morris  and  Leonard,  if  they  make  any 
future  disturbance — These  officers  drink  King  James'  health  and 
speak  treasonable  words.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  5,  F. 
48.     Extract.     (End.  in  1700  [Nov.  15]).     7  folios. 

Aug.  7.  Shrewsbury.  Minutes  of  the  Court  of  Inquiry  held 
at  Shrewsbury — Richard  Salter  with  many  others  declared  guilty 
of  Assault  upon  the  High  Sheriff  and  Henry  Leonard.  Attested 
Copy  (Imperfectly  copied).  Enclosed  in  Mr.  Morris's  Letter  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  of  Aug.  5,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol  6,  G.  28.     2  folios. 

[Aug.  8.  [R]  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  Theophilus  Pierson  of 
Newark  for  a  tract  of  land  on  the  north  side  of  Canoe  brook  swamp, 
and  east  side  of  the  south  branch  of  Passaic  River.  Copy.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

One  of  the  documents  transmitted  to  his  Council  by  Governor  Belcher,  Nov. 
19,  1747.] 

(Aug.)  Remonstrance  of  the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey 
to  the  King — they  are  dispossessed  of  their  Lands  by  the  Proprie- 


1700.]         UNDEK   THE   PROPRIETARY   GOVERXi\[ENTS.  31 

tors — they  labor  uuder  great  grievances  and  oppressions — pray  that 
the  King  may  appoint  a  firm  Gov'r.,  who,  as  an  indiiFerent  Judge,  may 
decide  the  Controversies  arising  between  the  Proprietors  and  the  In- 
habitants— Signed  by  231  persons.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  5,  F.  42.  Copy.  Enclosure  in  Order  of  Council  of  Nov.  5, 
1700. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  .558,  without  date.  The  answer  of  the 
Proprietors  is  printed  in  Elizabethtowu  Bill  in  Chancery,  p.  123.  See  1700,  Dec. 
9.] 

Sept.  10.  Newark.  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  County 
Court  at  Newark — Burwell  ordered  to  maintain  his  Bastard  Child, 
but  he  refused  and  was  ordered  to  be  taken  into  Custody — Burwell 
and  his  Friends  maltreated  the  Constable,  the  President  and  the  rest 
of  the  Justices — the  names  of  the  Rioters  to  the  number  of.  49. — 
The  names  of  the  Grrand  Jurymen — Warrant  to  the  Sheriff  to  sum- 
mon a  Jury  of  Inquiry  dated  12  Sept.,  1700 — The  names  of  the 
Summoned  Jurymen — Deposition  of  Johnson,  Pearson  and  Smith 
that  the  keys  of  the  Prison  were  forcibly  taken  away  by  the  Rioters 
— The  names  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Elizabeth  Town  who  took  an 
active  part  in  the  Riot  of  Newark — The  Depositions  of  Zachery 
Burwell  and  Paul  Day  against  the  Men  of  Elizabeth  Town — The 
Deposition  of  John  Gardner  about  the  Riot  at  Newark — Enclosed  in 
Mr.  Morris's  letter  to  the  Board— of  Aug.  5,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  28.     Attested  Copy.     21  folios. 

Nov.  5.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Remonstrance  of 
the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey,  complaining  of  being  dispos- 
sessed of  their  Lands  by  the  Proprietors — the  said  Remonstrance  is 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Trade  for  consideration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Proprieties,  Vol.  5,  F.  42.     Original.     20  folios  (with  enclosure.) 

(Nov.  15.)  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade  with  extracts  of 
letters  relating  to  the  disorders  in  the  Government  of  East  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  5,  F.  43.  Original. 
13  folios. 

Nov.  16.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra — Trans- 
mits the  Remonstrance  from  the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey  to 
the  King,  and  requires  the  Proprietors  to  give  an  answer  to  the 
same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol  2(5,  p.  348.  Entry.  2 
folios. 

Dec.  3.  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade — desires  that  the 
Proprietors  be  commanded  to  bring  in  a  speedy  answer  to  the  Re- 
monstrance of  the  Inhabitants  of  New  Jersey,  referred  by  the  Coun- 
cil to  the  Board's  consideration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol  5,  F.  44.     Origi.     i  folio. 

Dec.  3.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra— If  the  Pro- 
prietors of  East  New  Jersey  do  not  speedily  send  an  answer  to   the 


32  U>'DER   THE   PROPEIETARY    GOTERXiEE^■TS.         [1700. 

Remonstrance  of  the  inhabitants  of  E.  X.  J.  to  the  King,  and  which 
was  transmitted  to  them  from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  16th  of 
Nov.  last,  the  Board  will  be  obliged  to  Report  their  opinion  upon  it 
to  the  King,  ex  parte  as  it  now  lies  before  them.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Proprieties,  ToL  26.  p.  350.     2  folios. 

Dec.  5.  Mr.  Dockwra  to  Mr.  Popple — ^promising  a  speedy  an- 
swer to  the  Remonstrance  of  the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey 
transmitted  to  him  16  2sovember  last.  Original.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T. 
Proprieties.  VoL  5,  F.  48.     2  folios. 

Dec.  9.  The  Answer  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Xew  Jersey  to 
the  Remonstrance  and  Petition  presented  to  the  King  in  the  name 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  that  Province.  Original.  S."  P.  0..  B.  T. 
Proprieties.  Vol.  5,  F.  50.     36  folios. 

For  "  Remonstrance  and  Petition"  see  1700  ('Augiist,)  and  1700.  Nov.  5.  Order 
of  Conncil,  [and  see  1699,  Angusr.]     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  YoL  5,  F.  42. 

Dec.  17.  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade. — He  was  informed 
that  the  Proprietors  of  East  X.  Jersey  put  in  their  'answer  to  the 
Remonstrance  and  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  that  Province — 
desires  a  Copy  of  their  answer,  as  well  as  the  terms  upon  which  they 
offer  to  surrender  their  Government.  Original.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T. 
Proprieties.  Vol.  5.  F  51.     2  folios. 

Dec.  17.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra— The  Board 
desire  him  to  lay  before  them  the  Proposals  relating  to  the  surrender 
of  the  Government  of  East  and  West  Xew  Jersey,  in  order  to  their 
considerins  of  the  same.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T.  Proprieties.  A'oL  26.  p. 
383.     Ent^.     2  folios. 

1700-1. 

Feb.  19.  Abstract  of  papers  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
by  3Ir.  Randolph,  setting  forth  Misdemeanors  in  the  Proprietary 
Governments.  S.  P.  0.^  B.  T.  Proprieties.  Vol.  5.  F.  69.  Orig- 
inal.    Extract  relating  to  E.  and  W.  !N"ew  Jersey.     1  folio. 

March  6.  Middletown.  ^linutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
County  Court  held  at  Middletown — Unwillingness  of  several  of  the 
Inhabitants  to  serve  on  Grand  Juries.  &;c. — The  Court  fined  them 
in  various  sums  for  disobedience — Attested  Copy — Enclosed  by  Mr. 
Morris  to  the  Board,  Aus.  5.  17ul.  S.  P.  0..B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  6.  G.  2S.  7  foUos. 
ITOl. 

(May.)  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  E.  N.  Jersey  to  the  King 
— Disturbances  have  arisen  in  consequence  of  Gov'r  Basse's  not  hav- 
ing the  King's  approbation — the  Proprietors  now  appointed  Col. 
Hamilton  their  Gov'r  without  first  obtaining  the  King's  sanction — 
Col  Hamilton  holds  Courts  by  force  of  Arms  to  the  great  terror  of 
the  Petitioners,  who  pray  for  a  redress.     Copy — enclosed  by  Mr. 


1701.]  UXDER  THE   PROPEIETARY    GDVERXMEN'TS.  33 

Yard  to  the  Board  of  Trade.      July  17.   1701.      S.  P.  0..  B.  T. 

Proprieties.  Vol.  6.  G.  23.     11  folios. 

170©~1. 

Feb.  21.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Ba.sse  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  pray- 
ing that  the  Petition  of  the  Inhabitants  of  E.  N.  Jersey  relating  to 
the  disorders  there  may  be  considered.  S.  P.  0..  B.T.  Proprie- 
ties, Yol.  5,  F.  70.     Original     2  folios. 

March  24.  Articles  of  high  Crimes  and  Misdemeanour  charcred 
upon  the  Proprietory  Government,  bv  Mr.  Edw"d  Piandolph.  S. 
P.  0..  B.  T.     Proprieties.  YoL  6.  G.  3*.     Original 

Extract  as  far  as  relates  to  X.  Jersey.     1  folio- 
1701. 

March  25.  Middletown.  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  at  the 
County  Court  at  Middletown — Moses  Butterworth  tried  for  Piracy 
— The  Govt  and  Justices  questioned  about  the  validity  of  their  au- 
thority— Kiot  and  Rescue  of  the  Prisoner — The  Gov"r,  Justices, 
and  other  officers  imprisoned  for  four  davs.  Attested  Copy.  En- 
closed by  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Ausr.  5,  1701.'  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T'     Proprieties,  YoL  6,  G.  28.     7  foUos. 

(May.'i  Petition  of  the  Gov'r  and  Council  of  East  Xew  Jersey 
to  King  "Wm.  III. — In  consequence  of  the  hesitation  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  confirm  Col.  Hamilton  in  the  Govern't  of  that  Province, 
the  people  were  guilty  of  insubordination  to  the  local  authorities — 
Pirate  rescued  from  the  Bar — the  Gov'r  and  Justices  abused — Pray 
the  King  to  command  the  Inhabitants  to  obey  the  Proprietors' 
Commission  until  the  Trial  at  Bar  be  had,  or  the  King's  pleasure  be 
further  known.  Original.  Enclosed  by  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board. 
Aug.  18, 1701.     S.  P7  0..  B.  T.     Propr's,  Yol.  6.  G.  29.     9  folios. 

[May  1.  (R.)  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  Garrabrant  Clawson, 
Hans  Spier  and  others  for  a  tract  of  land  in  Esses  County,  on  the 
East  side  of  Passaic  River.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher, 
Xov.  19,  1747.] 

May  12.  Burlington.  Petition  of  the  Provincial  Council  and 
House  of  Representatives  of  West  Xew  Jersey  to  King  Wm.  III. — 
By  the  evil  endeavours  of  one  Joshua  Barkstead  and  others  resident 
in  England,  the  Inhabitants  of  W.  N.  Jersey  are  persuaded  that  Col. 
A.  Hamilton  was  rejected  by  the  Court  as  Gov'r  of  that  Province, 
and  that  Col.  Basse  will  shortly  return  as  the  King's  Gov'r — con- 
tinual disturbances  and  dis<Dbeying  of  the  local  authorities — Pray 
that  the  King  would  rebuke  the  Insoleney  of  the  People,  and  com- 
mand their  obedience  to  the  present  Government.  Original.  En- 
closed by  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board,  Aug.  18,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Proprieties,  Yol.  6,  G.  29.     9  folios. 

[see  New  York  CoL  Docts.,  VoL  IV.  p.  S63.] 
3 


34  UNDER   THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.         [1701. 

May  16.  Burlington.  Address  from  the  Inhabitants  of  West 
New  Jersey  to  the  King — They  have  been  harassed  by  those  who 
have  held  the  Reins  of  Government  and  who  afterwards  would  not 
submit  to  Gov'r  Basse's  Administration — Gov'r  Basse's  officers 
maltreated  by  the  Quakers — Riots  and  Disturbances  in  the  Colony 
— Pray  to  be  taken  under  the  King's  immediate  Gover'nt.  Copy. 
Enclosed  by  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  July  17,  1701.  S. 
P.  0  ,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  2.3.     14  folios. 

June  18.  Perth- Amboy.  Letter  from  the  Council  of  E.  N.  Jer- 
sey to  the  Proprietors — They  are  surprised  to  hear  of  a  Commission 
having  arrived  for  Capt.  Bowne  to  be  Gov'r,  which  will  open  the 
wounds  of  the  Province,  that  were  almost  closed  up — They  advised 
Col.  Hamilton  not  to  surrender  the  Government. — Recommend 
strongly  to  put  an  end  to  the  dispute  with  the  King  about  the  Right 
of  Gover'nt.  Copy.  Enclosed  by  Mr.  Morris  to  (Seer.  Poi^ple.) 
Sept.  13,  1701.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr's,  Vol.  6,  G.  32.     6  folios. 

June  19.  Copy  of  a  Surrender  of  the  Right  of  Government  by 
the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  inhabiting  there  in  1701 — communi- 
cated to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Morris,  Dec.  9,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  46.     16  folios. 

June  20.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Prays  that  the  Board  would  examine  the  Remousti-ance  and  Petition 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  East  New  Jersey  and  give  their  opinion  there- 
upon— The  disorders  in  that  Province  are  as  great  as  ever — The 
uniting  New  Jersey  with  Pennsylvania  and  3  Lower  Counties  under 
one  Government,  would  quiet  the  people  and  diminish  the  illegal 
Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  19.  Original.  4 
folios. 

July  15.  Mr.  Basse  to  the  Board  of  Trade — The  disorders  in 
the  Charter  Government  still  increasing,  he  would  suggest  to  appoint 
a  Commission  of  Inspection,  and  proposed  several  Queries  to  be  in- 
serted in  their  Instructions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6, 
G.  22.     Original.     5  folios. 

July  17.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Yard  of  the  Council  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — transmits  the  Petition  and  Address  from  the  Inhabitants 
of  East  and  West  New  Jersey  to  the  Lords  Justices,  for  the  Board's 
consideration  and  Report  thereupon.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  6,  G.  23.  Original.  26  folios,  with  Enclosures,  consisting  of 
Petition  from  the  Inhabitants  of  E.  N.  Jersey,  (May,  1701,)  and 
Address  of  the  Inhabitants  of  West  New  Jersey,  May  16,  1701. 

Aug.  5.  London.  Mr.  L.  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade  in 
answer  to  the  Petition  and  Address  of  the  Inhabitants  of  E.  &  W. 
New  Jersies  to  the  King,  communicated  to  him  by  order  of  the 
Board  of  Trade — An  Account  of  the  causes  of  Disturbances  in 


1701.]        UNDER  THE   PROPRIETARY    GOVERNMENTS.  35 

that  Province.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  2S.     Orig- 
inal, with  several  Enclosures.     80  folios  with  Enclosures. 

Aug.  12.  Memorial  from  the  Proprietors  of  East  and  "West 
New  Jersey — Proposals  for  a  Surrender  of  their  Charter.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  29,  —  4.     Original.     20  folios. 

Printed  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  New  Jersey — Appendix,  No.  XIV.  p.  570,  [and  in 
Learning  &  Spicer's  Grants  and  Concessions,  p.  599.] 

(Aug.  14.)  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  East  and  West 
New  Jersey  to  the  Lords  Justices  of  England — In  consequence  of 
the  non-approval  of  Col.  Basse  by  the  King  to  the  Govern't  of  E. 
N.  Jersey  the  disorders  begun  in  that  Province — Col.  Hamilton 
went  over  and  for  the  same  reason  cannot  command  the  People's 
obedience  to  his  orders — The  Proprietors  are  ready  to  resign  the 
Right  of  Government — Pray  that  Col.  Hamilton  may  be  approved 
Gov'r  of  E.  and  W.  N.  J.  until  the  terms  of  surrender  can  be  ad- 
justed. Enclosed  by  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Auo-.  18, 
1701.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.      Propr's,  Vol.  6,  G.  29.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  5G5,  and  in  Grants  and  Concessions,  p.  591.] 

Aug.  18.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board  of  Trade— The 
Lords  Justices  of  England  transmit  to  the  Board  the  Petitions  from 
the  Gov'r,  Council  and  Representatives  of  E.  and  W.  N.  J.,  and 
the  Petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  that  Province  for  the  Board's 
consideration.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G. 
29.     26  folios,  with  Enclosures,  consisting  of 

Petition  from  the  Gov'r  and  Council  of  E.  N.  Jersey — Petition  of 
the  Prov.  Council  and  Representatives  of  W.  N.  J.,  (May  12,  1701,) 
and  Petition  from  the  Proprietors  of  E.  &  West  New  Jersey,  Auo". 
14,  170L 

[See  Grants  and  Concessions,  p.  599.] 

Sept.  13.  Mr.  Morris  to  (Seer.  Popple) — Encloses  Memorial 
from  the  Proprietors  of  E.  and  W.  J.  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
relating  to  the  Surrender  of  their  Title  to  the  Govern't  of  those 
Provinces — Offers  his  advice  upon  the  several  articles  of  Surrender 
in  order  to  assist  the  Board  in  drawing  up  their  Report — Desires 
that  Col.  Hamilton  may  be  at  once  approved  of — Encloses  a  list  of 
names  of  Persons  for  the  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  6,  G.  32.  Original.  24  folios  with  Enclosures,  consisting  of 
Mem'l  from  the  Prop'rs  of  E.  &  W.  N.  J.  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Sept.  13,  1701 ;  Letter  from  E.  N.  J.  to  the  Proprietors,  June  18, 
1701,  and  Names  of  Persons  Recommended  for  the  Council  in  N. 
J.,  Sept.  13,  1701. 

(Sept.  13.)  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  &  W.  N.  J.  to 
the  Board — Pray  that  Col.  Hamilton  may  be  the  Gov'r. — Mr.  Dock- 
wra,  and  others  opposed  to  Col.  Hamilton,  recommend  one  Mr. 
Bowne — Col.  Hamilton  is  an  Indifferent  Person.     Enclosed  by  Mr. 


36  UNDER   TPIE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.        [1701. 

Morris  to  (Seer.   Popple),  Sept.    13,  1701.     S.   P.  0.,  B.  T.     Pro- 
prieties, Vol.  6,  Gr.  32.     Original.     8  folios. 

(Sept.  13.)  List  of  Persons  recommended  by  the  Majority  of 
the  Proprietors  of  the  Province  of  E.  &  W.  Jersey  to  be  of  the 
Council  in  New  Jersey. — Their  qualifications — list  of  Referees,  &c. 
— Draft.  Enclosed  by  Mr.  Morris  to  (Seer.  Popple,)  Sept.  13,  1701. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  32.     2  folios. 

(Sept.  30.)  Memorial  of  Mr.  Basse  on  behalf  of  the  Province 
of  East  Jersey  to  the  Board — Desires  copies  of  the  Petition  of  the 
Proprietors  and  the  articles  of  the  proposed  surrender,  that  he  may 
see  whether  there  should  be  any  thing  "  contrary  to  the  interests  of 
the  Inhabitants  to  give  in  reasons  against  either  the  said  articles  or 
Petition  " — The  Proprietors  have  no  legal  title  to  the  Government 
of  the  Jersies — the  reasons — Col.  Hamilton  is  not  qualified  for  a 
Gov'r,  he  being  a  Scotchman  by  birth — desires  to  be  heard  by  Coun- 
cil and  Personally  before  any  final  Report  on  the  said  Petition  and 
Articles  is  made.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  35. 
Original.     8  folios. 

Oct.  2.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords 
Justices  of  England,  upon  tlic  Proposals  of  the  Proprietors  of  East 
and  West  N.  Jersey  for  a  surrender  of  their  "  pretended  "  Title  to 
the  Government  of  those  Provinces. — Olfer  their  opinion  that  the 
Iving  should  appoint  Gov'r,  &c.,  by  his  immediate  Commission,  in 
order  that  the  Proprietors  and  Inhabitants  may  be  secured  in  all 
their  properties  and  Civil  rights — such  Commission  to  be  acquiesced 
in  by  the  Proprietors,  that  the  Surrender  may  be  eff"ectual  in  Law. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  27,  p.  244.     Entry.     38  folios. 

Oct.  8.  Mr.  Yard  to  the  Board  of  Trade— by  order  of  the 
Lords  Justices  upon  a  Representation  of  the  2d  inst.,  relating  to  the 
Jersies,  a  Commission  and  Instructions  to  be  prepared  according  to 
the  said  Representation.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G. 
86.     Original.     2  folios. 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  Thos.  Lane,  Kn't. — 
Encloses  the  draft  of  a  Commission  and  Instructions  prepared  for  a 
Gov'r  to  be  sent  to  New  Jersey,  that  he  may  communicate  the  same 
to  the  Prop'rs  of  both  the  Divisions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  27,  p.  312.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[Sir  Thomas  Lane  had  become  largely  interested  in  West  Jersey  by  purchases 
from  Dr.  Coxe.] 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra — the  Draft 
of  Commission  and  Instructions  for  a  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  were 
sent  to  Sir  Thos.  Lane,  to  be  communicated  to  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Divisions.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    Propr's,  Vol.  27,  p.  313.    Entry.    2  folios. 

Dec.  2.  Maryland.  Col.  N.  Blakinston  to  Mr.  Moore  of  Penn- 
sylvania— He  is  commanded  by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  inquire  into 


1701.]         UNDER  THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  37 

the  Irregularities  committed  in  the  Governments  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Jerseys,  and  not  being  acquainted  with  any  one  in  these  Prov- 
inces upon  whom  he  can  rely,  desires  Mr.  Moore  to  furnish  him  with 
the  necessary  particulars.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties, 
Vol.  6,  K.  44.     3  folios. 

[See  answer  1702,  April  21.] 

Dee.  5.  List  of  persons  proposed  by  Sir  Thos.  Lane  and  other 
Proprietors  of  West  N.  Jersey  for  Gov'r  and  Council  of  Nova  Cx- 
saria.     Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr's,  Vol.  6,  G.  44.     1  folio. 

Dec.  5.  List  of  Persons  proposed  by  Mr.  Dockwra  and  other 
Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey  for  Gov'r  and  Council  of  Nova 
Cfesaria — their  merits  and  qualifications.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  45.     3  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  the  Att.  Gen'l  (Ed.  Northey> 
Esq.) — Desires  him  to  be  present  at  the  Board  in  order  to  advise 
about  the  best  method  in  w'ch  the  Surrender  of  Jerseys  may  be 
made.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Propr's,  Vol.  27,  p.  317.     2  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Mr.  Morris  communicated  to  the  Board  a  Copy  of  a  Sur- 
render of  the  Right  of  Government  by  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jer- 
sey inhabiting  there  in  1701.— Dated' June  10,  1701.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  46.     16  folios. 

Dec.  11.  Mr.  Dockwra  communicated  to  the  Board  Draft  of  a 
Surrender  of  Government,  intended  to  have  been  presented  to  King 
James  II.  by  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  dated  30  April,  1688. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  47.     4  folios. 

Dec.  16.  Paper  of  objections  against  Col.  Hamilton  presented 
to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Dockwra,  &c., — containing  an  Account  of  his 
proceedings  whilst  Gov'r  and  Agent  in  the  Provinces  of  East  and 
West  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G. 
48.     14  folios. 

[A  portion  of  the  Proprietors  wislied  Hamilton  to  be  intrusted  with  the  gov- 
ernment, at  least  for  a  time ;  but  others  were  opposed  to  such  a  course,  of  wliora 
was  Dockwra  and  those  who  acted  with  him.] 

Dec.  31.  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board — in  answer  to  Mr.  Dock- 
wra's  objections  ag'st  Col.  Hamilton  presented  to  the  Board,  16 
Dec,  1701,  vhidicating  the  conduct  of  the  said  Col.  Hamilton. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Proprieties,  Vol.  6,  G.  50.     27  folios. 

[Dec.  31.  [R.]  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  Edmund  Earle,  Junr., 
Theophilus  Peirson,  Jasper  Crane  and  others  for  a  tract  of  land  in 
West  Jersey  called  Mehiponing,  out  of  consideration  for  the  bene- 
fits derived  from  ''  daily  commerce  with  the  subjects  of  the  good  and 
great  King  of  Pjugland  " — the  evils  resulting  from  "  some  persons 
surveying,  and  after  the  English  way  taking  patents  "  for  their  lands 
without  their  consent — &c.,  &c.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.J 


88  UNDER   THE    PROPRIETARY    GOVERXMENrS.    [1701-2. 

[One  of  the  documents  transmitted  to  his  Council  by  Governor  Belcher,  Nov. 
18,  1719.] 

1701--2. 

January  6.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
King — the  surrender  of  E.  &  W.  Jersey  to  the  King  would  be  the 
means  of  reducing  "those  Colonies  to  an  orderly  foi-m  of  Govern- 
ment"— to  direct  the  Attorney  General  to  prepare  a  form  of  a  sur- 
render— the  King  to  nominate  for  Governor  some  person  wholly  un- 
concerned in  the  Factious  which  have  divided  the  inhabitants  of  those 
parts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.;  Proprieties.  Vol.  27,  p.  319.  Entry. 
8  folios. 

Pruited  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  N.  Jersey,  p.  264:. 

January  29.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  the  draft  of 
a  surrender  of  Government  of  East  and  AVest  Jersey,  prepared  by  the 
Att.  Gen'l,  referring  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  who  are  to 
call  upon  the  Proprietors  to  Execute  it  according  to  the  said  form. 
Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  6.  H.  8.  26  folios, 
with  the  enclosed  draft  of  a  surrender. 

March  20.     Circular  Letter  from  the  Privy  Council  to  the  sev'l 
Govr's  in  America  for  Proclaiming  Queen  Anne  in  their  respective 
Government.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plantations  Gen'l.     Vol. 
36,  p.  82.     3  folios. 
1702. 

April  15.  Original  Surrender  of  the  Right  of  Government  of  E. 
&  W.  Jersey  to  the  Queen — signed  by  58  Proprietors — sealed  and 
delivered  on  the  8th  of  June,  1702 — written  on  Parchment  and  in 
excellent  preservation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  A. 
1.     35  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  211.] 

April  17.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— that  the  Deed  of  Surrender  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  &  West  New 
Jersey  be  enrolled  in  Her  Majesty's  High  Court  of  Chancery. 
Copy.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  6.  I.  39.     2  folios. 

April  21.  Philadelphia.  Mr.  Moore  to  Col.  Blakinston,  in  an- 
swer to  his  letter  of  the  2d  Dec,  1701 — all  the  materials  respecting 
the  Irregularities  committed  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  Jerseys  are  in 
the  hands  of  Col.  Quary,  and  things  are  at  a  full  stop  expecting  the 
issue  at  home — Pennsylvania  and  the  Jerseys  are  at  present  under 
Col.  Hamilton's  care — the  English  at  N.  Y.  await  Lord  Cornbury's 
arrival — Mr.  Vesey,  the  Minister,  is  now  in  Jersey,  &c.  Copy. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     Vol.  6.     K.  44.     3  folios. 

May  7.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Notting- 
ham (Sec.  of  St.)  to  all  the  Govr's  in  America  for  proclaiming  War 
with  France  and  Spain.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Plant'n  Gen'l. 
Vol.  36,  p.  153.     3  folios. 


1702.]         UXDER   THE    PROPRIETARY   GOVERNMENTS.  39 

May  14.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  the  Petition  of  Peter  Sonmans  and  Wni.  Dockwra  for  them- 
selves, and  on  behalf  of  other  Proprietors  of  E.  &  W.  N.  Jersey, 
against  the  appointment  of  Col.  Hamilton  as  Gov'r  of  that  Province 
— desiring  the  Board  to  examine  the  s'd  allegations,  and  to  report 
their  opinion  thereupon.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties. 
Vol.  6.     I.  36.     8  folios,  with  Enclosure. 

[For  notice  of  Peter  Sonmans,  see  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  76.] 

May  14.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Con- 
sideration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  Petition  of  54  of  the -Proprie- 
tors of  New  Jersey  in  favor  of  Col.  Hamilton  being  appointed  Govt 
of  that  Province.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.  Vol.  6. 
I.  37.     6  folios,  with  Enclosure. 

May  28.  Messrs.  Sonmans  and  Dockwra  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— desire  that  the  expression  "  are  ready  to  surrender"  contained  in 
their  Petition  to  the  Queen,  and  referred  to  the  Board  14  May,  be 
erased,  and  the  words  "  have  already  surrendered"  be  substituted. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.     Vol.  G.     I.  36.     3  folios. 

May  28.  Whitehall  Seer.  Popple*  to  Sir  Thos.  Lane,  Kn't.— 
By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trade  several  papers  of  Mr.  Dockwra  and 
Sonmans  against  Col.  Hamilton  arc  transmitted  to  him — Col.  Quary, 
Mr.  Eandolph,  Mr.  Basse,  and  Mr.  Barkstead  are  summoned  to  at- 
tend the  Board  on  Wednesday  next,  and  if  he  desire  summons  for 
any  other  person  to  attend  at  the  same  time,  they  shall  be  sent  to 
him.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  28,  p.  10.  2 
folios. 

May  28.  Memorial  of  (Mr.  Dockwra  and  Mr.  Sonmans)  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  containing  objections  against  Col.  Hamilton — he  is  a 
Quaker,  and  at  present  Dep'ty  Gov'r  of  Pennsylvania — his  Arbitrary 
and  unjust  practices — Protecting  Pirates — Converting  public  money 
to  his  own  use — Encouraging  Illegal  Trade — Exercising  Government 
without  the  Royal  approbation,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr.  Vol. 
6.     I.  38.     Original.     6  folios. 

June  1.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Notting- 
ham, enclosing  a  Draft  of  a  letter  for  the  Queen's  signature,  hi  favor 
of  Colonel  Morris  to  govern  New  Jersey  until  further  orders. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprieties.     Vol.  28,  p.  13.     4  folios. 

June  3.  Reply  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  and  W.  New  Jersey  to 
the  articles  Exhibited  by  Mr.  Dockwra  and  Wm.  Sonmans,  against 
Col.  Hamilton.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  Proprieties.  Vol.  6.  I.  44. 
Original.     12  folios. 

June  8.  Original  Surrender  of  the  Right  of , Government  of  E. 
and  W.  Jersev  to  the  Queen,  signed  by  58  Proprietors,  dated  15 
April,  1702— delivered  June  8.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Je^se3^ 
Vol.  1.    A.  1.     35  folios. 

[Same  as  1702.     jipril  15.] 


40  LORD    CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1702. 

June  17.  Col.  Quary,  Collector  of  Customs  in  Pennsylvania 
and  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — the  Inhabitants  of  the  Jerseys 
have  been  always  divided  into  two  factions — the  Quakers  and  not 
Quakers — Col.  Hamilton  formerly  was  against  Quakers,  but  after- 
wards joined  and  became  their  (the  Quakers')  Leader  for  the  last 
four  years — an  Indiiferent  and  Prudent  Gov'r  can  only  secure  the 
Peace  of  the  Country — Col.  Hamilton  is  a  man  of  good  sense ;  but, 
considering  the  state  of  the  Province,  he  is  unfit  for  a  Gov'r — for  his 
adherence  to  the  Quaker  party  Mr.  Penn  made  him  Dept'y  Gov'r  of 
Penn'a — since  this  appointment  as  D.  Gov'r  of  Penn'a  he  opposed 
the  Admiralty  jurisdiction.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Propr. 
Vol.  6.    K.  6.     5  folios. 

June  18.  Mr.  Randolph,  Surveyor  Gen'i  of  the  North  American 
Colonies  to  the  Board  of  Trade — an  account  of  Col.  Hamilton's  op- 
posing a  seizure  of  an  Illegal  Trader  in  the  year  1697,  when  he  was 
Gov'r  of  W.  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Proprie- 
ties.    Vol  6.     K.  7.     3  folios. 

June  23.  Philadelphia.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— the  Queen  was  proclaimed' on  the  18th  of  June  at  New  York;  on 
the  22d  at  Burlington,  in  New  Jersey — Lord  '  Cornbury  could  not 
go  to  Amboy  to  proclaim  the  Queen  on  account  of  the  Floods,  but 
he  will  repair  thither  as  soon  as  possible — he  came  to  see  Philadel- 
phia, but  is  going  back  in  the  evening  to  Burlington.  Original. 
S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T. ;  New  York.     Vol.  13.     T.  6.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  960.  For  Cornbury's  Commission 
and  Instructions  as  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  see  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  220,  el 
infra.  Smith  says,  p.  275,  that  ho  did  not  amve  until  August,  1703;  but  he  ar- 
rived at  New  York  on  May  3,  1702.  His  Commission  and  Instructions  were  pre- 
pared in  August  of  that  year,  but  did  not  receive  Queen  Anne's  signature  until  (the 
Commission)  December  "oth,  and  (the  Instructions)  November  16th.  They  did  not 
reach  him  until  the  Summer  of  1703 ;  and  the  date  given  by  Smith  is  that  of  his 
first  visit  to  the  Province  as  its  Governor.  See  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1070, 
where  the  Governor  informs  the  Board  of  Trade  he  had  started  for  New  Jersey  on 
the  10th  August,  1703.] 

June  25.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queett — examined  the  several  Petitions  for  and  against  Col. 
Hamilton  being  appointed  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey,  and  came  to  a  conclu- 
sion to  recommend  to  the  Queen  to  appoint  a  Person  totally  uncon- 
cerned in  the  transactions  and  disorders  committed  by  the  Proprie- 
tors and  Inhabitants  of  that  Province.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ; 
Proprieties.     Vol.  28,  p.  62.     8  folios. 

July  25.  Cockpit.  Earl  of  Nottingham,  principal  Seer,  of 
State  to  the  Board  of  Trade — the  Queen  appointed  Lord  Cornbury 
Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey,  and  commands  that  his  Commission  and  Instruc- 
tions be  prepared  fur  her  signature.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ; 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     A.  2.     2  folios. 

[July  29.  [R]  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  Edward  Earle,  junr.,  for 


1702.]  LORD   CORNBITRY   GOVERNOR.  41 

a  tract  of  land  in  West  Jersey,  on  the  Kockawack  and  Mochwhiponing 
Eivers.     Copy.     Ruthcrfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  dociitneiits  transmitted  to  liis  Council  by  Governor  Belcher,  Nov. 
19th,  1747.] 

Angust  3.  List  of  persons  proposed  to  be  of  the  Conncil  of  New 
Jersey,  with  observations  t;pon  their  qualities,  &c.,  conimunicated 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  from  the  Earl  of  Nottingham,  12  August, 
1702.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     A.  4.     4  folios. 

August  4.  Whitehall.  Earl  of  Nottingham  (See.  of  State)  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — sends  a  List  of  names  for  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey — if  the  B.  T.  has  no  objection  against  any  of  them  their 
names  may  be  inserted  in  the  Instructions  to  Lord  Cornbury. 
Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  A.  3.  2 
folios. 

August  12.  Whitehall.  Earl  of  Nottingham  (Sec.  of  State.) 
Mr.  Basse  and  Mr.  [Daniel]  Coxe  have  been  recommended  to  the 
Queen  to  be  put  on  the  List  of  Members  of  the  Council  of  N.  Y.  and 
N.  Jersey — their  names  to  be  inserted  in  the  Instructions.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York.     Vol.  13.     T.  5.     1  folio. 

[For  notice  of  Daniel  Coxe  and  his  father,  see  Field's  Provincial  Courts,  p. 
132  ;  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  190,  &c.  ;  and  see  answer  from  the  Lords  of  Trade, 
dated  Sept.  3,  1702.] 

August  18.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Queen — draft  of  a  Commission  for  Lord  Cornbury  to 
be  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  is  transmitted  for  Her  Majesty's  approval. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  t. ;  New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  22.     GO  folios. 

See  1720.     Aug.  24.     Order  of  Council. 

August  21.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Queen— draft 
of  Instructions  for  Lord  Cornbury  as  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  sub- 
mitted for  Her  Majesty's  approbation.  Entry.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T. ; 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  42.     150  folios. 

See  1702.     Aug.  24.     Order  of  Council. 

August  24.  Winflsor.  Order  of  Council — the  Draft  of  a  Com- 
mission for  Lord  Cornbury  as  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey  approved — p]arl  of 
Nottingham  (Sec.  of  State)  is  ordered  to  prepare  a  Warrant  for  the 
Great  Seal  of  England.  Copv.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersev. 
Vol.  1.     A.  7.     2  folios. 

See  1702.     Aug.  18.     Representation. 

August  24.  Windsor.  Order  of  Council — the  Queen  approved 
the  Instructions  for  Lord  Cornbury,  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey — the  Earl 
of  Nottingham  (See.  of  State)  is  ordered  to  prepare  the  said  Instruc- 
tions for  Her  Majesty's  signature.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New 
Jei-sey.     Vol.  1.     A.  8.     2  folios. 

See  1702.     Aug.  2L     B.  T.  to  the  Queen. 
[Instnictions  printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  230.] 


42  LORD   CORNBUIIY   GOVERNOR.  [1702. 

Sept.  1.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Clarendon  to  (the  Seer,  of 
State) — Thanks  for  the  list  of  the  Council  of  Xew  Jersey — Col. 
Basse  gave  his  remarks  upon  six  of  them — wants  to  know  whether 
it  is  fit  to  put  Quakers  into  the  Council  when  there  are  other  Men — 
Mr.  Basse  is  desirous  to  have  an  alteration  in  his  Commission  as 
Seer,  of  the  Province  of  N.  Jersey — Col.  Basse  will  answer  the 
questions  that  may  be  put  on  that  subject.  Original.  S.  P.  0.  ; 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  385.     Original.     3  folios. 

Sept.  1.  List  of  six  Persons  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  with 
remarks  of  Col.  Basse  upon  each  of  them,  and  recommending  six 
others  in  their  places.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  385. 
Original.     2  folios.     Enclosed  in  above. 

Sept.  3.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Notting- 
ham, in  answer  to  his  of  the  12th  of  August,  about  jiutting  Mr.  Basse 
and  Mr.  Coxe  into  the  Councils  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey — the 
Province  of  N.  Y.  is  not  yet  settled — Mr.  Basse  and  Mr.  Coxe  have 
no  estates  there,  consequently  cannot  sit  in  the  Council — the  Instruc- 
tions for  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  contain  12  names  agreed  upon  by 
the  Proprietors  at  the  surrender — the  Board  does  not  advise  to  make 
any  alterations  therein.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  New  York. 
Vol.  56,  p.  205.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  9G5.] 

Sept.  24.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lord  Cornbury — 
the  Queen  appointed  him  Grov'r  of  New  Jersey — His  Lordship  is 
recommended  to  heal  the  divisions  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  York.     Vol  56,  p.  209. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  96G.] 

Sept.  29.  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
New  Jersey  without  Government,  and  a  receptacle  of  Rogues  and 
Runaway  Soldiers — the  disorders  at  N.  Y.,  Jerseys,  Pen'a,  Car's, 
&c.,  "  are  derived  from  New  England" — the  Respectable  part  of  the 
Inhabitants  are  daily  insulted  by  "  crowds  of  the  most  necessitous 
scoundrels."  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1. 
A.  10.     6  folios. 

Nov.  11.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  all  the 
Govr's  in  America — that  a  day  of  public  thanksgiving  be  appointed 
for  the  successes  of  Her  Majesty's  arms  by  Land  and  Sea.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'n  Gen'L     Vol  36,  p.  188.     2  folios. 

Nov.  26.  St.  James'.  Copy  of  Major  Ingoldsby's  Commission 
to  be  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  the  Territories  depending.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T. ;    New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     A.  11.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1002.  Richard  Ingoldesby  arrived 
in  New  York  in  January,  1G91,  in  the  possession  of  some  authority,  under  which 
he  claimed  the  Government  from  Leizler.  On  the  death  of  Governor  Slougliter, 
July  23,  1691,  he  was  declared  (then  styled  Major)  Commander-in-Chief,  and  as 
such,   in   1G92,  conmianded  an   expedition  into  tlic    Seneca  country,  to  resist  a 


1702.]  LORD  CORXBURY  GOVERNOR.  43 

threatened  irruption  into  the  Province  by  the  French,  under  the  Governor  of 
Can.ida ;  and  in  June  of  that  year  formed  a  treaty  witli  the  Indians  at  Albany. 
He  was  superseded  on  the  amval  of  Governor  Fletcher,  in  Augu-^t,  1()!)2,  and 
seems  to  have  returned  to  England.  On  the  appoiutnicut  of  Lord  Cornbury,  he 
was  made  Lieut.-Governor,  and  an-ived  in  Virginia  in  January,  1704,  but  in  con- 
sequence of  sickness  did  not  get  to  New  York  luitil  March.  Although  a  strenuous 
supporter  of  Cornbury's  administration,  he  at  one  time  incurred  his  displeasure 
by  opening  despatches  in  his  absence,  and  presuming  to  act  as  Governor  in  New 
York  when  his  principal  was  in  New  Jersey.  He  continued  Lieut.  Governor  under 
Lord  Lovelace,  and  the  Government  devolved  upon  him  at  tlie  deatli  of  that  no- 
bleman in  July,  1700.  On  the  arrival  ofliis  successor,  Ingoldesby  disappeared, 
from  the  stage,  and  his  subsequent  career  is  unknown.  Smith,  the  Historian  of 
New  York,  styles  him  "  a  liea\-y  man,"  "  of  no  great  ability,"  and  probably  what 
influence  he  exercised  in  the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  grew  out  of 
his  official  station  entirely,  strengthened  possibly  by  the  favor  his  views  of  the 
prerogatives  of  the  Crown  secured  him  from  tliose  in  authority  at  home.  Smith's 
N.  Y.,  pp.  105,  140,  170.  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  III.,  pp.  791,  840  ;  IV.,  pp.  1000, 
1091,  1162,  &c.] 

[Dec.  21.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
bad  received  information  that  Col.  Andrew  Hamilton  bad  lately 
"  held  a  meeting  or  assembly  in  East  Jersey,  which  he  calls  the  Gov- 
ernor of  East  and  West  New  Jersey  assembled  in  Council" — among 
other  things  done,  he  had  assigned  a  tract  of  land  to  Lewis  Morris, 
in  consideration  of  his  services  when  in  England — and  Morris'  Quit 
Rents  due  to  the  Proprietors  had  been  remitted. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.   Col.   Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1021.     The  Governor's   apprehen- 
sions excited  probably  by  a  meeting  of  tlie  Council  of  Proprietors.] 

1703. 

March  23.  [R.]  Deed  from  the  "  Commander-in-Chief  of  all  the 
Indians  inhabiting  what  the  English  call  the  North  part  of  the  Jer- 
seys," for  the  consideration  of  400  pounds  wampum  value,  conveying  to 
Andros  Lawrence,  Johannes  Vangieson,  Michael  Aliason,  and  Abra- 
ham Yangieson  and  tlieir  associates  a  tract  of  laud  on  the  East  side 
of  Passaic  River,  and  behind  the  mountains  called  the  Blue  Hills. 
Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  papers  transmitted  to  his  Council  by  Governor  Belcher,  Nov. 
19th,  1747.] 

April  20.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury 
(Circular) — ^justice  in  all  the  Courts  to  be  speedily  and  duly  admin- 
istered, and  that  the  Judges  do  their  duty  without  any  partiality — 
the  Assembly  be  recoumiended  to  establish  Courts  for  determining 
of  small  cases — to  transmit  home  by  every  conveyance  an  exact  ac- 
count of  the  Causes  already  dispatched  and  still  pending.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'n  Gen'l.     Y.  36,  p.  24.     6  folios. 

April  20.  St.  James'.  Draft  of  a  Letter  for  the  Queen's  signa- 
ture to  the  Gov'r  and  Council  of  N.  Jersey — the  Assembly  at  their 
first  meeting  is  to  settle  a  constant  and  fixed  allowance  for  the  Gov'r, 
L't  Gov'r,  and  Council — neither  Gov'r  or  Council  to  receive  any 
presents  from  the  x\ssembly.  S.  P,  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Yol. 
12,  p.  130.     Entry.     5  folios. 


44  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1703. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1040,  for  a  letter  of  somewhat  similar  pur- 
port for  the  Proviijce  of  New  York.] 

[May  6.  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  John  Harrison  for  tract  of 
land  in  the  Counties  of  Middlesex  and  Somerset,  "  beginning  where 
Login  Brook  falls  into  Milston  Eiver ;  from  thence,  up  the  said  Mil- 
ston  River,  until  it  comes  to  a  small  brook  about  twenty  chains  above 
Doctor  Greenland's  House,  to  a  birch  tree  marked  on  four  sides, 
standing  at  the  mouth  of  the  said  brook,  it  being  known  by  the  name 
of  Heathcoat's  brook,  and  running  from  thence  East  South  East,  until 
it  comes  to  the  road  that  goes  or  leads  from  Burlington  to  John 
Inian's  house,  upon  Raritan  River,  then  along  the  said  road,  &c." 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  21.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury— to 
use  his  utmost  endeavours  with  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  to  induce  them  to  raise  and  remit  £500  to  New  York  as  their 
Quota  for  the  security  of  that  Province.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ; 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  132.     4  folios. 

[May  29.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— had  received  several  Proclamations  directing  a  public  day  of 
Thanksgiving  for  the  success  of  Her  Majesty's  arms,  with  directions 
to  have  the  same  observed  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey — appointed 
15th  April  to  be  observed  in  New  York,  but  had  not  felt  warranted 
to  do  more  than  recommend  the  observance  of  the  day  in  New  Jer- 
sey, as  his  Commission  had  not  yet  arrived,  "  doubtful  whether  that 
people,  (who  are  prone  enough  to  throw  off  all  Government,)  would 
obey  such  a  Proclamation" — the  delay  in  receiving  the  Commission 
"  a  great  mischief"  to  the  Province. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  lOtt.] 

[June  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Robert  Quary  to  the  Lords 
of  Trade,  giving  an  account  of  the  different  Provinces — the  Jerseys 
in  confusion  from  having  no  Government — the  arrival  of  Lord  Corn- 
bury's  Commission  heartily  wished  for — the  contest  in  West  Jersey 
always  between  the  Quakers  and  those  who  were  not  Quakers — in 
East  Jersey  between  the  Scotch  and  the  English — the  Scotch  for 
many  years  had  had  the  advantage  of  having  a  Scotch  Governor,  Col. 
Hamilton — Col.  Hamilton  had  died  April  26th. 
Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  10t5~10o5.] 

Sept.  9.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
published  his  Commission  in  New  Jersey — called  a  Council — the 
Quakers  wovild  not  swear — they  were,  however,  admitted  to  sit  at 
the  Board — Quakers  not  numerous — he  has  made  several  of  them 
Justices  of  the  Peace — they  don't  like  Militia — he  has  settled  the 
Courts  of  Justice — called  an  Assembly — no  Fortifications  in  the 
Province — the  People  are  dissatisfied  with  the  limitation  of  the 
Elective  Franchise.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  1.     A.  15.     26  folios. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  TV.,  p.  1070.] 


1703.]  LOED  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  45 

Oct.  15.  Virginia.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade — tbe 
State  of  Virginia — proceedings  in  Pennsylvania — proposal  for  the 
security  of  Trade  in  America — Pirates  in  Penn.sylvania — the  Eastern 
Indians  and  French  attack  N.  England — proposals  about  Canada — 
a  gunpowder  explosion  in  Jamaica — CoL  Quary  is  obliged  to  hasten 
to  Aniboy,  in  N.  Jersey,  for  the  meeting  of  the  1st  Assembly — the 
Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey  "  is  but  very  indifferently  yoked  with  a  Council" 
— Col.  Quary  desires  that  he  may  succeed  Mr.  Randolph  as  Surveyor 
Gen'l  of  N.  America — Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey  transmitted 
— the  French  and  Spaniards  have  taken  Providence  Islands.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'u  Gen'l.     Vol.  7.     F.  37.     50  folios. 

[Cornbury's  Council  was  composed  of  Edward  Hunloke,  Lewis  Morris,  Andrew 
Bowne,  Samuel  Jennings,  Thomas  Revell,  Francis  Davenport,  William  Pinhorne, 
Samuel  Leonard,  George  Deacon,  Samuel  Wallicr,  Daniel  Leeds,  "William  Sandtord, 
and  Robert  Quaiy — some  of  whom  proved  refractory  in  the  "  yolies"  the  Governor 
would  have  had  them  wear.] 

[Nov.  17.  Piichard  Ingoldesby,  Lieut. -Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  to 
John  Rudyard — authority  to  purchase  land  in  West  Jersey  from  the 
Indians.      Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Dec.  18.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Lords  of  Trade — 
had  just  returned  from  New  Jersey — the  Assembly  had  been  in  ses- 
sion four  weeks  and  some  days — the  season  so  severe  he  had  been 
obliged  to  adjourn  them  till  May,  then  to  meet  at  Burlington — 
promises  a  fuller  account.     See  June  14,  1704. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1075.  See  Smith's  N.  Jersey,  p. 
276,  &c.,  for  an  account  of  the  session.] 

Dec.  20.  Amboy.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade — the 
Scotch  in  the  Eastern  Division  of  N.  Jersey  carry  things  there  with 
'•  a  high  hand" — the  people  are  against  them — a  Scotchman  made 
High  Sheriff — has  made  a  false  return  in  favor  of  his  party— the 
Quakers  are  predominant  in  the  Western  Division — their  insinua- 
tions— the  Petitions  about  the  false  returns  the  Assembly  refused  to 
hear — the  matter  referred  to  him,  and  an  accommodation  proposed — 
the  Gov'r  permits  Quakers  to  sit  in  the  Council — major  part  of  the 
Assembly  are  Proprietors — Lord  Cornbury  (the  Gov'r)  rejects  two 
Bills  of  the  Assembly.  Original.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  1.     A.  17.     32  folios. 

[For  names  of  the  Assembly,  see  "  Proceedings  of  the  Society,"  Vol.  V,  p.  2-t.] 

ITOl. 

Reasons  humbly  offered  to  Secretary  the  Earl  of  Not- 
tingham by  Peter  Sonmans,  against  passing  the  Bill  formerly  ordered 
by  Her  Majesty,  whereby  the  office  of  Secretary  of  New  Jersey  is 
granted  to  Jeremiah  Basse.  Original.  S.  P.  0.  ;  Am.  &  W.  Ind. 
New  Jersey.      (Bundle.)     18  folios. 

[For  notice  of  Peter  Sonmans,  see  Contributions  to  E.  Jersey  History,  p.  75.] 

The  case  of  Jeremiah  Basse  presented  to  Secretary  the 


46  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1704. 

Earl  of  Nottingham — that  he  was  constituted  Secretai-y  of  New 
Jersey  by  warrant  from  Her  Majesty,  but  through  the  underhand 
conduct  of  Peter  Sonmans,  (who  is  considerably  indebted  to  him,)  is 
prevented  from  enjoying  the  said  Post.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Ind. 
New  Jersey.     (Bundle.)      Original.     6  folios. 

[See  "  East  Jersey  iinder  the  Proprietors,"  and  Field's  "  Provincial  Courts" 
for  notices  of  Jeremiah  Basse.] 

1703--4. 

Jan.  14.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met — an  account  of  their  proceed- 
ings— proposes  an  alteration  to  be  made  in  the  Qualifications  of  per- 
sons choosing  and  to  be  chosen  for  the  Assembly — their  Enclosed 
Bill  for  settling  the  Estates  of  all  the  Proprietors,  &c.,  is  not  fit  to 
be  passed — the  Assembly  are  bent  not  to  settle  the  Kevenue  or  Mili- 
tia until  this  Bill  is  passed — he  adjourned  them  to  18th  May, 
1704.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  New  Jersey.  Vol  1.  B.  1. 
25  folios,  without  the  BilL  The  Enclosed  Bill  is  not  with  the 
Correspondence. 

[Its  tenor  is  not  known  ;  it  is  not  mentioned  in  Nievill's  Index  of  disallowed 
acts,  but  it  u-as  disallowed  by  the  Board  of  Trade.     See  1705,  April  20th.] 

Jan.  27.  Memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  signed  by  Sir  Tho's 
Lane  and  nine  other  Proprietors  of  New  Jersey,  objecting  to  Mr. 
Peter  Sonmans  and  Mr.  Daniel  Coxe  to  be  of  the  Council  there — Mr. 
Sonmans  became  a  bankrupt  in  [1700] — compounded  for  7s.  6d.  in  the 
pounds — his  Estate  is  claimed  by  his  Relatives  and  the  Creditors — 
the  Title  to  his  lands  is  doubtful,  his  Father  dying  an  Alien — Mr. 
Daniel  Coxe  has  no  real  property  in  New  Jersey — he  encouraged  a 
faction  of  the  meaner  people  to  oppose  the  Election  Law.  Original. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     A.  12.     11  folios. 

[See  "  Contributions  to  the  Early  History  of  Perth  Amboy  and  adjoining  Coun- 
try,'' p.  73,  for  a  notice  of  the  Sonmans  Family.] 

January  27.  BIr.  Dockwra  to  the  Board  of  Trade — vindicates 
his  character  against  the  slanders  and  accusations  of  other  Proprie- 
tors— ■(nearly  the  whole  of  this  Letter  is  composed  of  bitter  invec- 
tives against  his  opponents.)  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  1.  A.  13.     10  folios. 

[William  Dockwra  was  Register  of  the  Proprietors.  See  Contributions  to  East 
Jersey  History,  &c.,  p.  1-i,  &c.] 

Feb.  14.  Mr.  Daniel  Cose  to  the  Board  of  Ti-ade,  in  answer  to 
Sir  Tho's  Lane  and  other  Proprietors'  Memorial  of  1703-4,  January 
27 — he  is  in  controversy  with  the  Proprietors  about  the  lands  of  his 
Father  in  New  Jersey,  which  the  Proprietors  withhold  unjustly  from 
him — if  he  were  a  factious  Man,  Lord  Cornbury  could  not  have  in- 
trusted him  with  the  charge  and  command  of  all  the  Forces  in  the 
Western  Division  of  New  Jersey — if  he  is  to  be  excluded  from  the 
Council,  the  name  of  Mr.   Lewis  Morris  ought  to  be  expunged  also. 


170-i.]  LORD    CORJSBURY   GOVERNOR.  47 

Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  N.  Jersey.     Vol.  1.  A.  13.     24  folios. 

[See  Field's  "Provincial  Courts,"  p.  134.] 

Feb.  14.  Mr.  Sonmans  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  the 
accusations  contained  in  the  Proprietors'  Memorial  to  the  Board  of 
Jan.  27th,  1703-4 — great  losses  during  the  late  war  obliged  him  to 
compound  with  his  Creditors  about  4  years  ago — he  is  possessed  of 
7^  Proprieties — his  Brother-in-law  set  forth  his  pretensions  to  one- 
third  of  his  Estate,  but  the  Master  of  the  Rolls  and  the  Lord  Keeper 
dismissed  the  Bill  with  costs — leaves  to  the  Board  to  decide  whether 
he  is  worthy  to  be  one  of  the  Council  or  not.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  A.  13.  9  folios. 
1704. 

April  6.  Memorial  of  Dominique,  Bridges  &  Michel,  Prop'rs  of 
New  Jersey  [East  Jersey]  to  the  Board — that  a  stop  be  put  to  the 
proceedings  of  some  of  the  Proprietors  in  purchasing  Lands  of  the 
Indians — Townly,  Foster,  Biekly,  and  Johnston  arc  recommended 
to  fill  up  the  vacancies  in  the  Council.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ; 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     A.  16.     2  folios. 

[May  30.  Virginia.  Robert  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Lord  Cornbury  intending  to  visit  Albany  so  soon  as  the  New  York 
Assembly  should  rise — had  adjourned  the  New  Jersey  Assembly 
from  May  20th  to  June  20tli,  to  meet  at  Burlington — the  difficulties 
to  be  expected  in  getting  from  the  Jerseys  their  quota  of  n  en  for 
the  frontier. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  1084,  1085.] 

[June  14.  New  York.  (Extracts.)  Lord  Cornbury  to  the 
Lords  of  Trade — the  meeting  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  for  the 
jSrst  time  10th  Oct.  previous — suggestions  relative  to  a  change  in 
the  qualifications  of  members — the  Bill  regulating  purchases  of  land 
from  the  Indians,  &c.,  noticed  at  length — the  opposition  of  the 
Elizabethtown  people  growing  out  of  their  grant  from  Col.  Nichols — 
"  Col.  Nichols  coming  into  these  parts  found  y  people  of  New  York 
refractory  and  not  inclinable  to  submit  to  him,  'but  found  y''  people 
of  Elizabethtown  ready  to  obey  his  orders  in  all  things,  by  which 
means  y  people  of  New  York  became  tractable  and  did  submit.  Col. 
Nichols  thought  himself  obliged  to  doe  something  for  y"  people  of 
Elizabethtown  y  might  be  as  a  reward  for  their  fidelity  upon  y  con- 
sideration granted  them  y'  lands  they  now  hold.  Copy.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.      Alexander  West  Jersey  Papers,  p.  144.] 

June  29,  "Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  N.  America,  enclosing  Her  Majesty's  Proc- 
lamation for  settling  and  ascertaining  the  Rates  of  Foreign  Coins  in 
the  Plantations.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'u  Gen'l.  Vol. 
36,  p.  467.     6  folios. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1133,  for  the  views  of  the  New  York  Mer- 


48  LORD    CORNBURY    GOVERNOR.  [1704. 

chants  in  relation  to  this  Proclamation.     For  the  Proclamation  itself,  see  Smith's 
New  Jersey,  p.  281.] 

June  29.  Wliiteliall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Grov'rs  in  North  America — all  Merchants  and  Planters  be 
very  careful  in  giving  any  account  by  letters  of  t-he  Pul^lic  state  and 
condition  of  the  Provinces.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  Plant'n 
Gen'l.     Vol.  36,  p.  470.     4  folios. 

July  4.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Roger  ]Mompesson,  Judge 
of  the  Admiralty  in  N.  Y.  and  N.  J.,  to  the  Earl  of  Nottingham,  Seer. 
of  State — there  are  no  causes  of  complaints  to  be  made  by  the  Gov't 
at  home  about  the  abuses  in  the  Courts  of  Admiralty  in  those  Prov- 
inces— the  abuses  are  committed  in  the  Proprietary  Grov'ts,  such  as 
Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  and  even  Massachusetts — Lord  Cornbury 
has  found  out  some  Pirates'  goods  in  New  Jersey,  but  most  of  them 
are  to  be  found  in  Rhode  Island.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  6.     Original.     13  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1115.  For  the  character  and  ser- 
vices of  Judge  Mompesson,  see  Field's  "Provincial  Courts,"  p.  57.] 

July  6.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
upon  the  Petition  of  Sonmans  and  Dockwra,  about  the  possession  of 
Staten  Island,  claimed  by  the  Gov'r  of  New  York — to  examine  the 
matter,  and  to  Report  to  the  Council  thereupon.  Original,  with 
Copy  of  the  Petition.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  A. 
18.     8  folios. 

[Staten  Island  was  claimed  for  New  Jersey  by  Governor  Carteret  in  1G81,  (see 
"  Grants  &  Concessions,"  p.  687,)  in  compliance  with  directions  of  Lady  Carteret  to 
Secretary  Bollen,  March  2,  1G81,  (see  E.  J.  Records  A,  p.  2.)  Gov.  Dongan,  Feb. 
13th,  1G84-5,  claimed  that  Gov.  Lovelace  had  purchased  the  island  from  the  Indians. 
See  E.  Jersey  under  the  Prop'rs,  p.  215,  and  Proceedings  of  Society,  Vol.  III.] 

July  7.  Additional  Instruction  to  the  Lord  Cornbury  relating 
to  the  number  of  seamen  allowed  by  an  Act  of  Parl't,  passed  the 
last  session,  for  navigating  of  English  ships  during  the  war — with  a 
Copy  of  a  Clause  of  the  said  Act.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ;  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  164.     9  folios. 

July  13.  Names  of  Commiss'rs  for  New  York,  New  Jersey,  and 
Connecticut,  for  the  Trial  of  Pirates  and  Piratical  causes,  to'3,be  in- 
serted in  the  respective  Commissions.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ; 
Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  36,  p.  497.     7  folios. 

August  25.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Gov'rs  in  America,  to  appoint  a  day  of  Thanksgiving  for  the  success 
of  Her  Majesty's  arms  near  the  Danube.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ; 
Plant'n  Geu'l.     Vol.  37,  p.  34.     2  folios. 

Nov.  4.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  met  the  1st  of  September — neglected  to 
settle  a  Revenue,  upon  which  he  dissolved  them  and  issued  new 
^rits — Quakers  are  troublesome  in  West  Jersey — they  ought  not  to 


1705.]  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  49 

be  admitted  into  any  of  the  employments  without  taking  of 'oaths — 
the  People  don't  like  the  qualifications  prescribed  for  Assembly  Men 
— recommends  a  remedy  for  it.  Original.  S.  V.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  1.     B.  5.     5  folios. 

[See  Smitli's  New  Jersey,  p.  283.] 
1T04--5. 

Feb.  19.  New  York.  Letter  of  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board 
of  , Trade — The  Assembly  met  on  the  9th  of  Nov.  [?  13th] — Sends 
several  Acts  for  confirmation,  i.  e.  An  Act  for  raising  a  Revenue  for 
two  years — An  Act  for  quieting  the  minds  of  the  People — An  Act 
for  altering  the  Constitution — An  Act  for  settling  the  31ilitia — An 
Act  for  regulating  Commons  and  Highways— An  Act  for  the  sup- 
pressing of  immorality — An  Act  for  Reviving  the  Courts  of  Bergen, 
Mdd'x  and  Monmouth — An  Act  for  Regulating  Negro  Slaves — Re- 
marks upon  the  above  Acts  and  Reasons  for  confirming  them — In- 
trigues of  Mr.  Morris — his  conduct  to  the  Grovi* — he  is  suspended 
from  sitting  in  the  Council — Dr.  Ennis  of  the  Church  of  England 
intercedes  for  Mr.  Morris,  who  ofi"ers  an  apology  to  the  Gov'r  and  is 
restored  to  the  Council — 3Ir.  Morris  opposes  the  passing  of  the 
Revenue  Act — his  behaviour  towards  the  Gov'r — suspended  from 
the  Council  for  the  second  time — Lord  Cornbury  hopes  that  the 
Queen  will  dismiss  Mr.  Morris  from  the  Council,  he  being  devoted 
to  the  Proprietors,  and  not  the  Crown's  interest — The  substance  of 
controversy  between  the  Grov'r  and  Mr.  Morris — Col.  Townley  and 
Mr.  J).  Coxe  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  in  place  of  Mr.  E. 
Hunlock  and  Mr.  S.  Leonard,  dec'd — Mr.  Walker  of  the  Council  is 
also  dead — Mr.  R.  Mompesson  is  recommended  in  his  stead — who  is 
also  appointed  to  be  chief  Justice  of  the  Province — a  Statute  Book 
is  much  wanted — Great  Seal  for  New  Jersey  is  wanted — Two  mur- 
ders committed  by  women — Wants  instructions  as  regards  the  fines, 
forfeitures,  &c.,  and  the  appointment  of  a  Ranger  of  Woods,  which 
are  full  of  Wild  Horses — Lord  Cornbury's  visit  to  Salem,  which  is 
capable  of  being  made  a  good  place  for  Trade — The  Privilege  grant- 
ed to  Proprietoi's  of  buying  Indian  Lands  is  very  prejudicial  to  a 
speedy  settlement  of  the  Province  ;  a  remedy  for  it  is  proposed.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  13.     Original.     60  folios. 

March  1-4.  Petition  of  Sir  Thos.  Lane  and  nine  other  Prop'rs 
of  W.  Jersey  to  the  Board — Lord  Cornbury  having  acted  contrary 
to  his  Instructions,  they  pray  that  a  copy  of  the  s'd  Instruct'ns  may 
be  given  them.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B. 
8.     2  folios-. 

1T05. 

April  3.  Whitehall.  Draft  of  a  Circular  letter  to  the  Gover- 
nors in  America — an  Act  of  Parliament  for  encouraging  the  Im- 
portation of  Naval  Stores  from  the  Plantations,  transmitted — To 
communicate  the  said  Act  to  the  Council  and  Assembly,  and  to  pro- 

•i 


50  LORD   COKNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1705. 

mote  and  advance  so  useful  an  undei-taking.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Plant.  Gen'l,  Vol.  37,  p.  88.     5  folios. 

April  5.  Memorial  of  Coxe,  Dockwra  and  Sonmans  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Report  about  Quakers  in  West  Jersey  given  by  Lord 
Cornbury  in  his  letter  of  Nov.  4,  1704,  is  reasonable  and  well- 
grounded — The  Quakers  ought  to  be  excluded  from  the  Council, 
Assembly,  and  all  other  places  of  public  trust  in  the  Province — The 
Instructions  to  Lord  Cornbury,  as  regards  the  qualifications  for  As- 
sembly Men  ought  to  be  amended. — The  vacancies  in  the  Council  of 
Jersey  should  not  be  filled  by  Quakers.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  9.     8  folios. 

April  17.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  West  Jersey  to  the 
Board — Lord  Cornbury  committed  a  breach  of  his  Instructions  in 
several  Instances,  viz  :  by  confirming  the  Election  of  Members  not 
duly  qualified  for  the  Assembly — encouraging  and  passing  an  Act 
of  Assembly  for  altering  the  Qualifications  of  the  Electors  and 
Elected — Encouraging  and  passing  a  Bill  for  taxing  all  lands — Ap- 
pointed Fees  (contrary  to  the  advice  of  his  Council)  for  Patenting 
Lands — Lord  Cornbury  detains  all  public  books,  papers  and  rec- 
ords— Constituted  several  officers  without  the  advice  of  his  Council 
— put  several  mean  and  contemptible  persons  into  the  Commission 
of  Peace  and  Militia.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  10. 
Original.     20  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  336.] 

April  20.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Queen  with  Draft 
of  Additional  Instructions  to  Lord  Cornbury — Qualifications  of  the 
Electors  and  Elected  to  be  in  land  or  money — The  Gov'r  or  his 
Lieut't  to  reside  constantly  in  the  Province — No  Fees  to  be  taken 
for  the  Grants  of  Lands  made  by  the  Proprietors.  Entry.  S.  P. 
O.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  190.     14  folios. 

April  20.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury — His 
suggestion  about  the  method  of  choosing  Assembly  Men  is  adopted — 
The  Bill  to  settle  and  confirm  the  Estates  of  the  Proprietors  cannot 
be  passed — To  move  the  next  Assembly  to  settle  the  Revenue  for 
21  and  not  less  than  11  years — Amount  of  Salaries  to  the  Gov'r  and 
L't  Gov'r — The  Taxes  to  be  levied  in  due  proportion  upon  lands  and 
upon  personal  Estates — Not  to  intermeddle  in  the  Elections — The 
officers  of  public  trust  are  to  be  chosen  out  of  the  Men  of  compe- 
tent Estate  and  Capacity  for  that  service.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T, 
New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  197.     8  folios. 

April  23.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  Draft 
of  Additional  Instructions  for  the  Lord  Cornbury,  transmitted  from 
the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  20  of  April  Instant.  Copy.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  11.     2  folios. 

See  1705,  April  20.     Board  of  Trade  to  the  Queen. 
[For  these  additional  InstructioDS  see  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  235.] 


1705.]  LORD  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  51 

May  .8.  Draft  of  a  Warrant  for  allowing  and  directing  the  use 
of  a  New  Seal  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  195.     3  folios. 

May  8.  Memorial  of  the  Committee  of  Proprietors  of  East 
Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  objecting  to  Mr.  Sonmans  being  one 
of  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey, Vol.  1,  B.  12.     6  folios. 

May  8.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury,  en- 
closing an  Additional  Instruction,  New  Seal  for  New  Jersey,  and  a 
Warrant  for  using  the  same.  Entry.  S,  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey, Vol.  12,  p.  203.     2  folios. 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Lowndes — To  move 
the  Lord  Treasurer  to  provide  half  a  dozen  Collections  of  the  Stat- 
utes of  England,  for  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  other  Colonies. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York,  Vol.  57,  p.  321.     2  folio.s. 

July  G.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  P.  Dominique — Ex- 
tract of  a  Letter  from  the  Lord  (Jornbury  of  19  Feb.,  1704-5,  re- 
lating to  the  Purchasing  of  Lands  from  the  Indians  is  sent  to  him — 
The  Board  of  Trade  desire  his  answer  thereto.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey,  A^ol.  12,  p.  227.     1  folio. 

July  6.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Sir  Edw.  Northey,  Attor- 
ney General — The  Board  desires  his  opinion  whether  the  Fines,  For- 
feitures and  Escheats  in  New  Jersey  belong  to  the  Queen  or  to  the 
Proprietors  of  the  soil;  and  whether  the  appointing  of  Bangers  be 
in  Her  Majesty  or  the  said  Proprietors.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  16.     2  folios. 

See  1705,  Oct.  19.     Sir  E.  Northey  to  the  Board  of  Trade. 

July  8.  New  York.  Letter  of  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Proceedings  of  the  New  York  Assembly — Pirates  infest  the 
Coasts  ; — a  Man  of  War  is  wanted  ; — desires  a  supply  of  Stores — a 
Statute  Book  and  a  New  Great  Seal  are  wanted ; — New  Jersey  As- 
sembly met,  but  the  Members  of  the  Western  division  did  not  ar- 
rive, who  are  (except  one)  all  Quakers — The  Assembly  is  adjourned 
— Desires  the  Board's  directions  upon  his  22  Art.  of  Instr.  for  set- 
tling a  Public  Revenue — The  Revenue  for  one  year  is  raised,  and 
the  Tax  is  not  heavy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York,  Vol.  14,  X.  48. 
Original.     25  folios. 

[For  the  names  of  the  memhers  of  the  Assembly  see  Proceedings  of  the  So- 
ciety, Vol.  V.  p.  24.] 

[July  15.  New  York.  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Sends 
his  despatch  by  Col.  Quary — General  account  of  the  affairs  of  the 
Provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV..  p.  1 150-11  r>4.] 
July  17.     Whitehall.     Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dominique — Desires 


52  LORD   O'ORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1705. 

to  have  a  speedy  answer  to  his  letter  of  the  6th  Instant.     Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  229.     1  folio. 

July  28.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Lord  Corubury— His  let- 
ter about  the  New  Jersey  affairs  received — Several  of  the  Proprie- 
tors made  an  objection  to  the  Acts  passed  by  him,  and  the  whole  af- 
fair is  under  consideration — He  is  to  appoint  a  day  of  thanksgiving 
for  the  Victory  obtained  in  the  Spanish  Netherlands — [BlenheimJ 
He  is  desired  to  break  the  old  Seals  and  to  transmit  his  receipt  for 
the  New  ones.  P^ntrv.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York,  Vol.  57,  p. 
336.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  1157.] 

Sept.  1.  ]\Iemorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Western  Division 
of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  signed  by  Sir  Thos.  Lane 
and  18  other  Proprietors — Lord  Cornbury  does  not  act  in  confor- 
mity with  his  Instructions  as  regards  the  Election  of  the  Assembly 
Men,  encouraged  Taxing  all  Lands  belonging  to  the  Inhabitants  of 
New  Jersey ;  appointed  Fees  for  Patenting  Lands ;  all  public  Books, 
Papers,  &c.,  were  ordered  to  be  delivered  to  Mr.  Basse  and  carried 
out  of  the  Province ;  constituted  several  officers  without  the  advice 
of  Council ;  put  several  "  mean  and  contemptible  "  persons  in  the 
Commission  of  Peace,  particularly  one  Salter ;  gave  Commissions  in 
the  Militia  to  People  who  have  no  Estate  in  the  Province — Pray 
that  the  Act  of  the  Assembly  prohibiting  to  purchase  Lands  from 
the  Indians  be  not  confirmed ; — Desire  that  Mr.  Morris  may.  be  re- 
stored to  his  place  in  the  Council ; — that  the  vacancies  occasioned 
by  the  decease  of  three  of  the  Council  may  be  filled  by  some  of  the 
following  persons,  viz  :  Mr.  Miles  Foster,  Mr,  Richard  Townley, 
Mr.  Hugh  Hoody,  [Huddy  ?]  Mr.  Wm.  Hall,  and  Mr.  John  Harri- 
son.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  17.     Orig'l.     45  folios. 

Oct.  19.  Sir  Edw.  Northey  (the  Att.  Gen'l)  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  in  answer  to  Mr.  Popple's  Letter  of  6  July,  1705 — The 
Fines,  Forfeitures  and  Escheats  belong  to  the  Queen  and  not  to  the 
Proprietors — The  appointment  of  Rangers  belongs  to  the  Proprie- 
tors of  the  Woods  and  not  to  the  Queen.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  16.     3  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  recommending  them  to  encourage 
and  to  assist  Mr.  Dummer  in  his  undertaking  to  carry  on  a  Monthly 
Correspondence  between  England  and  the  Plantations.  Entry.  S. 
P.  0.,B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l,  Vol.  37,  p.  112.     2  folios. 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Observations  made  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Prop'rs  of  the  Western  Div.  of  N. 
Jersey  of  Sept.  1,  1705. — Care  will  be  taken  to  regulate  the  Elec- 
tion of  the  Assembly  Men — The  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey  was  ordered  not  to 
meddle  with  appointing  Fees  for  Patenting  the  Lands — The  Gov'r 
will  be  directed  not  to  carry  the  Records  out  of  the  Province — The 


1705.]  LORD  CORXBURY  GOVERNOR,  53 

Gov'r  has  a  right  to  appoint  Officers  without  the  advice  of  the  Coun- 
cil— The  Board  shall  write  to  Lord  Cornbury  about  Mr.  Salter  be- 
ing appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace — No  alteration  has  been  made 
in  the  Instructions  relating  to  the  purchase  of  Lands — The  Acts 
passed  by  the  Assembly  shall  be  considered — Mr.  Morris  must  make 
a  due  submission  to  the  Gov'r  before  his  suspension  be  taken  off. 
Kough  draft.     S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B.  18.     G  folios. 

[Nov.  10  (20th  ?)  Burlington.  Lieut.  Gov'r  Ingoldesby  to  the 
Lords  of  Trade — Had  not  been  allowed  to  act  as  Lieut.  Gov'r  of 
Lord  Cornbury — had  not  yet  received  any  instructions  as  to  his  pre- 
cise duties — In  the  absence  of  Lord  Cornbury  from  New  York  had 
received  a  despatch  from  the  frontiers  which,  after  conversing  and 
advising  with  the  Council  he  had  opened,  had  it  translated,  and  a 
copy  transmitted  to  the  Governor  then  in  New  Jersey,  who  there- 
upon ordered  him  to  Burlington,  there  to  reside — but  the  Gov'r  had 
told  him  he  was  not  to  act  at  all — wishes  instructions  to  be  sent  to  him. 
Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Dccts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  1162,  and  see  page  llG-t  same 
volume.] 

Nov.  21.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dominique — Ex- 
tract of  Lord  Cornbury's  Letter  of  19th  Feb.,  1704-5,  about  Mr. 
Morris,  is  sent  to  him — The  Board  desire  to  speak  to  him.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  252.     1  folio. 

Nov.  21.  Whitehall.  Ptcpresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen,  recommending  Col.  Townley,  Mr.  Coxe  and  Mr.  Mom- 
pesson  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  253.     2  folios. 

[Col.  (Richard)  Townley  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Elizabetlitown.  It  was 
at  his  house  that  the  first  missionaries  from  the  "  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Gospel"  held  religious  services. — Keit](''s  Journal.  Clark's  Hist.  St.  John's 
Church,  Eliz'ii.     Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  213,  note.'\ 

[Nov.  22.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Had  gone  to  Amboy  to  meet  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  on  the 
15th  Oct. — The  Quaker  members  did  not  arrive  to  allow  the  House 
to  sit  until  the  17th — Resolved  on  the  18th  that  no  business  should 
be  transacted  until  the  House  was  full — The  circumstances  detailed 
upon  which  he  bases  his  opinion  that  "  it  was  not  a  full  House  of 
Members  that  they  wanted,  but  a  full  House  of  Quakers  " — Ad- 
journed the  Assembly  to  the  1st  May  at  Burlington. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  1170.     See  Smith's  N.  Jersey,  p.  284.] 

Nov.  26.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dominique— The 
Board  reminds  him  of  answering  the  letter  of  Nov.  21,  with  refer- 
ence to  Mr.  Morris.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol. 
12,  p.  25-1.     1  folio. 

Nov.  26.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dominique — Copy 
of  the  Board's  observations  made  Nov.  14  upon  the  Memorial  of  the 
Propr's  of  the  AVestcrn  Division  of  N.  Jersey,  transmitted  to  him 


54  LORD   COU^'BURY"    GOVERNOR.  [1705. 

for  their  information.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol. 
12,  p.  254     1  folio. 

Nov.  27.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— The  Additional  Instructions  received — The  difficulty  of  ascer- 
taining the  qualifications  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Western  Divi- 
sion for  the  Assembly  as  they  hold  their  Lands  in  Common — lie  will 
endeavour  to  obtain  the  settling  of  the  Revenue  for  21  and  not  less 
than  11  years — The  sums  necessary  for  Salaries  of  Officers — The 
Elections  will  not  be  meddled  with — The  Gov'r  will  engage  in  no 
party,  but  will  act  equally  to  all — The  Gov'r  did  not  appoint  a  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace,  or  a  Militia  Officer,  without  their  being  recom- 
mended by  one  of  the  Council — Mr.  Morris  recommended  a  very 
improper  person,  whom  the  Gov'r  afterwards  dismissed  for  drunken- 
ness— On  the  13th  of  Oct.  last  he  went  to  Amboy  to  meet  the  As- 
sembly, but  it  was  on  the  17th  of  Oct.  that  the  house  sat — no  busi- 
ness was  done  the  house  not  being  "  full  " — the  meaning  of  the  word 
"  full  " — [see  Nov.  22] — Proceedings  of  the  Assembly — their  ad- 
journment— Speaker's  reasons  for  it — No  public  service  can  be  done 
BO  long  as  the  Quakers  are  chosen  to  sit  in  the  Assembly — They  pre- 
sented au  Address,  a  copy  of  which  is  sent — also  the  Minutes  of  As- 
sembly. Orig'l,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  C.  1.  20  folios. 
The  above-named  Address  is  not  with  tlie  Correspondence. 

Nov.  29.  St.  James'.  Copies  of  three  Orders  of  Council  ap- 
proving Col.  Townley,  Mr.  Coxe  and  Mr.  Mompessou  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  B. 
20.     6  folios. 

1705-6. 

Feb.  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey — The  Queen  appointed  Mr.  John 
Bridges  Surveyor  General  of  Woods  in  America,  and  to  Instruct  the 
Inhabitants  in  the  method  of  making  Pitch  and  Tar — INIr.  Bridges 
is  to  give  an  account  of  all  his  proceedings  to  the  Govt  of  the  Prov- 
ince— The  Assembly  to  be  moved  to  pass  an  Act  for  encouraging 
the  undertaking — Mr.  Bridges'  travelling  and  other  expenses  to  be 
provided  for  by  the  Gov'r.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l, 
Vol  37,  p.  117.     4  folios. 

Feb.  4.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury— Mr. 
Morris  is  recommended  to  bo  restored  to  the  Council  upon  a  due 
submission  being  made  by  him — The  Surrender  of  N.  Jersey  was 
unconditional — the  concessions  were  only  made  to  the  Proprietors 
in  some  points  of  Lord  Cornbury's  Instructions — Mr.-Townley,  Mr. 
Coxe  and  Mr.  Mompessou  are  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancies  in  the 
Council  of  N.  Jersey — Mr.  Dockwra  rccomuiended  Mr.  Peter  Son- 
mans  for  the  next  vacancy  in  the  Council — the  Board  has  no  objec- 
tion to  it — A  copy  of  the  Att.  Gen'l's  report  (see  10  Oct.,  1705)  is 
transmitted  to  Lord  Cornbury,  to  guide  his  future  conduct  as  re- 


1706.]  LORD  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  55 

gards  the  Fines,  Forfeitures,  &c.,  and  the  appointing  a  Eangerof  the 
Woods — The  Acts  passed  in  Nov.  1704  were  considered  ;  observa- 
tions on  the  Militia  Act,  the  Act  for  uniting  and  quieting  the  minds 
of  the  People,  and  the  Act  for  regulating  the  Election  of  Repre- 
sentatives— amendments  proposed — Complaints  of  the  Propr's  of  the 
Western  Division  communicated  to  Lord  Conibury — Xo  public  pa- 
pers to  be  carried  out  of  the  Province — To  be  careful  whom  the 
Gov'r  shall  put  in  the  Commission  of  Peace  or  Militia — one  Mr. 
Salter  is  objected  to  by  the  Proprietors — The  Minutes  of  Council 
and  Assembly  for  the  time  past  and  for  the  future  to  be  transmitted 
— The  want  of  Prisons  in  New  Jersey  to  be  laid  before  the  Assem- 
bly— A  new  Seal  for  the  Province  was  sent — Explanation  of  the  22d 
Clause  of  Lord  Cornbury's  Instructions,  no  Salary  to  be  paid  to  the 
Council,  only  Paper,  Ink,  fire  and  other  necessaries  provided — the 
Clerks  and  other  officers  are  to  have  Salaries.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.    New  Jersey,  Vol.  12,  p.  259.     23  folios. 

Feb.  14.  London.  Memorial  of  the  Committee  of  Proprietors 
of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey  (signed  by  jMr.  Dockwra) 
to  the  Board  of  Trade — Before  the  Surrender  of  the  Prop'rs  in- 
sisted that  their  Agent  in  N.  Jersey  might  always  be  of  the  Council 
— reasons  for  it — Mr.  Peter  Sonmaus  is  appointed  the  Prop'rs 
Agent  in  New  Jersey,  and  was  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council — 
Gov'r  Cornbury  was  not  aware  of  Mr.  Sonmans'  being  the  Proprie- 
^tors'  Agent,  recommended  another  Person  in  the*rooni  of  Capt. 
Walker,  dec'd — The  Grov'r  and  Council  allowed  Mr.  Sonmans'  Com- 
mission, but  the  Scotch  faction  opposed  it — The  Governor's  conduct 
in  this  affair — The  opposition  appoint  one  [John]  Barclay  their  Re- 
ceiver General — the  Governor's  proclamation  against  the  appoint- 
ment, commanding  the  people  to  obey  jMr.  Sonmans — The  Proprie- 
tors pray  the  dismissal  of  Mr.  3Iorris  from  the  Council,  and  recom- 
mend Mr.  Sonmans  in  his  place.  Orig'l.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey,  Vol.  1,  C.  5.     12  folios. 

[See  "  Contributions  to  E.  Jersey  History,"  p.  42,  for  a  notice  of  Jolin  Barclay.] 

Feb.  14.  London.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Wm.  Sloper  (Agent  to  the 
Lord  Cornbury)  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Answers  the  charges  pre- 
ferred against  Lord  Cornbury  by  the  Proprietors  of  the  ^Vestern 
Division__of  New  Jersey  (see  Sept.  1,  1705) — The  Board  is  requested 
to  defer  giving  any  credit  to  the  allegations  until  His  Excell'y  can 
have  time  to  send  them  his  own  answer.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  C.  6.  85  folios. 
1706. 

April  5.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Sloper,  (Lord  Corn- 
bury's Agent.)  The  Board  desires  to  be  informed  when  and  how 
the  salary  of  £500  was  settled  to  Lord  Cornbury  as  Gov'r  of  New 
Jersey.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  J.,  Vol.  12,  p.  279.    1  folio. 

April  8.     Whitehall.     Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 


56  LOED    CORNBURY  -GOVERNOR.  [1706. 

to  the  Queen — The  Commissiou  of  Col.  Ingoldesby  as  L't  Gov'r  of 
New  York  to  be  revoked,  and  he  is  to  be  one  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York,  Vol.  57,  p.  447. 
4  folios. 

[The  Revocation,  printed  iu  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  1174.] 

April  11.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Representa- 
tion from  the  Board  of  the  8th  inst. — The  Commission  of  Col.  In- 
goldesby as  Lieut.  GovV  of  New  York  to  be  revoked,  and  the  said 
Col.  Ingoldesby  (Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey)  to  be  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  [where  he  must  reside.]  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  York,  Vol.  57,  p.  452.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.  p.  1174.     See  1704,  Nov.  20th.] 

April  22.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Hedges  to  the  Board  of  Trade- 
sends  draft  of  a  Warrant  in  order  to  be  prepared  for  Her  Majesty's 
Signature,  revoking  Col.  Ingoldesby's  Commission  as  Lieut.  Gov'r  of 
New  York,  and  appointing  him  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  En- 
try.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York,  Vol.  57,  p.  455.     2  folios. 

April  24.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Hedges — with 
the  Draft  of  a  Warrant  for  Her  Majesty's  signature,  revoking  the 
Commission  of  Col.  Ingoldesby  as  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  York,  and 
for  Constituting  him  a  Member  of  Her  Maj'ty's  Council  of  New 
Jersey.  Entry,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  York,  Vol.  57,  p.  456.    6  folios. 

May  1.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury — For  the 
Information  about  the  Qualifications  for  the  Assembly  His  Lordship 
is  referred  to  the  Board's  letter  of  the  4th  of  Feb. — The  Salaries  of 
public  officers  in  New  Jersey  need  not  be  very  high — The  Board 
wants  to  know  how,  when,  and  by  what  Establishment  the  Salary  of 
£500  p.  annum  was  settled  to  Lord  Cornbury  as  Gov'r  of  New  Jer- 
sey— The  Board  is  glad  to  hear  that  His  Lordship  does  not  intend 
to  engage  in  any  party — Col.  Ingoldesby  is  to  reside  in  N.  Jersey 
and  be  of  the  Council.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey, 
Vol.  12,  p.  282.     5  folios. 

[May  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  In- 
habitants of  Bergen,  calling  for  stockades  to  place  New  York  in  a 
posture  of  defence  to  resist  an  anticipated  attack  from  a  French 
squadron.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  the  Society's  "  Proceedings,"  Vol.  I.,  p,  124.] 

May  31.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Gov'rs  in  America — To  appoint  a  day  of  Thanksgiving  for 
success  of  Her  Majesty's  arms  in  Brabant.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.  Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  37,  p.  122.     2  folios. 

July  15.  Mr.  John  Hamilton's  Affidavit,  (in  substance  the  same 
as  Mr.  Ingoldesby's  Affidavit  of  1706,  July  16th,  with  an  additional 
fact  that)  Lord  Cornbury  was  guilty  of  bribery — John  Johnstone, 
John  Harrison,  George  Willocks,  Miles  Foster,  and  "  several  others" 


170').]  LORD  CORNBUHY  GOYERXOK.  57 

told  the  Deponent  that  they  liad  given  His  Lord'p  £200  to  befriend 
them  in  some  particuhir  matters.  Original.  S.  V.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  26.     10  folios. 

[See  "  Coutributions  to  East  Jersey  Histoiy"  for  notices  of  the  persons  named.] 

July  16.  Mr.  George  Ingoldesby's  Affidavit — Mr.  Thomas 
Revell  and  Mr.  Dan'l  Leeds  objected  against  Tho's  Lambert,  Tho's 
Gardner  and  Joshua  "Wright  the  Members  returned  to  the  Assembly 
in  1704,  as  not  being  qualified — Lord  Cornbury's  arbitrary  proceed- 
ings therein — Several  of  the  Members  addressed  Ilis  Lordship  on  the 
subject,  but  to  no  purpose — The  Assembly  appointed  a  day  for  hearing 
the  case,  but  Kevell  and  Leeds  did  not  appear — Lord  Cornbury  gives 
his  assent  to  several  bills  injurious  to  the  Interest  of  the  Inhabitants 
— His  Lordship  ordered  Books,  lleeords,  &c.,  to  be  delivered  to  Jer. 
Basse,  who  carried  them  out  of  the  Province  of  E.  Jersey — Lord  C. 
appointed  "William  Fisher,  burnt  in  the  hand  as  a  Criminal,  to  be 
Sheriff  of  Burlington — Rich'd  Salter,  under  prosecution  for  Felony, 
to  be  Justice  of  Peace — and  Thomas  Killingworth,  a  scandalous  per- 
son, to  be  Judge  at  Salem — Fisher's  irregular  proceedings  at  the 
General  Elections — A  Frenchman  was  appointed  lleceiver  Gen'l — 
Lord  Cornbury  is  squandering  public  money.  Original.  S.  P.  0.. 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.    Vol.  1.     C.  25.    12  folios. 

Sept.  10.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Mr.  Morris  will  be  re-admitted  to  the  Council  upon  his  submission 
— Thanks  for  confirming  the  three  gentlemen  he  reeoiiimendcd  to  the 
Council — Mr.  Sonmans  is  a  very  fit  person  to  serve  in  the  Council — 
Messrs.  Jennings,  Bevell,  Davenport,  Leeds,  Capt.  Andrew  BoAvne, 
Mr.  Pinhorne,  Saudford,  Col.  Quary,  CoL  Coxe,  Col.  Townley,  and 
Mr.  Mompesson,  compose  the  Council,  besides  31r.  Morris — Mr. 
Eevell,  Mr.  Davenport,  and  Capt.  Bowne  are  dangerously  ill — He 
sends  a  list  of  12  persons  fit  to  supply  vacancies — Lord  C.  will  con- 
form himself  to  Mr.  Att.  Genrs  opinion  about  Fees,  &c. — Endea- 
vours will  be  made  to  amend  the  Acts  of  1704 — Lord  C.'s  justifica- 
tion as  regards  the  Elections  of  the  last  Assembly — The  Records  are 
deposited  with  the  Secretary,  and  no  Deeds  were  carried  out  of  the 
Province — Mr.  Salter  was  recommended  to  L.  Cornbury  by  Capt. 
Andrew  Bowne,  who  believes  him  to  be  calumniated — Lord  Corn- 
bury wants  to  be  informed  of  any  "  scandalous"  persons  in  Commis- 
sion in  the  Militia — he  knows  of  none. 

P.  S. — Reasons  for  not  sending  the  above-mentioned  List. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  8.    14  folios. 

Oct.  16.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  Mr.  Seer.  Hedges,  in 
answer  to  the  complaints  made  against  him  by  Capt.  Bridge  relating 
to  the  condemnation  of  the  ship  Pink  Hope  at  the  Admiralty  Court  in 
New  Jersey  on  7th  April,  1703.  Original.  Enclosing,  170G,  Oct. 
16 — certificate  of  Mr.  John  Tuder,  Register  of  the  Ad.  Court  in 
N.  Jersey,  together  with  other  papers  relating  to  the  condemnation 


58  LORD  COENBURY  GOVERNOR.  [1706. 

and  disposal  of  tlie  Pink  Hope.     S.  P.  0.  B.,  B.  T.      New  Jersey 
Vol.  1.     C.  9  &  C.  10.     30  folios. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  27,  for  Report  of  the  Lords  of  Trade  con- 
demning Lord  Cornbury's  proceedings.] 

[Nov.  5.  Summons  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Council  of  West 
Jersey  Proprietors  to  appear  before  a  meeting  of  Council  at  Bur- 
lington on  20th  April,  to  show  by  what  authority  they  pretended  to 
act  as  a  Council,  and  in  the  meanwhile  to  forbear  granting  any  war- 
rants for  lands  without  license  from  the  Governor,  in  conformity  with 
the  Act  regulating  purchases  of  land  from  the  Indians,  &c.  Copy. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.     Alexander  West  Jersey  Papers,  p.  147.] 

Nov.  8.  Kensington.  Draft  of  a  Circular  Letter  for  Her  Maj- 
esty's signature  to  the  Lord  Cornbury  and  Gov'rs  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, Masses  Bay,  Maryl'd,  V'a,  Jam'a,  L.  Islands,  and  Bermuda,  di- 
recting them  not  to  pass  any  Acts  of  an  extraordinary  nature  and  im- 
portance without  having  first  received  Her  Majesty's  pleasure  there- 
upon.    Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  Y.     Vol.  57,  p.  480.     7  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col,  Docts.,  Vol.  IV.,  p.  1188.] 

Nov.  18.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade—- 
The  Assembly  did  not  meet  at  Amboy  in  October — Several  Members 
are  ill — Mr.  Jennings  desires  to  be  excused  from  serving  any  more 
in  the  Council — Mr.  Sonmans  is  recommended  to  be  admitted  in  his 
.stead — The  case  of  Joseph  Ormston  against  Sonmans,  founded  upon 
Her  Majesty's  commands,  to  cause  a  Grant  to  be  passed  under  the 
Seal  of  N.  Jersey  of  the  property  of  Arent  Sonmans,  an  Alien,  dcc'd, 
and  Peter  Sonmans,  his  son,  to  Joseph  Ormston  and  his  wife — Cir- 
cumstances which  occasioned  the  delay  of  disposing  the  said  case — 
The  above-named  case  brought  before  the  Council — Their  opinion. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.   "^N.  J.     Vol.  1.     C.  12.     15  folios. 

[Petition  from  "  divers  of  the  Proprietors  and  purchasers  of  the 
Western  Division  of  New  Jersey"  to  Governor  Lord  Cornbury,  pray- 
ing that  the  restrictions  placed  upon  the  laying  out  of  land,  &c.,  by 
his  summons  to  the  Council  of  Proprietors,  dated  Nov.  15th,  1706, 
might  be  renewed.  Original,  with  41  signatures.  Rutherfurd  MSS. 
Alexander  West  Jersey  Papers,  p.  149.] 

Dec.  13.  General  state  of  the  Revenue  in  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey  from  13th  December,  1704,  to  13th  Dec,  1706,  certified  by 
Mr.  Fauconnier.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  A^ol. 
1.     C.  84.     30  folios. 

[Papers  relating  to  the  collection  of  the  Proprietors'  Quit  Rents 
in  Accjuackcnonck.     Originals.     Whitehead  MSS.J 
1707. 

April  7.     Burlington.     Lord  Cornbury's  Speech  to  the  Assem- 


1707.]  LOKD  cor:nbue,y  governor.  59 

bly  of  New  Jersey — the  settling  of  a  Revenue — the  Confirming  the 
Right  of  the  Proprietors  to  the  soil — The  Highwa3's,  the  Qualifica- 
tions, the  Militia,  and  the  Impost  Acts  are  recommendnd  for  the  As- 
sembly's despatch.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1. 
C.    IS.     9  folios. 

Enclosed  in  1707,  June  7,  N.  Y.     Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board. 

April  9.  Burlington.  Lord  Cornbury's  Message  to  the  Assem- 
bly of  N.  Jersey — The  Assemby  are  reprimanded  for  their  irregular 
proceedings  towards  Mr.  Anderson,  their  Clerk — The  Despatch  of 
Public  Business  is  strongly  recommended  to  their  care.  Cop}".  S. 
P.  0.,  B.   T.    New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  18.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  1707,  June  7,  N.  Y..    Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board. 

April  22.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land, (Sec.  of  State,)  enclosing  a  Representation  to  the  Queen,  with 
a  draft  of  additional  Instructions  to  the  several  Grov'rs  in  the  Planta- 
tions, relating  to  the  Devolution  of  Government,  and  for  prevent- 
ing disputes  between  the  Presidents  and  Councillors.  Entry.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  37,  p.  136.     6  folios. 

See  1707,  Oct.  31.     Board  of  Trade  to  the  E.  of  Sunderland. 

April  25  to  May  6.  A  Collection  of  Afiidavits,  Depositions,  and 
Petitions  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  to  support  the  accusations 
of  the  said  Assembly  against  Lord  Cornbury's  Administration  of 
that  Province.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  6.  Copies, 
43  folios. 

Enclosed  in  1707-8,  Feb.  9th,  Letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the 
Seer,  of  State. 

April  29.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appi'oving  the  addi- 
tional Instructions  to  the  several  Govts  in  the  Plantations,  relating 
to  the  Devolution  of  Governments,  &c.,  transmitted  from  the  Board 
of  Trade  22d  April.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant'n  Gen'l. 
Vol.  37,  p.  141.     2  folios. 

May  3.  Kensington.  Additional  Instructions  to  the  Lord 
Cornbury,  relating  to  the  Devolution  of  the  Government  of  New 
Jersey,  and  for  preventing  disputes  and  controversies  between  the 
President  and  Councillors.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  12,  p.  291.     5  folios. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  5.] 

May  5.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Mr.  Samuel  Jennings, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  complaining  of  the  conduct  of  Lord  Cornbury  in  the 
Government  of  that  Province,  and  particularly  about  keeping  out 
three  Members  from  the  House  upon  his  own  authority.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  West  Indies.  Vol.  6.  Original.  4  folios.  Enclosed  in 
1707-8,  Feb.  9.     Letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Sec.  of  State. 

[An   official  draft  of  this   Memorial  'm   N.   J.  Hist.   Soc.  MSS.     Sec  Field's 


60  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1707. 

"  Provincial  Courts,"  p.  G3,  &c.,  for  notice  of  Samuel  Jennings  and  his  difficulties 
■with  Cornbury,   Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  352,  Proud's  Pennsylvania,  &c.] 

May  5.  Burlington.  The  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  and  Lord  Cornbury's  answers  thereto — The  grievances 
complained  of  are  : — The  non-residence  of  the  Gov'r — the  non-exe- 
cution of  the  Criminals  under  sentence  of  death— ^the  payment  of  the 
Court  Fees  by  the  accused — the  want  of  Offices  for  Probate  of  Will, 
there  being  only  one — that  the  Seer,  office  is  only  kept  at  Burling- 
ton, and  not  at  Amboy — the  granting  of  Patents  to  Cart  Goods  on 
the  Burlington  and  Amboy  Boad — establishing  of  Fees  by  any  other 
authority  than  the  Gov'r,  Council,  and  Assembly — the  placing  of 
Public  Becords  in  the  charge  of  Mr.  Sonmans — the  Prohibiting  of 
the  Council  of  Pro]3rietors  from  granting  warrants  for  the  Lands — the 
Dissolution  of  the  Assembly  by  means  of  a  Bribe  in  money  given  to 
Lord  Cornbury.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  C.  19. 
Copy.  85  folios.  Enclosed  in  Lord  Cornbury's  Letter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  1707,  June  7th,  N.  Y.  Another  Printed  copy  was  trans- 
mitted by  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  Seer,  of  State,  in  his  Letter  of  9th 
February,  1707-8.     See    S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  6. 

May  5.  New  Jersey.  Petition  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  to  the  Queen,  complaining  of  the  conduct  of  the  Lord 
Cornbury  in  the  Government  of  that  Province,  and  praying  a  speedy 
redress  of  grievances.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  G.  Origi- 
nal. 6  folios.  Enclosed  with  the  foregoing  in  1707-8,  Feb.  9. 
[A  Contemporaneous  Copy  of  this  Petition  in  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  7.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord  Cornbury — the 
Governors  of  all  Plantations  are  to  give  to  the  Board  frequent 
accounts  of  the  state  of  their  several  Provinces — an  acc't  of  the  ex- 
penditure of  public  monej's,  &c. — The  Board  desire  to  have  all  the 
Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  transmitted  to  them — the  list  of 
the  names  of  the  Council,  and  a  list  of  persons  proper  to  supply  the 
vacancies  is  desired  also — Several  Inquiries  are  sent  to  Lord  Corn- 
bury as  regards  the  number  of  Inhabitants — their  increase  and  de- 
crease— the  number  of  Militia — Commodities  exported— Trade  and 
Manufactures — how  to  prevent  the  Illegal  Trade — the  number  of 
ships — Copy  of  an  Act  of  Union  of  England  and  Scotland  trans- 
mitted— Mr.  Sonmans  is  being  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  of 
N.  Jersey,  in  the  place  of  Mi'-  Jennings.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  12.  p.  300.     15  folios. 

[See  similar  Despatch  sent  to  Lord  C,  as  Governor  of  New  York,  in  N.  Y.  Col. 
Docts.,  Vol.  v.,  p.  5.] 

May  9.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land, (Seer,  of  State,)  with  a  llepresentation  to  the  Queen,  proposing 
Mr.  Sonmans  to  be  of  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  306.     3  folios. 

May  20.     St.  James's.     Order  of  Council  upon  a  Ptepresentation 


1707.]  LORD  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  61 

from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  May  9,  approving  Mr.  Somnans  to  be  of 
the  Council  of  Xcw  Jersey.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  1.     C.  14.     3  folios. 

June  7.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
The  Assembly  met,  and  adjourned  and  dissolved — new  Assembly 
met — chose  Quaker  for  their  Speaker,  (Saml  Jennings) — Their  pro- 
ceedings--Copy  of  the  Governor's  Speech  transmitted — The  Assem- 
bly sends  in  llemonstrance  of  Grievances — The  answer  of  Lord  Corn- 
bury  to  the  said  llemonstrance  approved  by  the  whole  Council — ex- 
cess of  Mr.  Deacon,  a  Quaker — Copies  of  both  are  transmitted — Mr. 
Morris  never  made  his  submission — his  conduct  iu  the  Assembly- 
he  is  supported  by  Mr.  Samuel  Jennings,  the  Speaker,  a  Quaker, 
who  withdrew  a  short  time  ago  from  the  Council — Conduct  of  the 
Assembly  towards  their  Clerk,  Mr.  Anderson,  who  is  removed,  and 
a  Mr  Piuhorue  in  his  place  appointed — Captain  John  Bowne  ex- 
pelled from  the  Assembly  for  having  refused  to  take  the  oath  ten- 
dered to  him  by  Mr.  Morris — Lord  Cornbury's  observations  on  the 
proceedings,  with  methods  for  ameliorating  them — Quakers  are  not 
tit  to  be  iu  the  Government — z\.u  acc't  of  Lord  Cornbury's  visit  to 
the  lower  parts  of  New  Jersey — his  stay  at  Salem — his  dispute  with 
Col.  Evans,  Gov'r  of  Maryland,  about  a  seizure  of  a  ship  at  New 
Jersey — The  Quakers  oppose  the  passing  of  a  Militia  Act,  and  why- 
Lord  Cornbury  justifies  himself  upon  snme  points  of  the  Assembly's 
Remonstrance — Attempt  of  the  Proprietors  to  bribe  Lord  Cornbury 
— His  Lordship  put  no  one  iu  the  Commission  of  the  Peace  or  Mili- 
tia but  such  as  were  recommended  by  the  Council — The  Cleik  could 
not  get  the  Journal  of  the  Assembly  ready  by  this  conveyance — The 
Council  are  preparing  an  Address  to  the  Queen  on  the  state  of  New 
Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  1.  C. 
17.     34  folios,  without  the  Enclosures.     Enclosing 

The  Governor's  Speech  to  the  Assembly,  see  April  7,  1707, 
April  9,  1707.  Copy  of  a  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly,  and  the 
Lord  Cornbury's  answer  to  it.     See  May  5,  1707. 

June  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen — that  an  Act  of  Parliament  be  passed  to  enforce  the 
Queen's  Proclamation  relating  to  the  Rates  of  Foi-eio;n  Coin  iu  the 
Plantations.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant'n  Geu'l.  Vol.  37, 
p.  143.     72  folios. 

June  28.  Philadelphia.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade— 
Pennsylvauian  afiairs — The  proceedings  of  Quakers  in  New  Jersey 
under  the  Leadership  of  Mr.  Jennings — Proceedings  of  the  New 
Jersey  Assembl}' — Col.  Morris  and  Mr.  Jennings  scandalize  l^ord 
Cornbury — they  called  before  the  Council,  when  some  of  Lord  C.'s 
Instructions  were  read  to  them,  to  which  Col.  Morris  answered  that 
'•  the  Queen's  orders  and  Instructions  did  not  condemn  or  afiect 
them — the  Laws  of  England  arc  disregarded — they  would  be  gov- 


62  LORD   CORNBURY    GOVERNOR.  [1707. 

erned  as  tliey  please,  otherwise  will  not  grant  a  Revenue — New 
York  affairs.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  General.  Yol. 
8.     I.  59.     22  folios. 

[This  interesting  despatcli  is  printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Yol. 
v.,  p.  17.] 

July  20.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — The  Gov'r  and 
Council  of  New  Jersey  send  their  congratulatory  address  to  the 
Queen — Two  Privateers  on  the  Coast  of  New  York — Capt.  Davis's  con- 
duct in  chasing  the  Privateers — Capt.  Davis  lands  his  wounded  at 
Sandy  Hook — Capt.  Davis  sailed  again  and  retook  a  Virginia  ship. 
Original.     S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.     N.  Y.     Yol.   15.      Y.  74.     12  folios. 

Enclosure.  Address  from  the  Gov'r  and  Council  of  New  Jersey 
to  the  Queen,  congratulating  Her  Majesty  on  the  success  of  her 
arms  in  1706.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  1.     C.  20.     5  folios. 

[Letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  20.] 

Oct.  23.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land (Seer,  of  State)  enclosing  the  draft  of  additional  Instructions 
to  the  Gov'rs  in  the  Plantations,  for  Her  Majesty's  Signature,  com- 
manding them  to  admonish  or  suspend  any  of  the  Council  who  shall 
wilfully  absent  himself  without  any  just  cause.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l,  Vol.  37,  p.  147."    4  folios. 

See  1707,  Dee.  30.     Circular  letter  from  the  B.  T. 

Oct.  24.  The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey's  Reply  to  the  Lord 
Cornbuvy's  answer  to  their  Remonstrance  of  Grievances.  Printed 
Copy.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,  Vol.  1,  C.  39.     80  folios. 

See  1707,  June  7.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  with 
the  Remonstrance  and  Answer  enclosed. 

[See  the  Remonstrance,  Answer  and  Reply  in  Smith's  New  Jer- 
sey, pp.  285,  336.]  Another  Copy  was  transmitted  by  Mr.  Lewis 
Morris  to  Seer,  of  State  in  his  letter  of  9  Feb.,  1707-8.  See  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies,  Vol.  6. 

Oct.  27.  Amboy.  Vote  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — 
Resolved  (by  the  Conmiittee)  nemine  contr.  not  to  raise  any  money 
until  His  Excellency  (Lord  Cornbury)  consents  to  Redress  the 
Grievances  of  the  Country.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey, 
Vol.  1,  C.  32.     2  folios. 

See  1707,  Nov.  29.     Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade.] 

Oct.  31.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land (Seer,  of  State) — The  Despatches  for  Lord  Cornbury  were  lost 
on  board  the  Ruby  (taken  by  the  French) — Duplicate  of  the  In- 
structions about  Devolution  of  Government  are  transmitted  for  Her 
Majesty's  signature.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l,  Vol. 
37,  p.  148.     2  folios. 

See  1707,  April  22.  Whitehall.  B.  of  Tr.  to  the  Earl  of  Sun- 
derland. 

Nov.  29.     New  York.     Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 


1707.]         LORD  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  63 

On  the  IGtli  of  Oct.  went  to  meet  the  Assembly  at  Amboy,  -who  did 
not  arrive  till  the  2od — Gov'r's  Message — Mr.  Morris  and  ]Mr.  Jen- 
nings were  busy  during  the  recess  to  persuade  several  Members  not 
to  grant  the  Kevenuc — A  copy  of  the  Assembly's  vote  is  transmit- 
ted— Lord  Corubury  instituted  Commission  of  Inquiry  as  to  the 
grievances  complained  of  by  the  Assembly — their  Report — Quakers 
oppose  the  Revenue,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Jennings,  the  Speaker,  in  par- 
ticular— Lord  Cornbury  recommends  that  some  method  may  be  fixed 
upon  to  ini|uirc  into  the  Qualifications  of  Members  of  the  Assembly 
— Mr.  Bycrly  of  N.  York,  and  Mr.  Moore  a  31inister  in  N.  Jersey, 
declared,  that  if  Lord  Cornbury  were  to  send  an  order  from  New 
York  relating  to  the  New  Jersey  affairs,  it  has  no  force  at  New  Jer- 
sey, and  vice  versa — wishes  to  know  the  Board's  opinion  on  this 
subject — Ho  adjourned  the  Assembly  to  the  2d  April.  Original. 
S.  P.  0.,  R.  T.  New  Jersey,  Yol.  1,  C.  30.  10  folios. 
See  1707,  Oct.  27.  Yote  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly. 
[For  the  circumstances  affecting  Rev.  Mr.  Moore,  see  "  Contributions  to  the 
early  History  of  Perth-Amboy,  &c.,"  p.  214.] 

Dec.  30.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Gov'r  in  the  Plantations,  transmitting  the  additional  Instruc- 
tions relating  to  the  attendance  of  Councillors.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l,  Yol.  37,  p.  154.     2  folios. 

See  1707,  Oct.  23.     Board  of  Tr.  to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland. 

New  Jersey.  Petition  of  Freeholders  of  East  Jersey  (five  in 
number)  to  the  Assembly,  complaining  that  the  Records  of  the  Prov- 
ince are  deposited  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Sonmans,  who  is  reported  to 
be  a  Bankrupt,  and  who  has  absconded  from  his  Creditors  in  Eng- 
land, and  praying  that  the  said  Records  be  placed  in  the  hands  of 
some  person  "  of  a  visible  Estate  and  good  reputation  within  the 
Eastern  divison."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  ^Y.  Indies,  Yol.  6.   Copy.   3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Seer,  of  State,  Feb. 
9,  1707-S. 
ITOT-ITOO. 

[Papers  relating  to  the  collection  of  the  Proprietors'  Quit  Rents 
on  the  Raritan  in  three  years.     Originals.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

1T07--11. 

[Papers  relating  to  the  collection  of  the  Proprietors'  Quit  Rents 
from  the  Settlers  of  Newark  by  Peter  Sonmans,  Receiver.     Orig'l. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 
1707--§. 

Jan.  10.  Philadelphia.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
The  affairs  of  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  and  Massachusetts — New 
York  and  New  Jersey  not  disposed  to  adopt  measures  effectually  to 
defend  the  country.  Encloses  the  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly 
of  N.  Jersey  and  the  Governor's  answer. — [The  Queen's  instructions 
part  of  their  grievances — Two  or  three  were  in  the  Assembly  -who 


64  LORD   COR^'BURY   GOVERNOR.  [1708. 

"would  sacrifice  the  happiness  and  quiet  of  the  country  to  their  pri- 
vate resentments] — The  Quakers  in  X.  Jersey  are  turbulent,  the 
same  in  Penn'a — [The  evil  growing  and  requiring  a  speedy  remedy, 
or  it  would  spread  over  the  whole  continent.]  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l,  ToL  S,  I.  60.  17  folios. 
[Printed  at  length  in  X.  Y.  CgL  Docts.,  YoL  Y.  p.  30.] 

Feb.  9.  New  York,  Letter  from  3Ir.  Lewis  Morris  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  State  (Earl  of  Xottingham) — By  order  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey  several  Papers  are  transmitted  to  prove  the  miscon- 
duct of  Lord  Cornbury  in  the  Government  of  New  Jersey — Politi- 
cal state  of  New  Jersey  at  the  arrival  of  Lord  Cornbury  as  Gover- 
nor— his  conduct  in  the  Government — the  distress  of  the  People — 
Col.  Caleb  Heathcote  would'  be  a  Man  to  the  general  satisfaction 
for  the  Govern't  of  New  Jersey — Lord  Cornbury  dresses  himself 
daily  in  woman"^  clothes.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "West  Indies,  Vol.  6. 
OriginaL     32  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  X.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Yol.  Y.  p.  3.3.] 

Enclosures.  1707.  May  5.  Letter  from  Sam'l  Jennings  to  the 
Seer,  of  State.  1707,  Oct.  24:.  Reply  of  the  Assembly  of  N"  Jersey. 
1707,  Petition  of  the  Freeholders  of  E.  Jersey  to  the  Assembly. 
1707,  May  5.  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey — and 
Lord  Cornbury's  answer.  1707,  May  5.  Petition  of  the  Arrembly 
of  New  Jersey  to  the  Queen.  1707,  April  25  to  31ay  6.  Several 
Depositions  against  Lord  Cornbury. 

Feb.  10.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Sends  a  Copy  of  the  Journal  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  for  the 
last  two  Sessions — He  had  no  time  to  make  any  observations  upon 
the  "  Reply  "'  of  the  N.  Jersey  Assembly  to  his  answer  about  their 
Grievances,  but  he  will  send  them  soon — Murder  perpetrated  in  the 
Province  of  New  York — Execution  of  the  Murderers.  OriginaL 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York,  Vol.  15,  Z.  19.'    3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  CoL  Docts.,  YoL  Y.  p.  39.] 

Feb.  10.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Transmits  a  Letter  from  the  Lieut.  Gov"r  and  eight  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  their  Address  to 
the  Queen,  complaining  of  the  irregular  proceedings  of  the  Assembly 
of  that  Province.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Yol. 
1,  C.  33.     15  foHos. 

Enclosing  the  two  following  and  1708,  June  8.  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland. 

[Feb.  10.]  Burlington.  L't  Gov'r  Ingoldesby  to  the  Board  of 
Trade. — Enclosing  the  Address  of  the  L"t  G.  and  Council  to  the 
Queen,  complaining  of  the  Irregularities  of  the  Assembly  of  that 
Province. — Orig"l  signed  by  Rich.  Ingoldesby,  Rob't  Quary,  Dan 
Coxe,  Rich.  Townley,  "\Vm.  Sandford,  Thos.  Revell,  Daniel  Leeds, 


1708,]  LORD  COENBURY  GOVERNOR.  66 

"W'illiam  Pinhouse  and  R.  Mompesson.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.   Vol.  1,  C.  34.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

[Feb.  10.]  Address  of  the  L't  Gov'r  and  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  the  Queen — Express  their  "  horror  and  dislike  "'  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Assembly — The  Assembly  incroaches  on  the  Royal 
Prerogative,  and  violate  the  Rights  of  the  Subjects — They  "  un- 
mannei-ly  "  treat  the  GovV — Mr.  Lewis  Morris  and  Mr.  Samuel  Jen- 
nings are  Turbulent,  Factious,  uneasy  and  disloyal  principles  Men — 
they  ought  to  be  discountenanced — The  Libel  of  the  Assembly, 
called  a  "  Reply,"  for  want  of  time  had  not  been  answered.  Copy. 
S.  P.    0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  35.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  345.] 

Enclosed  in  1707-8,  Feb.  10.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board, 
with  1G98  to  1700.     Extracts  from  Records,  &c. 

(Feb.  11.)  Observations  (probably  of  the  Att.  Genl)  upon  sev- 
eral Articles  in  the  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
of  5  May,  1707.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1,  between 
C.  19  and  C.  20.     3  folios. 

See  1707,  April  7.     Lord  Cornbury 's  Speech  to  the  Assembly,  &c. 

1707,  April  9.     Lord  Cornbury's  Message  to  the  Assembly,  &c. 

1707,  May  5.     The  N.  Jersey  Assembly's  Remonstrance,  &c. 
170§. 

[March  — .  "  Account  of  "Warrants  in  my  hand,  March,  1708, 
due  to  me  for  my  salary,  &c."' — •'  Account  of  Money  due  to  me  in 
the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey '' — "  Account  of  my 
Debts" — ''Account  of  what  I  am  accused  of,  and  my  answers" — 
"Letters  of  Attorney  to  his  Father."  Original  Papers  of  Lord 
Cornbury. 

These  Manuscripts  ■were  sold  at  auction  in  New  York,  by  Bangs  Brothers, 
March  4th,  1854.  Present  possessor  is  unknown.  Cornbury  makes  the  amount 
due  to  him 

From  New  York,  .  .  .  £758.16.0 

"     New  Jersey,      ....      1849.18.2 

Making  ....  £2608.14.2 

being  for  back  salaries,  expenses  incurred  in  travelling,  &c.  They  having  sued 
him  for  the  whole  amount  of  his  indebtedness,  £10.333.6.0,  without  allowing  or 
making  deductions  for  the  amounts  due  to  him  which  came  to  £2.414.14.6,  from 
indi\'iduals,  besides  the  amount  due  by  the  Provinces  as  above,  "besides  what  I 
have  been  arrested  for" — he  says — "  my  other  debts  come  to  about  .£1400,  so 
that  it  appears  plainly  that  they  have  arrested  me  for  £7.918.11  more  than  they 
can  demand,  which  can  be  intended  for  nothing  but  to  make  a  noise  in  England." 
This  was  sent  to  his  father,  and  is  entitled  his  defence.  He  alludes  to  the  charges 
of  bribery,  of  misappropriation  of  public  money,  &c.,  and  wishes  to  make  it  ap- 
pear that  be  was  innocent  of  every  charge.  The  principal  cause  of  his  being  in 
debt  is  said  to  be  the  refusal  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  to  appropriate  money  to 
pay  his  salarj-  and  expenses,  he  having  been  at  considerable  expense  when  visiting 
the  Province  twice  a  year.] 

March  28.     Whitehall.     Earl  of  Sunderland  to  the  Board  of 
5 


66  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1708. 

Trade,  requiring  Commissions  and  |  Instructions  to  be  prepared  for 
the  Lord  Lovelace,  appointed  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  328.     1  folio. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.  Vol.  V.,  p.  39.] 

April  15.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America — Require  to  have  a  "  distinct  account  " 
what  number  of  Negroes  have  been  yearly  imported  directly  from 
Africa  from  the  24  of  June,  1698  to  25  Dec.  1707,  by  the  Royal 
African  Company  and  Private  Traders,  and  the  Rates  at  which  Ne- 
gi'oes  were  sold  by  the  Company  and  by  Private  Traders.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  37,  37,  p.  165.     11  folios. 

April  19.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land— transmit  the  Draft  of  a  Commission  for  Lord  Lovelace  to  be 
Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  with  a  Representation  to  the  Queen  upon  it. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  329.     52  folios. 

April  22.  Kensington.  Copy  of  an  Order  of  Council  upon  a 
Representation  of  the  19th  of  April,  approving  the  drafts  of  Com- 
missions for  the  Lord  Lovelace  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Y.     Vol.  58,  p.  309.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  -tO.] 

May  12.  Burlington.  Minutes  of  Council  of  N.  Jersey — The 
indorsement  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  hand  is  as  follows  :  "  Copie  of  Min- 
utes or  Journal  of  the  Assembly  of  Nova  Ctesarea  or  New  Jersey, 
begun  the  5  of  May,  1708,  at  Burlington,  but  were  Factious  and 
Mutinous,  and  would  do  nothing,  so  adjourned  them  to  3d  Tuesday 
in  September,  1708,  to  meet  at  Amboy — Lord  Cornbury  Governor." 
S.  P.  0.,  B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  1,  C.  70.     25  folios. 

Transmitted  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  memorial  to  the  Board,  31  Oct., 
1709. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  349.] 

May  12.  List  of  12  persons  proposed  to  be  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey  (rec'd  from  Lord  Lovelace  and  Proprietors.)  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  23.     1  folio. 

May  14.  AVhitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  several  Gov'rs  in  America — enclosing  the  Acts  of  Parliament 
relating  to  Foreign  Coins,  and  the  Trade  to  America.  Entry.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  37,  p.  184.     2  folios. 

May  19.  Objections  of  Sir  Thos.  Lane  and  seven  other  Proprie- 
tors of  New  Jersey  against  Thomas  Revell,  Daniel  Leeds,  Robert 
Quary,  Peter  Soumaus,  and  Daniel  Coxe,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  that 
Province,  and  recommending  Miles  Foster,  Richard  Townly,  Hugh 
Huddy,  Wm.  Hall,  John  Harrison,  and  John  Hamilton  to  fill  up  the 
vacancies.     Orig'l.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  1,  C.  24.     7  folios. 

See  1706.  July  15  and  16.  Affidavits  of  Ingoldesby  and 
Hamilton. 


1708.]  LORD  CORXEURY  GOVERNOR.  67 

May  21.  Custom  House,  London.  Report  from  the  Custom 
Commissioners  to  the  Lord  Treasurer,  upon  the  Draft  of  the  Lord 
Lovelace  Instructions  for  the  Government  of  N.  York  and  N.  Jer- 
sey, as  regards  the  Acts  of  Trade  and  Navigation — approving  the 
same.     Entry.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  York.    Vol.  58,  p.  219.  9  folios. 

[Printed  ia  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  41.] 

May  26.  Mr.  Wm.  Penn  to  Seer.  Popple — Mr.  Penn  is  of  opin- 
ion that  Mr.  Revell  and  Mr.  Leeds  be  better  out  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey — Recommends  Mr.  Keble's  memorial  to  the  Board's  se- 
rious consideration — (see  Mr.  Keble's  Memofial,  1708,  May  27.) 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.      New  Jersey.     Vol.  1  c.  27.     2  folios. 

May  27.  Mr.  Keble's  Memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  pro- 
posing to  set  up  a  Manufacture  of  Pot  Ashes  in  New  Jersey,  witb 
the  Queen's  assistance,  and  praying  a  Patent  for  the  Salt  Pans  in 
that  Province.  Original.  8.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1, 
c.  28.     5  folios. 

See  preceding  entry,  and  also  1708,  July  7. 

May  31.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen,  with  the  Draft  of  Instructions  to  the  Lord  Lovelace, 
for  the  Governments  of  New  York  and  New  Jei-sey.  Entry.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.   T.     New  York.     Vol.  58,  p.  145.     3  folios. 

See  the  Instructions,  1708,  June  27. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  42.] 

May.  Memorial  of  the  Agent  (Mr.  Sonmans)  of  the  Proprietors 
of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey  to  Lord  Cornbury — That 
notwithstanding  the  authority  given  him  from  the  Proprietors  aud 
the  Gov'r's  Proclamation  confirming  the  same,  Mr.  John  Harrison, 
Justice  of  the  Peace  and  a  Judge  of  the  C't  of  Common  Pleas,  has 
endeavoured  to  Obstruct,  Defame  and  Scandalize  the  said  Agent — 
Prays  that  a  stop  may  be  put  to  such  proceedings.  Attested  copy 
by  Mr.  Dockwra.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.      N.  J.     Vol.  1,  C.  74.     8  folios. 

Transmitted  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  memorial  to  the  Board,  31  Oct., 
1709. 

June  4.  London.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Joseph  Ormston  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Peter  Sonmans  is  not  qualified  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey — his  father  was  an  Alien,  and  the  Quecu 
granted  his  Lands  in  N.  Jersey  to  the  Memorialist  to  be  held  in 
trust  for  his  fiimily — the  appointing  of  Peter  Sonmans  to  the  Coun- 
cil would  be  deemed  an  acknowledgment  of  his  Right  to  the  Lands 
— the  said  Peter  Sonmans  can  be  considered  only  an  Itinerant  per- 
son in  New  Jersey — he  is  very  unacceptable  to  the  Country.  Orig'L 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C  36.     5  folios. 

[See  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  75.] 

[June  4.]  Petition  of  Mr.  Keble  to  the  Earl  of  Godolphin,  Lord 
High  Treasurer  of  England — desires  to  have  a  Patent  for  the  Manu- 


68  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOR.  [1708. 

facture  of  Potashes  ia  N.  Jersey.     Copy.     S.   P.  0.,  B.  ^T.      Nevr 
Jersey.  Vol.  1.     Enclosed  in  C.  43.     2  folios.     See  1708,  July  7. 

[June  4.]  Reconnneudation  from  Mr.  Wm.  Penn  and  others 
given  to  Mr.  Keble's  proposal  about  the  Manufacture  of  Potashes  in 
the  Plantations.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
1.     Enclosed  in  C.  43.     2  folios.      See  1708,  July  7. 

[June  4.]  Certificates  (two)  of  the  London  soap-makers  as  to 
the  good  quality  of  the  Potashes  manufactured  by  Mr.  Keble. 
Originals.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  Enclosed  in 
C.  43.     2  folios.     See  1708,  July  7. 

June  8.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land, (Sec.  of  State,)  enclosing  an  Address  from  the  L't  Grov'r  and 
Council  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Queen,  complaining  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  that  Province.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p  416.     1  folio. 

See  1707-8,  Feb.  10.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  and  En- 
closures. 

June  9.  List  of  the  Proprietors'  names  Residing  in  and  about 
London  that  did  not  sign  Peter  Soumans'  Commission,  with  amount 
of  their  Propriety  shares  ;  also,  a  similar  list  of  those  that  did  sign 
the  Commission  presented  to  the  B.  T.  by  Mr.  Ormston,  with  Mr. 
Dockwra's  observations  on  the  above  lists.  Original  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  37.     5  folios. 

June  10.  AVhitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen,  with  the  Drafts  of  Instructions  to  the  Lord  Lovelace 
for  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  relating  to  the  Acts  of  Trade  and 
Navigation.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  5S,  p. 
227.     1  folio. 

See  1708,  June  27.     The  Instructions. 

June  18.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Joseph  Ormston  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — the  Majority  of  the  Proprietors  did  not  sign  Mr.  Soumans' 
Commission — he  is  not  qualified  to  sit  in  the  Council — his  wife  and 
family  reside  in  Chiswick,  C'y  Midd'x — he  is  unacceptable  to  the 
People  of  N.  Jersey — he  had  no  right  to  keep  the  Records  and  Act  as 
Receiver  General  of  Quit  Rents.  Original,  (with  a  list  of  the  Pro- 
prietors.)    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.     38.     5  folios. 

June  26.  Kensington.  Copy  of  an  order  of  Council  upon  a 
Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Queen  of  the  o  1st  of 
May,  approving  the  Drafts  of  Instructions  to  the  Lord  Lovelace  for 
the  Governments  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  [and  authorizing 
Wm.  Hall  and  John  Harrison  to  be  of  the  Council.]  Entry.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York,  Vol.  58,  p.  310.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  -±5.]  See  the  lustructions  1708, 
June  27. 

June  26.     Kensington.     Copy  of  an  order  of  the  Council  upon  a 


170S.]         LORD  CORNBURY  GOVERNOR.  69 

Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Queen  of  the  10th  of 
June,  approving  the  Drafts  of  instructions  for  the  Lord  Lovelace, 
relating  to  the  Acts  of  Trade  and  Navigation.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  58,  p.  311.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  45.]  See  the  Instructions  1 708, 
June  27. 

June  27.  Draft  of  Instructions  to  Lord  Lovelace,  Gov'r  of  New 
York  and  New  Jersey,  in  pursuance  of  several  Laws  relating  to  the 
Trade  and  Navigation — additional  Instructions  on  the  same  subject, 
and  Copies  of  two  Clauses  of  Acts  of  Parliament.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  12,  p.  417.     100  folios. 

June  27.  Instructions  to  the  Lord  Lovelace  for  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. ;  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
12,  p.  355.     160  folios. 

June  28.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lord  Lovelace — 
They  enclose  a  Copy  of  the  Att.  GenPs  Report,  in  relation  to  Fines, 
Forfeitures,  and  Escheats,  and  to  the  appointing  of  a  Ranger  of  the 
"Woods,  for  His  Lordship's  guidance  in  the  Gov't  of  New  Jersey — 
Not  having  received  any  answer  from  the  Lord  Cornbury,  the  Board 
think  it  necessary  to  repeat  their  observations  to  Lord  Lovelace 
about  some  acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  Nov.  170-4 
— Transmitting  of  the  Acts  ought  to  be  accompanied,  in  future,  with 
the  Governor's  reasons  for  passing  the  same — Public  Books,  Papers, 
and  Records,  relating  to  the  Proprietorship  of  the  soil,  be  not  taken 
out  of  the  hands  of  the  P-roprietors'  Agents — The  Governor's  orders, 
altho'  resident  in  New  York,  are  offeree  in  New  Jersey — The  Lord 
Lieutenants  of  Counties  in  England  make  precedent — Mr.  Att.  Gene- 
ral's opinion  about  the  Probate  of  Wills  is  enclosed  for  the  Lord  Love- 
lace's guidance — No  Minutes  of  Council  or  Assembly  were  trans- 
mitted by  the  Lord  Cornbury  either  from  N.  Y.  or  N.  J. — Lord 
Lovelace  is  desired  to  send  copies  of  them,  and  for  the  future  to 
transmit  the  same  every  quarter — Observations  on  some  of  the  N. 
Y.  acts — Board's  opinion  upon  the  Remonstrance  of  the  Assembly 
of  N.  Jersey,  and  the  Lord  Cornbury's  answer  thereto,  transmitted 
to  the  Board  in  his  Letter  of  7th  June,  1707.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  58,  p.  282.     24  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  4G.] 

June  29.  Whitehall.  Earl  of  Sunderland  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — The  New  Jersey  Company  desire  that  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  may 
be  of  the  Council  there  instead  of  Mr.  Coxe  or  Mr.  Sonmans.  Origi- 
nal.    S.   P.  0.,   B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  42,     1  folio. 

See  1708,  July  1.     Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland. 

July  1.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland 
— They  have  no  objection  to  restore  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  but  some  inconvenience  may  arise  from  displacing  Mr. 
Coxe  or  Mr.    Sonmans — they  propose  that  the  last  recommended 


70  LORD   CORNBURY   GOVERNOK.  [1708. 

person,  i.  e.,  Mr.  Jolin  Harrison,  be  removed  to  make  room  for  Mr. 
Morris.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  12,  p.  440. 
2  folios. 

July  1.  Custom  House.  Report  from  the  Commissioners  of 
Customs  to  the  Lord  Treasurer,  upon  the  Petition  of  Mr.  Keble 
(1708,  May  27) — "  If  the  Manufacture  of  Potashes  can  be  brought 
to  perfection  in  the  Plantations,  it  will  be  a  useful  Trade,  and  of 
Public  benefit  to  this  (England)  kingdom."  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  enclosed  in  C.  43.     5  folios. 

See  1708,  July  7. 

[July  1.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
New  York  affairs — Emigration  to  New  Jersey  from  New  York,  es- 
pecially from  King's  County,  Long  Island,  in  consequence  of  the 
goodness  of  land  in  East  Jersey,  and  freedom  from  taxation — ac- 
count of  the  Trade  and  Manufactures  of  the  Country — Enquires  as 
to  the  force  of  a  Proclamation  in  New  York  that  may  be  issued  by 
him  when  in  New  Jersey. 

Printed  ia  New  York  Colonial  Documents,  Vol.  V.  p.  5G.] 

July  1.  New  York.  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
He  will  send  an  acc't  of  the  state  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey — 
Two  years  ago  he  sent  the  Minutes  of  Council — The  Revenue  of  late 
was  not  raised,  consequently  he  cannot  send  any  acc'ts — the  Quakers 
oppose  the  raising  of  a  Revenue  as  well  as  the  Militia — Sends  a  List 
of  the  Council  and  of  persons  to  supply  the  vacancies — Increase  of 
the  Inhabitants  in  New  Jersey — An  account  of  the  state  of  Trade  in 
the  Province — Proposes  to  appoint  some  method  for  inquiring  into 
the  Qualifications  of  the  Assembly  Men,  and  not  to  leave  it  to  the 
Assembly  ;  and  why  ? — He  will  publish  the  Union  Act — Sends  a 
fourth  Copy  of  his  letter  about  Mr.  Ormston  and  Mr.  Sonmans — 
Mr.  Sonmans  will  be  admitted  into  the  Council.  Original.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  52.     18  folios. 

(July  1.)  List  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  of  persons 
recommended  by  the  Lord  Cornbury  to  supply  vacancies  therein,  and 
His  Lordship's  observations.  Original.  Enclosed  in  the  Lord 
Corubury's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  1st  Juh^,  1708.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.    Vol  1.     C.  53.     2  folios. 

July  7.  Treasury  Chambers.  Mr.  Lowndes  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pop- 
ple, enclosing  a  Report  from  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs,  on 
the  Petition  of  John  Keble.  (See  170S,  May  27,  Mr.  Keble's  iMe- 
morial.)  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  1.  C.  43. 
20  folios,  with  Enclosures  previously  inserted  referring  to  the  Memo- 
rial of  Mr.  Keble ;  and  1708,  July  15,  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Lowndes. 

July  7.  Mr.  John  Keble's  (of  AVest  Jersey)  proposals  for  carry- 
ing on  the  Potash  AVorks  in  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  44.     5  folios. 

See  also  Mr.  Lowndes  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  above.  , 


1708.]  LORD  LOVELACE  GOVERXOR.  71 

July  8.  Additional  proposals  of  Mr.  John  Keble,  relating  to 
the  production  of  Potashes  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  amount  of  duty 
to  be  paid  upon  them.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  1.     C.  45.     2  folios. 

See  also  1708,  July  7. 

July  15.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Lowndes — The 
Board  are  of  opinion  that  the  sotting  up  of  Potasli  Works  in  the 
Plantations  will  be  of  very  great  advantage  to  this  Kingdom,  (Eng- 
land,) and  it  will  increase  the  Revenue.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol  12,  p.  459.     10  folios. 

See  1708,  July  7. 

August  18.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Letter 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunderland  of  1st  July,  re- 
storing Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  place  of 
Mr.  John  Harrison.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
1.     C.  51.     4  folios. 

Dec.  18.  New  York.  Lord  Lovelace  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Arrived  at  New  York  on  the  18th  of  Dec,  after  a  passage  of  "  nine 
weeks  and  odd  days" — The  Fleet  got  separated — none  of  the  ships 
arrived.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol  15.  Z. 
35.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  67.     Council  summoned  to  meet  liim 
at  Bergen,  Dec.  20th.     See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  355.] 
lY0§-9. 

February  8.     New  York.     Mr.   Fauconnier  to ,  giving 

an  account  of  public  papers  remaining  in  the  bauds  of  Lord  Cornbnry, 
which  relate  to  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Vol.  1. 
C.  83.     5  folios. 

March  4.  Perth  Amboy.  Lord  Lovelace  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— The  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  met  yesterday,  (March  3,)  and  chose 
Mr.  Thomas  Gordon  their  Speaker — Ordered  several  papers  and  ac- 
counts to  be  got  ready  for  transmission  home — He  can't  give  an 
acc't  of  the  Negroes  imported  from  Africa  for  several  years  past 
— he  will  do  so  for  the  future — Mr.  Mompesson  is  desirous  to 
be  retained  as  Chief  Justice  of  New  York.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  1.     C.  54.     2  folios. 

[See  synopsis  of  his  speech  and  answer  of  the  Assembly  in  Smith's  New  Jersey, 
p.  355.  Mompesson's  Memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  is  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col. 
Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  69.] 

March.  Copy  of  the  Address  of  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  Lord 
Lovelace,  with  the  verses  made  upon  his  addressing  His  Lordship 
alone,  beginning  thus : 

As  Kings  at  their  meals  sitt  alone  at  a  Table, 
Not  deigning  to  eat  with  the  Lords  of  the  Rabble  ; 
So  the  great  Lewis  Morris  presents  an  Address, 
By  himself  all  alone,  not  one  else  of  the  Mess,  &;c. 

Enclosed  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  Memorial  of  31st  October,  1709. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  76.     18  folios. 


72  LORD   LOVELACE   GOVERNOR.  [1709. 

1709. 

March  28.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lord  Lovelace 
— To  give  encouragement  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey  to  the  pro- 
duction of  Naval  Stores,  viz :  Pitch,  Tar,  and  Masts  for  the  Iloj^al 
Navy.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  58,  p.  363. 
4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  72.] 

March  31.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  against  the 
arbitrary  proceedings  of  the  Council  of  that  Province,  enclosing  a 
Printed  Collection  of  Documents  in  support  of  their  Arguments. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Vol  1.     C.  82.     70  folios. 

N.  B. — The  Enclosed  Printed  Collection  of  Documents  is  the 
same  as  the  one  transmitted  by  the  18  Proprietors  of  N.  Jersey,  in 
their  Memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  26th  Nov.,  1709. 

[April  1  to  Oct.  9,  1714.  Extracts  from  Minutes  of  the  Council 
of  Proprietors  of  West  Jersey,  relating  to  five  purchases  of  lands  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  State,  with  copies  of  four  of  the  deeds. 
Original  certificate  from  Clerk  of  the  Council.  Rutherfurd  MSS. 
West  Jersey  Papers,  towards  end.     Copy  in  Whitehead  MSS.] 

See  1755,  Nov.  10. 

April.  New  Jersey.  Representation  from  the  L't  Gov'r  and 
six  of  the  Council  to  Lord  Lovelace,  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  complain- 
ing of  the  irregular  proceedings  of  the  Assembly,  and  the  favor 
shown  to  them  by  His  Lordship.  Attested  Copy  by  Mr.  Dockwra. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  1.     C.  67.     80  folios. 

See  1709,  Oct.  31. 

June  14.  The  answer  of  Mr.  Peter  Sonmans  to  the  Address  of  the 
Assembly  of  the  18th  of  March,  1708-9,  justifying  himself  from  the 
many  accusations  therein  contained,  with  an  Appendix  containing 
Petitions,  Reports  and  Afiidavits  upon  the  subject  in  Question. 
Printed  Copy— at  N.  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jerg6y.  Vol. 
1.  C.  68.     200  folios. 

See  1709,  Oct.  3L 

June  16.  Perth  Amboy.  Col.  Ingoldesby  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Received  Notice  from  N.  York  of  the  death  of  the  Lord 
Lovelace — Sends  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  during  His 
Lordship's  Government — Col.  Nicholson  and  Col.  Vetch  arrived 
[charged  with  a  proposed  expedition  to  Canada] — The  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  do  not  comply  with  Her  Majesty's  orders  about  the 
Quota  of  Men  and  Money  for  the  subjugation  of  Canada — Several 
characteristic  Resolutions  proposed  by  the  Quakers  in  the  Assembly 
— Mr.  Davenport  and  Cap't  Andrew  Bowne,  two  of  the  Council,  are 
dead,  and  two  others,  i.  e.,  Mr.  Revell  and  Mr.  Leeds,  are  removed 
— Col.  Ingoldesby  sends  a  list  of   Persons  to  fill  up  the  vacancies 


1709.]  EICHARD   INGOLDESBY   LIEUT.    GOVERNOR.  73 

(tlie  List  is  not  with  the  Letter) — The  Assembly  made  no  provision 
to  pay  the  Goy'r  and  other  Officers — For  the  last  four  years  he  re- 
ceived no  Salary — Prays  to  be  appointed  Gov'r  of  N.  Y.  and  New  Jer- 
sey— He,  by  the  Advice  of  the  Council,  suspended  Mi*.  Lewis  Morris 
from  the  Council  and  any  office  of  profit  or  trust — He  adjourned  the 
Assembly,  and  called  them  to  meet  again  at  Burlington,  June  23. 
Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  C.  57.  9 
folios. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  359,  &c.] 

June.  Transcripts  of  two  Acts  of  Assembly,  i.  e.,  "  An  Act  for 
preventing  persons  from  leaving  this  (New  Jersey)  Province,  in 
order  to  prevent  their  serving  on  this  present  expedition  against 
Canada" — "  An  Act  for  raising  £8,000  for  Her  Majesty's  service" 
— An  Address  of  the  L't  Grov'r  and  Council  of  N.  Jersey  to  Cob 
Francis  Nicholson,  with  several  observations  thereupon — An  vVddrcss 
from  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey  to  L't  Gov'r  Ingoldesby,  and  an  Ad- 
dress of  the  L't  Gov'r  to  the  Queen — all  relating  to  the  projected  ex- 
pedition against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  VoL  1. 
C.  75.  45  folios.  Transmitted  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  Memorial  to  the 
Board,  31st  Oct.,  1709. 

[This  act  of  raising  £3,000  authorized  i\iQ.  first  paper  money  in  New  Jersey.] 

[June  28.  New  York.  Col's  Nicholson  and  Vetch  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Had  failed  in  securing  the  desired  co-operation  of  the  Le- 
gislatures of  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  owing  to  the  Quaker  in- 
fluence— They  ought  not  to  be  admitted  into  the  Councils  or  As- 
semblies. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  78 ;  and  see  Smith's  New  Jersey, 
pp.  359  to  368.] 

July  5.  New  York.  Col.  Ingoldesby  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
New  York  affairs — He  sends  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey — The  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  passed  an  Act  for 
raising  £3,000  for  the  Canadian  Expedition,  another  for  enforcing 
the  currency  of  £3,000  in  Bills  of  Credit,  and  another  for  the  encour- 
agement of  the  Volunteers — all  the  Quakers  voted  against  the  Acts 
— The  Seer,  of  N.  Jersey  was  busy  and  could  not  get  the  Acts 
transcribed  in  time  for  this  conveyance.  Original.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  York.  Vol.  15.  Z.  41.  Entire  letter,  26  folios.  Extract 
ab't  N.  Jersey.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  84;  and  see  same  Vol.,  p.  81,  in  a 
letter  from  Thomas  Cockerill,  Paymaster  of  the  Forces,  references  to  the  passage 
of  the  act  by  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  above  referred  to.] 

[August  10.  Albany.  Letter  from  John  Harrison  to  Capt. 
Elisha  Parker,  at  Perth  Amboy — Attached  to  the  Commissariat  of  the 
army  on  the  frontier,  and  writes  to  Capt.  Parker  for  necessary  sup- 
plies for  the  New  Jersey  Troojjs.     Original.     Whitehead  M8S.] 

[August  26.  Minutes  of  a  Council  of  War  held  at  Wood  Creek 
— Colonel  Whiting's  regiment  to  be  relieved  from  the  posts  at  the 


74  RlCHATll)   INGOLDFBBY    LIEUT.     GOVERNOR.         [1709. 

eevei-al  carrying  places,  and  marched  into  camp  witli  tlieir  provisions, 
and  that  the  men  from  the  Jerseys  transport  the  stores  not  belong- 
ing to  that  regiment.  Certified  copy  for  3Iajor  John  lIarrison,-Coin- 
missary,  &c.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

(Sept.  3.)  Memorial'from  the  Lieu't  Gov'r  and  eight  of  the'Conn- 
cil  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Queen,  complaining  of  the  Conduct  of  the 
Quakers  in  the  Assembly  of  that  Province,  who  would  not  consent  to 
the  granting  of  money  for  the  Canadian  expedition.  Attested  Copy 
by  Mr.  Dockwra.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1.  C.  71. 
10  folios.  Transmitted  in  Mr.  Dockwra's  Memorial  to  the  Board, 
31st  Oct.  1709. 

Sept.  9.  Whitehall.  Earl  of  Sunderland  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Directing  the  Board  to  prepare  drafts  of  Commissions  and  Instruc- 
tions for  Col.  Hunter  to  be  Grov'r  of  N.  Y.  and  N.  Jersey.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.   T.     New  York.     Vol.  15.     Z.  57.     I'folio. 

[Printed  in  New  York   Col.  Doets.,  Vol.  V.  p.  91.] 

Sept.  15.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land, with  the  Drafts  of  Commissions  for  Col.  Hunter  to  be  Gov'r  of 
New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.   13,  p.  1. 

[Printed  at  length  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  92.] 

[Sept.  19.  Albany.  Letter  from  John  Harrison,  attached  to 
the  Commissariat  of  the  army  on  the  Frontier,  to  Capt.  Elisha 
Parker  at  Amboy,  detailing  his  labors  in  behalf  of  the  New  Jersey 
Troops,  and  the  hardships  they  were  subjected  to.  Original. 
Whitehead  MSS. 

Extract  printed  in  "  Contribntious  to  the  earlv  history  of  Perth  Amboy," 
&c.,  p.  87.] 

[Sept.  28.  Port  Nicholson.  Letter  from  John  Harrison,  at- 
tached to  the  Commissariat  of  the  Army  on  the  northern  frontier,  to 
Capt.  Elisha  Parker  at  Perth  Amboy,  in  relation  to  the  wants  of  the 
New  Jersey  troops — describes  the  condition  and  position  of  the 
forces — "  however  it  is  with  you,  this  part  of  the  world  is  the  coldest 
and  worst  I  ever  saw."     Whitehead  MSS. 

Extracts  printed  in  "  Contributions  to  the  early  History  of  Perth  Amboy,"  &c., 
p.  88.] 

Sept.  29.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land— they  want  to  know  Her  Majesty's  pleasure,  whether  the  clause 
about  pressing  of  seamen  be  continued  in  the  instructions  to  Col. 
Hunter,  as  Gov'r  of  N.  York  and  New  Jersey,  or  not.  Entry.  S. 
P.  0  ,  B.T.     New  York.     Vol  58,  p.  431.    *G  folios. 

[Prmted  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  98.] 

Oct.  18.     AVhitehall.     Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen,  recommending  that  an  act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Dec.,_ 
1704,  entitled  "  An  act  for  regulating  Negro,  Indian,  and   Mulatto 


1709.]         IIICHAIU)   IXGOLDKSBY   LIEUT.    GOVKKNOR.  75 

slaves,  &c,"  owing  to  its  inluiman  penalties,  be  repealed.     Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  13,  p.  20.     1  folio.     [See  Oct.  24.] 

Oct.  20.  Windsor.  Draft  of  Her  Majesty's  letter  to  Col.  In- 
goldesby,  revoking  his  comnnssion  of  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  79.     4  folios. 

[His  commission  of  Governor  of  New  York  was  revoked  April  24tli,  170G,  Lut 
the  revociition  was  not  sent  to  liim  ;  he  therefore,  on  the  death  of  Lord  Lovelace, 
assumed  tlie  Government  of  that  province,  but  so  soon  as  the  news  reached  the 
Board  of  Trade,  they  asked  (Sept.  2d,  1709)  for  a  new  revocation,  which  was 
issued  Sept.  17th,  1709.     Sec  New  York  CoL  Docts.,  Voh  V.  pp.  89,  90,  91.] 

Oct.  24.  Windsor.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  18th  Oct.,  repealing  an  Act  of  New  Jer- 
sey for  Regulating  Negro,  Indian,  and  Mulatto  Slaves.  Copy.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersev.     Vol.  1.     C.  G5.     4  folios. 

[See  1709,  Oct.  18.] 

Oct.  29.  Windsor.  Draft  of  a  Warrant  for  the  Queen's  signa- 
ture to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  empowering  him  to  use  the  New 
Seal  for  that  Province.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  13,  p.  21.     4  folios. 

Oct.  31.  Memorial  from  ]Mr.  Dockwra  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Presents  several  Addresses,  Representations,  Petitions,  &c.,  from 
New  Jersey,  and  desires  to  be  heard  at  the  Board  upon  the  state  and 
condition  of  that  Province  before  the  settlement  of  Instructions  to 
Col.  Hunter.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  A^ol.  1. 
C.  G6.     2  folios. 

Nov.  1.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  President  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  enclosing  an  order  of  Council  for  repealing 
an  Act  for  regulating  Negro,  Indian,  and  Mulatto  Slaves.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  24,     2  folios. 

[See  1709,  Oct.  18  &  24.] 

Nov.  10.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  the  President  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  enclosing  Her  Majesty's  Letter  of  20th  Oct., 
1709,  to  Col.  Ingoldesby,  revoking  his  Commission  of  L't  Gov'r  of 
New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  13, 
p.  31.     1  folio. 

Nov.  26.  London.  '^Memorial  of  the  18  of  the  Proprietors  of  N.  J. 
to  the  Board  of  Trade,  praying  that  Messrs.  Coxe,  Sonmans,  Mom- 
pesson,  Pinhorne,  Townly,  and  Sanford,  be  left  out  of  the  Council, 
and  that  Messrs.  Gordon,  Foster,  Barclay,  Hamilton,  Read,  Wil- 
locks,  Gardiner,  Hogg,  and  Merret,  or  some  of  them  be  substituted, 
enclosing  a  Printed  Collection  of  Documents  in  support  of  their  Me- 
morial.    Original.     S.   P.  0.,  B.  T.     Vol.  1.     C.  80.     70  folios. 

N.  B. — The  Enclosed  Printed  Collection  of  Documents  is  the 
same  as  the  one  transmitted  in  the  N.  Jersey  Assembly's  Address  to 
the  Queen  of  31st  March,  1709. 


76  RICHARD   TNGOLDESBY   LIEUT.    GOVERNOR,         [1709. 

Dec.  2.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade — He  visited  Virginia 
wliere  evei*y  thing  is  quiet — Gives  a  lengthened  account  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  Maryland — Some  concessions  of 
Lord  Lovelace's  to  the  Gov't  of  N.  Jersey,  gave  a  handle  to  the 
other  Governments  on  the  Main  to  run  into  excesses — Confused 
state  of  Pennsilvania.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l. 
Vol.  9.     K.  1.     15  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  ll^t.] 

Dec.  23.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Sunder- 
land, Seer,  of  State,  enclosing  the  Drafts  of  Instructions  to  Coh 
Hunter  for  the  Government  of  N.  York  and  N.  Jersey ;  and  also 
Representation  to  the  Queen,  in  relation  to  some  alteration  as  re- 
gards the  Members  of  the  Councils  of  both  Provinces — recommend- 
ing Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  be  restored  to  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey,  and 
Messrs.  Gordon  and  Gardner  be  added  to  complete  the  Number  of 
twelve — Col.  Hunter  is  instructed  to  enqviire  and  report  upon  the 
Disputes  between  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  Entry. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  59,  p.  1.  13  folios  [without  the 
Instructions.] 

[Printed  in  New  Yoriv  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.,  p.  123;  and  page  12:t,  et  infra, 
for  the  Instructions  in  full.] 

Dec.  23.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Coh  Hunter,  with  re- 
lations to  Fines,  Forfeitures,  and  Escheats,  and  to  the  appointing  of 
a  Ranger  of  the  Woods,  he  (Coh  H.)  is  to  be  guided  by  the  Attor- 
ney General's  Rep't  thereupon — He  is  to  give  further  light  upon 
several  Acts  passed  in  N.  Jersey  in  November,  1704 — The  Assembly 
is  to  amend  "  The  Act  for  the  settling  the  Militia,"  "  The  Act  for 
uniting  and  quieting  the  minds  of  all  Her  Majesty's  subjects  in  New 
Jersey,"  "  The  Act  for  altering  the  present  Consitution  and  regu- 
lating the  Election  of  Representatives" — All  Books  and  Papers, 
Deeds  and  Evidences  relating  to  the  Property  of  the  soil,  be  left  and 
do  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  Agents  for  the  Proprietors — His  orders 
sent  from  New  York  to  New  Jersey  are  of  force — Sir  E.  Northey's 
[Att.  Gen'l]  opinion  is  enclosed  for  his  guidance  as  to  Probate  of 
Wills  in  N.  Y. — He  is  to  send  all  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  As- 
sembly for  N.  Y.  and  N,  J.  during  the  L'd  C.'s  Government,  and 
henceforth  transmit  the  same  quarterly- — The  Board's  observations 
upon  a  Remonstrance  from  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Earl 
of  Clarendon — To  disallow  the  Act  passed  in  in  N.  Jersey  in  Dec, 
1701,  Entitled  "  An  Act  for  Regulating  Negro,  Indians,  and  Mu- 
latto Slaves,  within  this  Prov'ce  of  New  Jersey."  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  59,  p.  127.     30  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol  V.  p.  15t.] 

Dec.  25.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  Representation  from 
the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  23d  of  December,  re-instating  Mr.  Lewis 
Morris   in  the  Council  of  N.  J.,  and  appointing  Mr.  Tho's  Gordon 


1709.]  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  77 

and  Mr.  Tho's  Gardiner  to  be  Members  of  the  saiiie.  Copy.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1.     C.  85.     5  folios. 

Dec.  25.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  Representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  2.3d  of  Dec,  approving  the  several 
Instructions  to  Col.  Hunter  for  the  Government  of  New  Jersey. 
Copy    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  Jersey.    Vol.  1,  C.  86  and  87.    2  folios. 

Dee.  27.  Several  Instructions  to  Col.  Hunter  for  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
13,  p.  34.     300  folios. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Thomas  Gordon  to  Lord — Lord 

Lovelace  appointed  Him  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey — L't  Gov'r 
Ingoldesby  suspended  him  from  that  office  without  giving  any  reason 
for  so  doing — prays  to  be  restored.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and  "W.  Indies. 
Vol.  385.     Original     3  folios. 

[See  "  Contributions  to  the  early  History  of  Pertli  AmLoy,"  &c.,  p.  CO.] 

1710.  y 

March  15.  New  York.  Col.  Ingoldesby  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— The  Acts  passed  at  N.  York  are  not  ready  to  be  transmitted — On 
the  18  of  Nov.  he  went  to  Burlington  to  meet  the  Assembly  of  N. 
J.,  who  sat  until  the  3 1st  of  January,  having  passed  ten  Bills  which 
he  sends  for  Her  Majesty's  approbation,  with  3  other  acts,  and  the 
Minutes  of  Council  aud  Assembly  of  that  Province.  Original.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  15,  Z.  100.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  164.] 

July  5.  New  York.  Col.  Quary  to  the  Board  of  Trade— Col. 
Hunter  declared  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  that  he  will  not 
interpose  or  concern  himself  as  regards  the  property  of  the  soil,  but 
leave  it  entirely  to  the  determination  of  the  law,  by  which  assertion 
all  persons  are  disposed  to  a  reconciliation.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  York.     Vol.  15,  Z.  100.     5  folios. 

["  Those  who  were  the  greatest  enemies  seemed  to  contend  only  who  should 
soonest  refer  all  contests  to  the  judgment  and  determination  of  so  good  a  Gover- 
nor." *  *  "  Never  any  Governor  was  sent  into  these  parts  of  the  world  so 
very  well  qualified  "  by  his  judgment,  prudence  and  temper.  The  letter  printed 
at  length  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  165.  Gov.  Hunter  arrived  in  New- 
York  June  li."] 

[July  2G.  Letter  from  Dr.  John  Johnstone,  of  Amboy,  to 
Charles  Dunster.  Extract :  "  I  hope  Col.  Hunter  will  answer  the 
character  you  give  him.  I  think  the  Couutrie  is  happy  in  him,  and 
are  better  pleased  than  could  be  expected,  tho  all  those  that  shall 
happen  to  be  detected  will  undoubtedly  grumble."  Orig'l.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS. 

Dunster  came  to  the  Province  in  1704  as  Attorney  for  James  Lord  Drummond.] 

July  28.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Seer. 
of  State — the  Lady  Lovelace  shall  have  every  justice  done — the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  a  bill  giving  £800  to  the  Lord 


78  R<)B?]RT  HUNTER   GOVKRN-OR.  [1710 

Lovelace — aftei*  his  death  there  was  anotlier  act  of  Assembly  giving 
£500  of  that  sum  to  Col.  Ingoldesby,  and  £200  only  to  her  lady- 
ship— recommends  to  confirm  the  first  act  and  to  disapprove  the  sec- 
ond— the  difficulty  will  be  to  get  back  the  money  from  Col  In- 
golde.sby  which  he  had  on  account,  as  he  is  very  poor.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  and  W.  Indies.     Vol.  6.      Original.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  1G9.  For  the  character  and  ad- 
ministration of  Gov.  Hunter  see  Gordon's  New  Jersey,  Smith's  New  Yorl^,  Field's 
Provincial  Coiirts,  p.  89 ;  Contributions  to  the  Early  Hist,  of  Perth  Ambov,  &c., 
p.  147.] 

Oct.  3.  New  York.  Col.  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade- 
gives  an  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  New  York 
— the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  are  to  meet  at  Burlington  on  the 
14th  of  Nov.,  where  he  (Col.  Hunter)  expects  to  meet  with  great 
difficulties — the  Council  of  New  Jersey  are  divided  upon  the  place 
of  meeting — Col.  Hunter's  decision  on  the  subject  [in  favor  of  Bur- 
lington]— an  account  of  the  settling  of  the  palatines  in  the  Prov'ce 
of  New  York.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  16, 
A.  a.  5.     18  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  170.] 

Nov.  14.  New  York.  CoL  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade. — 
Proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  New  York — Col.  Lewis  Morris  ex- 
pelled the  House  for  having  made  a  speech  in  favor  of  the  Gover- 
nor's salary  (the  speech  is  enclosed,  see  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York. 
Vol.  16,  A.  a.  7.)  The  Assembly's  of  New  York  backwardness  in 
voting  supplies,  &c. — In  consequence  of  the  slow  measures  of  that 
Assembly  he  was  obliged  to  adjourn  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — 
recommends  the  approval  of  the  act  passed  during  the  Govern't  of 
L't  Col.  Ingoldesby,  that  the  Assembly  should  meet  constantly  at 
Burlington,  which,  he  thinks,  will  unite  the  two  divisions  of  the 
Province.  Original  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  16,  A. 
a.  C.     42  folios.     Col.  Morris's  speech,  (A.  a.  7.)     20  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  177.] 

Jan.  6.  Burlington.  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
of  the  2d  and  4th  of  Jan.,  1710-11,  relating  chiefly  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  officers  and  the  amount  of  their  salaries.  Copy.  (Enclosed 
in  Mr.  Frowde's  letter  to  Mr.  Popple  of  31  March,  1711.)  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  95.     9  folios. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  370,  &c.,  for  the  Governor's  speech  and  Assem- 
bly's answer  at  this  session.] 

(Jan.  ?)  Address  of  Messrs.  Pinhorno,  Townley,  Coxe,  Mom- 
pesson,  Sonmans,  Huddy,  Hall  and  Quary,  members  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  declaring  themselves  "in  con- 
science bound "  to  preserve  the  prerogative  from  licentious  en- 
croachments, as  the  rights  and  liberties  of  the  subject  from  open 


1711.]  HOBEKT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  •  79 

violation.     Copy.     (Enclosed  in  Mr.  Frowde's  letter  to  Mr.  Popple 
of  81  March,  1711.)     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  J.    Vol.  1,  C.  95.    5  folios. 

[This  address  is  connected  with  one  from  the  Assembly  dated  February  9th, 
1710-11,  printed  at  length  in  Smith's  Hist.,  p.  37<),  in  which  they  say  that  justice 
can  never  be  duly  administered  so  long  as  the  parties  to  the  above-mentioned  ad- 
dress should  continue  in  places  of  trust  in  the  Province.  See  below,  1710-11, 
February  9.] 

Jan.  17.  Letter  from  Mr.  Carkcsse  to  Mr.  Popple,  enclosing  an 
account  of  the  quantity  of  unwrought  foreign  iron  and  steel  ex- 
ported to  the  Plantations  from  1702  to  1710.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  7.     Original.     4  folios. 

Feb.  5.  Letter  from  Lord  Dartmouth  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
relative  to  the  state  of  the  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel  in  the 
Plantations  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K. 
8.     Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  6.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  Col.  Hun- 
ter against  Mr.  Basse,  Secretai-y  of  that  Province,  with  several  pe- 
titions, depositions,  &c.,  in  support  of  their  assertions.  Copies. 
(Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board,  of  7  May,  1711.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  100.     80  folios. 

Feb.  6.  Memorial  from  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  Gov'r 
Hunter,  representing  how  justice  has  been  perverted  in  the  Court  of 
law,  and  that  several  guilty  persons  escaped  with  impunity.  Copy. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     VoL  1,  C.  99.     6  folios. 

(Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board,  of  7  May,  1711.) 

Feb.  9.  The  New  Jersey  Assembly's  representation  to  Gov'r 
Hunter — complaining  of  the  maladministration  of  the  Earl  of  Clar- 
endon (Corubury) — ^justify  themselves  of  the  several  accusations 
contained  in  the  L't  Gov'r's  and  Council's  address  to  the  Lord  Corn- 
bury,  the  Board,  &c., — and  conclude  with  an  expression  that  "  while 
Wm.  Piuhouse,  Roger  Mompesson,  Daniel  Coxe,  Ilich.  Townley,  P. 
Sonmans,  Hugh  Huddy  and  Wm.  Hall,  or  Jer.  Basse,  Esqrs.,  con- 
tinue in  places  of  trust,  &c.,"  we  "must  with  our  families  desert  the 
Province,  and  seek  some  safer  place  of  abode,"  &c.  Printed  copy, 
transmitted  in  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  21 
May,  1715,  (as  per  endorsement)  though  no  allusion  to  it  is  made  in 
the  said  letter.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  2,  D.  6.     80  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  376,  &c.     See  1710-11,  Jan.] 

Feb.  10.  The  case  of  Thomas  Gordon — in  1703  Mr.  Gordon 
was  appointed  Register  and  Recorder  of  the  Eastern  Division  of 
New  Jersey — on  the  25  Aug.,  1705,  Lord  Cornbury  made  an  order 
that  he,  Mr.  Gordon,  should  deliver  all  public  books  and  records  to 
Mr.  Basse,  but  he  would  not  do  so  without  first  consulting  the  Pro- 
prietors, and  for  that  was  arrested,  and  kept  in  the  Sheriii's  custody 
until  he  gave  bail  for  £2000 — Lord  Cornbury  abused  him  several 
times — After  the  Proprietors  were  heard  before  the  Gov'r  and  Coun- 


80   •  EGBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1711. 

cil  he  delivered  then  the  books,  &c.  to  Mr.  Basse — In  May,  1707, 
be  was  suspended  from  practising  as  an  attorney  at  law — in  Feb. 
1706,  Mr.  Gordon  bad  warrants  issued  against  bim  for  bis  appre- 
hension, and  was  obliged  to  give  bail — in  May  1708  be  was  chosen 
Speaker  of  the  Assembly,  and  three  days  after,  during  the  adjourn- 
ment, Mr.  Gordon  was  arrested  by  Lord  Cornbury's  own  warrant, 
but  was  admitted  to  bail  again — in  Dec.  1708  Lord  Lovelace  ad» 
mitted  him  to  practice  the  law  as  formerly — with  observations  on 
Pinhorne's  conduct.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
1,  C:  97.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Cob  Hunter's  letter  of  7  May,  1711. 

[See  Contributions  to  the  Eai-ly  Hist,  of  Perth-Amboy,  p.  G7,  note.] 

Feb.  10.  Deposition  of  Thos.  Farmar — Thos.  Gordon,  Speaker 
of  the  House,  was  arrested  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Assembly 
— Judge  Pinhorne  refused  habeas  corpus  and  would  not  admit  him 
to  bail— Mr.  Gordon  made  an  application  by  his  attorney  at  law, 
Mr.  John  Pinhorne,  and  was  admitted  to  bail.  Copy.  (Enclosed  in 
Col.  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  7  May,  1711.)  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  1,  C.  97.     3  folios. 

[For  a  notice  of  the  Farmar  Family,  see  Contributions  to  Early  Hist,  of  Perth 
Amboy,  &c.,  p.  92.] 

Feb.  10.  New  Jersey.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  the  Queen — the  original  acts  passed  during  the  administration 
of  Lord  Lovelace  are  either  lost  or  mislaid — printed  copies  of  the 
said  acts  are  sent  under  the  seal  of  the  Province  to  be  laid  before 
Her  Majesty.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  6.  (Duplicate.) 
Original.     3  folios. 

Feb.  10.  Address  from  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
Queen — thanking  Her  Majesty  for  having  removed  Col.  Ingoldesby 
from  being  their  L't  Gov'r,  and  for  having  appointed  Brigadier 
Hunter  to  be  their  Governor.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
G.      (Duplicate.)      Original.     3  folios. 

Feb.  16.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Queen,  recommending  the  approval  of  the  act  of  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  in  1709,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  ascertaining  the 
place  of  the  sitting  of  the  Representatives  to  meet  in  General  As- 
semblies."   Entry.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  J.    Vol  13,  p.  138.    6  folios. 

(Feb.)  The  Address  of  the  General  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  enclosing  several  articles  of  crimes  and  mis- 
demeanors against  "VVm.  Hall,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Council  and  Judge  of 
Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  County  of  Salem.  Copies. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  98.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  of  7th  May,  171 1  ;  also  several 
affidavits,  &c.,  against  the  said  Hall,  in  support  of  the  Address  of 
the  Assembly,  contains  about  26  folios  more. 


1711.]  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  81 

(Feb.)  The  answer  of  Wm.  Hall,  Esq.,  to  the  articles  of  the 
several  crimes  and  misdemeanors  exhibited  by  the  Representatives 
of  New  Jersey  against  him.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  1,  C.  98.     24  folios. 

(Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  of  7th  May,  1711.) 

(Feb.)  An  abstract  of  the  representation  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  on  an  Address  communicated  to  them  by  the  Lord 
Lovelace  from  the  L't  Gov'r  and  Council  of  that  province,  to  Her 
Majesty.  Copy.  The  representation  was  printed,  but  Col.  Hunter 
only  sent  to  the  Board  an  abstract  (in  his  own  handwriting)  with- 
out the  preamble. 

(Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  7th  May,  1711.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  101.     35  folios. 

N.  B. — In  1715,  May  21,  Grov'r  Hunter  transmitted  to  the  Board 
printed  copy  of  the  entire  representation,  which  bears  date  1710-11, 
Feb.  9th ;  but  no  mention  is  made  for  what  purpose  it  was  done,  and 
its  transmission  can  only  be  traced  by  the  endorsement  at  the  back  of 
it  that  such  was  the  case. 

[For  the  address  in  full,  see  Smith's  N.  J.,  p.  376.] 

(Feb.)  The  answer  of  Jeremiah  Basse,  Secretary  of  the  prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey  and  Clerk  of  the  Council,  to  the  accusations  of 
crimes,  &c.,  brought  against  him  in  several  petitions,  addresses, 
&c.,  &c.     Original.. 

(Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  7th  May,  171 1, 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  102.     50  folios. 

(Feb.)  Copies  of  fourteen  Bills  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  but  not  assented  to  by  the  Council  of  that  province. 

(Enclosed  in  Col.  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  7th  May,  1711.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  103.     140  folios. 

March  1.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  16th  Feb.,  1710-11,  approving  the 
act  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  1709,  entitled  ''  An  act  for 
ascertaining  the  place  of  the  sitting  of  the  Representatives  to  meet  in 
general  Assemblies."  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
1,  C.  94.     4  folios. 

March  16.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Col.  Hunter,  en- 
closing an  order  of  Council  of  the  1st  March  confirming  the  act 
passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  act  for  ascer- 
taining the  place  of  sitting  of  the  Representatives  to  meet  in  general 
Assembly."     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  13.     2  folios. 

March  17.  Order  that  the  Board  of  Trade  lay  before  the  House 
of  Lords  an  account  of  what  hath  been  done  to  encourage  the  Planta- 
tions in  America  to  export  Naval  Stores  to  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  9,  K.  11.     Original.     1  folio. 

6 


82  ROBERT  HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  [1711. 

1711. 

March  31.  Gen'l  Post  Office.  Mr.  Frowde  to  Mr.  Popple— the 
Mail  from  Portugal  was  much  damaged,  so  that  they  could  not  tell 
who  the  letters  belonged  to — he  sends  two  papers  belonging  to  the 
"  West  Indies,"  being  Minutes  of  New  Jersey  Assembly,  Jan.  G, 
1711,  and  Address  of  some  of  the  Council  in  same  month  to  Col. 
Hunter.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  95.     1  folio. 

[April.]  Extract  of  a  letter  from  [probably  Dan'l  Coxe,]  mem- 
ber of  the  Coimcil  of  New  Jersey,  to  Mr.  Dockwra — Gov'r  Hunter, 
notwithstanding  his  repeated  professions  of  impartiality,  has  entirely 
espoused  the  party  of  Morris,  Johnstone,  &c.,  and  united  with  the 
Quakers — the  Council  presented  an  Address  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  but 
Mr.  Morris,  Gordon,  Deacon,  and  Gardiner,  would  not  sign  it — the 
Council  rejects  several  Bills,  with  reasons  for  their  so  doing — the 
Assembly  resolved  to  have  a  new  Clerk,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Pin- 
home,  and  addressied  the  Gov'r  on  the  subject,  who  appointed  one 
Bradford,  the  printer  at  New  York — the  Assembly  attacked  then 
Mr.  Basse,  the  Seer,  of  the  Covmcil — the  Council  drew  up  an 
Address  to  the  Gov'r  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Basse,  but  the  Gov'r  is  not 
favorable  to  him,  and  it  is  said  that  Gov'r  Hunter  recommended  Mr. 
Farmar,  in  the  room  of  that  gentleman — several  members  of  the 
Council  are  accused  falsely — some  of  the  delegates  were  expelled  the 
Assembly — remarks  upon  some  Bills  pass'd  in  New  Jersey — appoint- 
ments of  several  officers  in  the  province — he  heard  of  a  representa- 
tion of  the  Assembly  to  Gov'r  Hunter  being  put  in  print,  but  sup- 
pressed on  account  of  the  change  of  administration  in  England — Col. 
Quary's  opinion  about  the  Assembly  is  not  at  all  favorable  to  them 
— chief  officers  of  N.  Jersey  reside  in  New  York — the  Council  ought 
to  be  cleared  of  some  individuals.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  112.     50  folios. 

(Enclosed   in    Mr.  Dockwra's  letter    to    Mr.    Popple  of   13th 
July,  1711.) 

May  7.  New  York.  Col.  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
great  difficulties  he  finds  in  reconciling  the  people  of  New  Jersey — 
the  manner  of  begetting  the  Council's  Address  in  the  Lord  Corn- 
bury's  time  in  answer  to  the  Assembly's  remonstrance — remarks 
upon  several  acts  passed  in  New  Jersey — the  Council  objected  ag'st 
two  members  of  the  Assembly  who  are  expelled — Major  Sandford 
proved  guilty  of  being  bribed  by  a  felon  to  contrive  his  escape — the 
Council  does  not  support  Gov'r  Hunter — they  voted  against^  the 
Militia  Act,  which  was  carried  by  a  casting  vote  from  a  Quaker — 
the  Council  oppose  continually  the  acts  of  Assembly — they,  the 
Council,  spend  their  time  uselessly  on  matters  foreign  to  those  before 
them — there  are  no  hopes  of  peace  and  quiet  unless  Pinhorne,  Coxe, 
Sonmans,  and  Hall,  are  removed  from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — 
Towuley  is  dead,  Huddy  is  a  weak  man,  Mompesson  is  son-in-law  to 


1711.]  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  83 

Pinhorne,  Quary  was  led  to  join  them,  but  he  is  for  Her  Majesty's 
interest — he  proposes  Messrs.  Hamilton,  Byerley,  Reading,  Wheeler, 
Lloyd,  Anderson,  AVm.  Morris,  and  Parker,  or  some  of  them  to  be 
of  the  Council — sends  several  papers  to  prove  the  ill-deportment  of 
some  of  the  Council  and  the  Secretary  of  the  province — further  re- 
marks upon  several  acts  passed  by  the  Assembly — urges  the  neces- 
sity of  establishing  a  Court  of  Chancery  in  N.  Y.  and  N.  J. — [Mr. 
Mompessou  obnoxious  to  the  people  of  New  Jersey — David  Jamison 
had  been  appointed  Chief  Justice.]  N.  York  aifairs.  Original. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.    Vol.  16,  A.  a.  34.     130  folios. 

[This  liiglily  interesting  despatch  is  printed  at  length  in  New  York  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  V.  p.  199.  The  act  passed  in  L't  Gov'r  Ingoldesby's  time,  respecting  the 
qualifications  of  representatives,  he  says,  was  "  made  on  pui-pose  to  exclude  Dr. 
Johnstone  and  Capt.  Farmar  from  being  elected."     Vol.  V.  p.  201.] 

May  7.    New  York.    Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr. , 

recommending  Mr.  John  Kiel  for  Secretary  of  New  Jersey  and  Sur- 
veyor General  of  that  division — Mr.  Birchfield  (the  Surveyor)  "  has 
taken  it  into  his  head,  which  I'm  afraid  is  not  very  sound,  to  make 
every  body  and  everything  uneasy  here,  &c."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and 
West  Indies.     Vol.  6.      Original.     2  folios. 

[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  229,  &c.,  for  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter 
to  the  Commissioner  of  Customs,  detailing  and  complaining  of  some  of  the  actions 
of  Mr.  Birchfield.  Among  other  things  he  had  removed  Mr.  Farmar  from  the  Col- 
lectorship  of  Perth  Amboy,  and  appointed  Mr.  Swift,  a  tavern-keeper  in  New 
York,  to  the  oflSce.] 

May  25.  Salem.  Address  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  County  of 
Salem  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  praying  not  to  be  distrained  for  taxes,  as 
the  silver  money  is  extremely  scarce ;  also,  that  they  may  be  per- 
mitted to  elect  new  Representatives  to  the  Assembly — signed  by 
fourteen  persons.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1, 
C.  123.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  to  the  Board  of  1st  Jan. 
1711-12. 

June  29.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Col.  Hunter— his  let- 
ter of  the  7th  of  May  last  was  received  and  laid  before  the  Queen — 
his  salary  cannot  be  paid  out  of  the  money  in  the  Collector's  hands — 
by  the  commission.  Col.  Hunter  is  empowered  to  establish  such  and 
so  many  Courts  of  Judicature  and  public  justice  as  he  and  the  Coun- 
cil shall  think  lit — Col.  Hunter  is  desired  in  future  to  write  about 
each  [N.  Y.  &  N.  J.]  Government  in  separate  and  distinct  letters. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  59,  p.  391.     9  folios. 

July  9.  Hampstead.  Mr.  Edw.  Richier  to  Mr.  Popple — Mr. 
Dominique  will  wait  upon  the  Board,  with  complaints  against  four 
members  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  viz  :  Coxe,  Sonmans,  Hall, 
and  Pinhorne;  also  ag'st  Mi*.  Basse,  the  Seer,  of  that  Province. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  108.     3  folios. 

July  13.     Mr.  Dockwra  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — on  account  of  ill- 


84  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1711. 

ness  and  some  delay  in  delivering  his  letters  from  New  Jersey,  he 
could  not  answer  Mr.  Popple's  letter  to  him  of  the  5th  jnst.,  (not  en- 
tered in  the  books  of  S.  P.  0.,)  neither  could  he  appear  before  the 
Board — he  sends  extracts  of  a  letter  from  a  Member  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey  to  him,  to  show  the  true  state  of  the  differences  between 
the  Council  and  Assembly  of  that  province.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  111.     5  folios. 

July  16.  New  Jersey.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  to  the  Queen,  thanking  Her  Majesty  for  having  ordered  an 
expedition  to  subdue  Canada,  and  informing  that  they  have  sub- 
scribed their  quota  for  its  support.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and  West  In- 
dies.    Vol.    6.     Original.     3  folios. 

[The  amount  authorized  hy  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  was  equal  to  £5,000 
currency.] 

Sept.  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  State — Canadian  Expedition — the  New  York  quota — the  As- 
sembly of  the  Jerseys  raised  five  thousand  pounds  for  the  expedition, 
and  about  200  volunteers — further  particulars  of  the  progress  of  the 
expedition — Gov'r  Hunter's  opinion  about  putting  all  North  America 
under  one  uniform  plan  of  government — Gov'r  Hunter  suggests  that 
Mr.  Harrison  may  be  appointed  Secretary  of  New  Jersey,  in  the 
room  of  Mr.  Basse,  who  is  so  "  obnoxious,"  or  that  he  may  have  the 
place  of  Surveyor  General.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  and  West  Indies.  Vol. 
6.     Original.     45  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  252.] 

Nov.  7.  Memorial  of  Jno.  Norton,  P.  Dominique,  Jos.  Ormston 
for  George  Willocks,  Clias.  Dunster,  John  Whiting,  E.  Richier,  Jno. 
Bridges,  Robt.  Michel,  Chas.  Michel,  and  Fra.  Michel,  Proprietors 
of  the  province  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — that  the  con- 
tinuing Mr.  Daniel  Coxe,  Peter  Sonmans,  and  others,  mentioned  in 
their  Memorial  of  the  26th  Nov.,  1709,  in  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey, tended  to  promote  factions  and  divisions  in  this  province — the 
Proprietors  pray  that  Messrs.  Coxe,  Sonmans,  Pinhorne,  Huddy,  and 
Hall,  be  left  out  of  the  Gov'r's  Council,  and  that  Mr.  Basse  be  dis- 
missed from  the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  province.  Original.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  1,  C.  110.     4  folios. 

1711--1712. 

[Papers  relating  to  the  collection  of  the  Proprietors'  quit  rents 
in  New  Hackensack  and  Saddle  River.    Original.    Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1711--1719. 

[Account  of  Thomas  Gordon,  Receiver  General,  of  all  his  receipts 
and  expenditures,  as  submitted  to  the  Auditors.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

1711--12. 

Jan.  1.     New  York.     Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 


1712.]  ROBERT  HUNTER  GOVERNOR.  86 

desires  that  Messrs.  Coxe,  Pinhorne,  Sonraans,  and  Hall,  be  re- 
moved from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — sends  an  address  from  the 
County  of  Salem  of  an  extraordinary  nature,  which  Mr.  Hall  was  the 
chief  promoter  of — he  displaced  all  the  gentlemen  of  the  Council 
from  being  Judges  assistants  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  appointed 
others — his  reasons  for  so  doing — proposes  to  open  the  Court  of 
Chancery  in  New  Jersey  by  proclamation.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  122.     7  folios. 

See  25th  May,  1711.  The  Address  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Salem,  &c. 

March  1.  New  York.  Col.  Hunter  to  the  Board — proposals  of 
Col.  Heathcote,  of  New  York,  to  supply  Her  Majesty  with  naval 
stores,  and  his  opinion  upon  it — he  waits  to  know  the  Queen's  pleasure 
about  the  gentlemen  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  whom  Col. 
Hunter  desired  to  be  removed — sends  two  acts  passed  in  New  Jer- 
sey, and  the  Minutes  of  Council  in  that  Province.  Original.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  'Vol.  16,  A.  a.  102.  5  folios. 
1T12. 

[Feb.  25.  New  York.  Governor  Hunter  to  John  Chamber- 
layne,  relating  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Missionaries — course  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Henderson  at  Burlington — had  bargained  with  Mr.  Tatham  for 
a  house  and  land  at  that  place  for  the  purposes  of  the  mission,  with 
the  privilege  of  four  months,  wherein  the  Society  were  to  decide  upon 
its  purchase. 

[Printed  iu  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  312.] 

[March  12.  New  York.  Governor  Hunter  to  the  Bishop  of 
London,  complaining  of  the  acts  of  the  Clergy,  particularly  of  Mr. 
Vesey  of  New  York. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  310.  For  the  difBculties  encountered 
by  Gov'r  H.,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  Clergy,  &c.,  at  this  period,  the  MSS.  of  the 
Society  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel,  (copies  of  which  are  in  the  possession  of 
Rev.  Francis  L.  Hawks,  D.  D.,  of  New  York,)  are  the  best  and  fullest  authority.] 

May  13.  London.  Mr.  Richier,  on  behalf  of  the  Proprietors 
of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  recommending  Messrs.  An- 
derson, Wm.  Morris,  Parker,  Hamilton,  Byerly,  and  Reading,  to  be 
of  the  Council,  in  place  of  Messrs.  Pinhorne,  Sonmans,  Townly, 
Coxe,  Huddy,  and  Hall.  Original,  with  a  separate  paper  giving  a 
detailed  account  of  the  qualifications  of  the  recommended  gentlemen. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  115.     5  folios. 

May  21.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Dockwra — the  Board 
desire  his  attendance  on  some  matters  relating  to  New  Jersey. 
Entry.     S.    P.    0.,    B.   T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  158.     1  folio. 

June  2.  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Jacob  Henderson's  account  of  the 
state  of  the  Church  of  England  iu  New  York  and  New  Jersey  (such 
is  the  heading) — Col.  Hunter  protects  Dissenters  and  Quakers — 
(qualifications   (Church)  of  the  persons  in  the  New  Jersey  Council 


86  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1712. 

proposed  to  be  removed,  and  those  to  be  put  in  their  stead.  [Changes 
unfavorable  to  the  Church.]  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  101.     10  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  334,  See  MSS.  of  Society  for 
Prop'n  of  Gospel.] 

June  17.  Remarks  upon  Mr.  Henderson's  "  account  of  the  state 
of  the  Church  of  England  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,"  vindi- 
cating the  character,  and  supporting  the  qualifications  of  persons 
proposed  to  be  of  the  Council.  (Original,  without  signature.)  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  101.     28  folios. 

See  Mr.  Henderson's  "  account,  &c."  2d  June,  1712. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  336.] 

June  23.  New  York.  Col.  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
chiefly  on  New  York  affairs — the  affairs  of  New  Jersey  do  not  re- 
quire a  separate  letter — sends  an  account  of  the  Courts  and  of&ces  in 
that  province.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  16, 
A.  a.  104.     Extract.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  339.] 

June  23.  (New  York.)  An  account  of  the  Courts  of  Judica- 
ture in  the  province  of  New  Jersey,  transmitted  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  by  Gov'r  Hunter,  in  his  letter  of  the  23d  June,  1712. 
Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.      N.  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  120.     9  folios. 

[July  11.  Inquisition  before  Thomas  Gordon,  escheater  of  the 
province  of  East  Jersey,  into  the  Lands  and  Estate  of  Arent  Son- 
mans,  deceased,  an  alien,  with  the  signatures  and  seals  of  the  jury — 
with  the  writ  to  the  escheater,  on  parchment.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

August  14.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Popple  to  the  B'p  of  London — 
the  Board  wishes  to  know  whether  Messrs.  John  Hambleton,  [Ham- 
ilton] Thomas  Byerly,  John  Reading,  Wm.  Morris,  John  Anderson, 
and  Elisha  Parker,  persons  recommended  by  Mr.  Dominique  and 
others,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  will  meet  with  His  Lord- 
ship's approbation.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
13,  p.  161.     4  folios. 

[For  notices  of  Elisha  Parker  and  John  Hamilton,  see  "  Contributions  to  the 
early  Hist,  of  Perth  Amboy,  &c.,"  pp.  128.168.] 

August  17.  Fulhara.  The  B'p  of  London  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pop- 
ple— sends  his  approval  of  the  persons  recommended  by  Mr  Dom- 
inique and  others  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  Original.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  121.     1  folio. 

August  27.  AVhitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to,  the  Queen,  proposing  the  removal  of  Messrs.  Pinhorue, 
Coxe,  Sonmans,  and  Hall,  from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  ap- 
pointing Messrs.  Anderson,  Wm.  Morris,  Hamilton,  and  Readiug,  in 
their  places,  and  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  by  Mr.  Parker  and  Mr. 
Byerly.     Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  13,  p.l63.     6  folios. 

See  1713,  April  15.     Order  of  Council. 


1712.]  ROBERT  HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  87 

August  27.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Col.  Hunter,  direct- 
ing him  not  to  send  over  any  persons  as  prisoners,  without  transmit- 
ting at  the  same  time  full  proof  of  their  guilt.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  60,  p.  59.     2  folios. 

Oct.  31.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — principally  New  York  affairs — Gov'r  Hunter's  constant  at^ 
tendance  on  the  New  York  Assembly,  obliges  him  constantly  to 
prorogue  that  of  New  Jersey — the  expected  diiEculties  between  the 
Council  and  Assemjbly  of  that  province — an  account  of  the  manner 
in  which  the  records  of  the  eastern  division  were  secured  from  being 
carried  over  to  Philadelphia  by  Mr.  Sonmans — the  taxes  are  paid 
with  great  difficulty.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West  Indies.  V.  6.  Origi- 
nal (Extract.)     4  folios. 

[Printed  iu  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  347.] 

Dec.  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — New  York  affairs — cannot  call  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
until  the  Queen's  pleasure  with  relation  to  the  Council  be  known — 
Mr.  Sonmans  is  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  prints  and  disperses  the 
libels  against  the  Governments — the  Palatines — the  Indians.  S. 
P.  0. ;  Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  6.     Original  (Extract.)     1  folio. 

[Printed  iu  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  350.] 
1712-13. 

State  of  the  actual  possessions  of  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain  in 
North  America,  at  the  Treaty  of  Utrecht.  S.  P.  0. ;  Am.  &  W. 
Ind.     Vol.  20.     Copy.     14  folios. 

Jan.  27.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lowndes  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
that  instructions  be  prepared  for  Colonel  Nicholson,  His  Majesty's 
Commissioner,  for  enquiring  into  several  matters  iu  North  America, 
and  the  allowances  agreed  on  for  him,  his  officers,  and  clerks.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  21.     Original.     4  folios. 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  400,  for  Gov.  Hunter's  comments  on  tliis 
commission,  and  March  28th,  171.5.] 

Feb.  5.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lowndes  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  en- 
closing Colonel  Nicholson's  instructions  about  arrears  of  prizes  un- 
recovered  in  North  America,  and  proposing  that  he  be  allowed  one- 
fifth  part  of  what  may  be  recovered,  rather  than  a  fixed  salary.  S. 
P.   0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  23.     Original.     16  folios. 

Feb.  27.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Blathwayte — the 
Board  of  Trade  require  a  particular  statement  of  the  revenue  of  all 
monies  given  for  public  usos  by  the  Assemblies  in  the  Plantations 
in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  21.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

March  5.  Letter  from  the  Convocation  of  the  Clergy  of  New 
York  and  New  Jersey  to  the  Rev.  Jacob  Henderson  of  Pennsylva- 


88  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1713. 

nia,  reproving  him  for  the  defamation  of  characters  of  some  gentle- 
men, and  informing  him  that  their  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Am- 
boy  for  the  convenience  of  the  missionaries  in  Pennsylvania,  before 
which  they  require  from  him  a  justification  of  the  charge  in  calum- 
niating some  churchmen.  (Enclosed  in  the  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter 
to  the  Board,  of  14  March,  1712-13.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol  1,  C.  128.     Copy.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  354.]  ' 

March  14.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
wishes  to  know  Iler  Majesty's  pleasure  about  the  alteration  of  Coun- 
cil in  New  Jersey — Mr.  Henderson,  missionary  of  Pennsylvania,  has 
spoken  ill  of  the  gentlemen  recommended  as  Councillors — the  Con- 
vocation of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  wrote  to  him  about  it — he 
sends  the  said  letter  (see  5  March,  1712-13) — Mx-.  Sonmans  absents 
himself  from  the  Council ;  Mr.  Pinhorne  does  not  attend  at  all ; 
Messrs.  Townley,  Gardner  and  Quary  are  dead ;  Mr.  Coxe  is  going 
to  England,/so  that  he  will  hardly  be  able  to  make  a  quorum  for  bu- 
siness— the  advantage  and  necessity  of  establishing  Court  of  Chan- 
cery in  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
1,  C.  127.     7  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col,  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  355.] 

March  21.  New  Jersey  Letter  from  Mr.  Thos.  Gordon  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  Mr.  Secretary  Popple,  enclosing  several 
papers  in  vindication  of  his  character  and  the  character  of  Col.  An- 
derson against  the  accusations  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Henderson.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  19.  Original.  1  folio.  En- 
closures 14  folios. 

Enclosing  1712-13,  March  12.  2  Certificates  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Innes,  &c.  1712-13,  March  20.  Certificate  of  Mr.  Watts.  1712-13, 
March  16.  Certificate  of  Mr.  Haliday  and  Mr.  Vaughan.  1712-13, 
March  21.     Certificate  of  Mr.  McKenzie. 

[See  Contributions  to  Hist.  Perth-Amboy,  p.  216,  &c.] 

1713. 

April  1.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth, transmitting  instructions  and  heads  of  inquiry  for  Francis 
Nicholson,  Esq.,  relating  to  arrears  of  prizes,  and  to  arrears  of  the 
rights  and  perquisites  of  the  Admiralty  arising  in  the  Provinces  of 
North  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  23. 
Entry.     30  folios. 

April  15.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  27  of  Aug.,  1712,  confirming  the 
removal  of  Messrs.  Pinhorne,  Coxe,  Sonmans  and  Hall  from  the 
Council  of  New.  Jersey,  and  appointing  Messrs.  Anderson,  Morris, 
Hamilton  and  Reading  in  their  places.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  138.     4  folios. 


1713.]  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  89 

April  23.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Col.  Hunter— New 
York  affairs — the  Acts  of  New  Jersey  are  under  their  consideration 
— return  of  tlie  number  of  inhabitants  is  required  to  be  sent — New 
York  Assembly's  misbehaviour — Her  ]Majesty  approved  the  removal 
of  Messrs.  Pinhorne,  Cose,  Sonmans  and  Hall  from  the  Council  of 
N.  Jersey,  and  the  appointment  of  IMessrs.  Anderson,  Morris,  Ham- 
ilton and  Reading  in  their  room ;  also  Mr.  Parker  and  Mr.  Byerly 
to  be  added  to  fill  up  two  vacancies — he  is  desired  to  use  his  utmost 
endeavours  to  establish  agents,  one  for  each  Government.  [Author- 
ized to  establish  a  Court  of  Chancery  in  New  Jersey.]  Entry.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  60,  p.  103.  18  folios. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  360.] 

May  4.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
cause  the  proclamations  for  publishing  the  treaties  of  peace  and 
commerce  between  the  Kings  of  Great  Britain  and  France,  to  be 
sent  to  the  Governox'S  in  America,  to  be  made  known  in  their  re- 
spective Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K. 
25.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  8.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  enclosing 
the  proclamation  of  peace  between  Her  Majesty  and  the  King  of 
France,  to  be  published  in  the  Provinces  of  N.  York  and  New  Jer- 
sey.    Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Y.     Vol.  60,  p.  112.     2  folios. 

July  15.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  en- 
closing copies  of  the  treaties  of  peace  with  France,  to  be  published 
in  the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  60,  p.  118.     1  folio. 

1714. 

April  6.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r  Hunter — en- 
closing Her  Majesty's  proclamation  and  the  treaties  of  peace  with 
Spain,  to  be  published  in  the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  N.  Jersey. 
Entry.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  40.     2  folios. 

April  9.  Letter  from  Lord  Bolingbroke  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
enclosing  for  their  consideration  the  memorial  of  William  Keith, 
Surveyor  General  of  the  Customs  in  America,  praying  that  he  may 
enjoy  the  same  privilege  as  the  late  Robert  Quary,  whom  he  suc- 
ceeded. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K.  29.  Original. 
5  folios. 

June  5.  Order  in  Council,  referring  to  an  Order  in  Council  of 
21st  April,  1714,  touching  the  power  of  the  Plantations  in  America 
to  enact  temporary  laws,  and  directing  the  Board  of  Trade  to  pro- 
pose some  methods  to  set  aside  practices  so  prejudicial  to  the  King's 
interests.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K.  30.  Original. 
12  folios. 

July  22.  Report  of  Edward  Northey,  Attorney  General,  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  their  letter  of  the  10th  June,  relative 


90  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1714. 

to  the  enacting  temporary  plantation  laws.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant. 

Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  58.     Entry.     8  folios. 

Aug.  5.  Order  in  Council,  approving  draft  of  a  proclamation 
for  proclaiming  King  George  I.  in  His  Majesty's  Plantations  in 
America,  and  directing  game  to  be  forthwith  sent  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  to  prepare  the  requisite  number  for  the  respective  Govern- 
ments.   S.P.  0.,B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.    Vol.  38,  p.  50.    Entry.    2  folios. 

Aug.  5.  Freehold,  E.  J.  Letter  from  Mr.  Joseph  Morgan,  of 
Freehold,  in  Monmouth  County,  in  East  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  enclosing  a  diagram  of  his  new  invention  for  navigating 
ships,  &c.,  against  wind  and  tide,  by  means  of  a  paddle-wheel  and 
mechanical  oars — prays  that  a  patent  of  this  invention  may  be  granted 
to  him  for  a  certain  number  t)f  years.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol  2,  D.  25.     Original.     30  folios. 

Aug.  6.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices,  with  drafts  of  proclamations  filled  up  for  pro- 
claiming King  George  I.  in  all  the  Colonies  in  America.  Entry. 
S.  P.   0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  51.     6  folios. 

Aug.  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  drafts 
of  proclamations  for  proclaiming  King  George  I.  in  all  the  Colonies 
in  America.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  38,  p. 
54.     2  folios. 

Aug.  11.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Gov- 
ernors iu  America,  with  orders  from  the  Lords  Justices,  and  drafts 
of  proclamation  for  proclaiming  King  George  I ,  which  they  are  re- 
commended to  do  in  the  most  solemn  manner  without  loss  of  time. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  56.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Aug.  11.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Burchet,  enclosing 
packets  to  the  several  Governors  in  America,  for  proclaiming  King 
George  I.,  which  he  requests  may  be  delivered  to  the  captains  of  the 
two  vessels  appointed  to  carry  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol  38,  p.  55.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Robert  Hunter  to 
George  Willocks,  at  Perth- Amboy — disappointed  about  the  delay 
in  fixing  up  his  house — small-pox  iu  New  York — looking  to  Amboy 
as  a  retreat  for  his  children,  &c.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1714-15. 

[Jan.  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Robert  Hunter  to 
George  Willocks,  at  Perth-Amboy — meeting  of  N.  Jersey  Council 
called  for  19th,  20th  and  21st  Jan.,  for  the  purpose  of  "  chastising 
that  odd  officer  the  Att.  Gen'l" — to  be  borne  with  no  longer — small- 
pox spreading. 

Jeremiali  B.asse  was  the  officer  referred  to.  See  East  Jersey,  p.  157,  aud 
Smith's  New  Jersey,  pp.  395,  398.] 


1715.]  ROBERT  HUNTER  GOVERNOR.  91 

1714-15. 

Jan.  14.  London.  Reasons  offered  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by 
Dr.  Coxe  and  Mr.  Samuel  Coxe,  his  son,  against  renewing  the  com- 
missions of  Col.  Hunter  for  the  Government  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey.     Orig'l.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  1,  C.  129.     4  folios. 

[These  objections  were  ineffectual.  See  Governor's  Commission  in  New  York 
Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  391.] 

Jan.  17.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Seer.  Stanhope  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  requiring  drafts  of  a  commission  and  instructions  to  be  pre- 
pared for  Brigadier  Hunter  (Col.)  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  pur- 
suant to  the  King's  commands.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  1,  C.  130.     1  folio. 

Jan.  25.  Somerset  House.  Caveat  from  the  Earl  of  Claren- 
don, (Lord  Cornbury,)  desiring  that  the  Act  of  New  Jersey  entitled 
"  An  Act  to  enable  Thos.  Gordon,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  this  Province, 
to  pay  the  sum  of  £999.13-3  towards  the  support  of  the  Govern- 
ment, and  for  discharging  the  said  Treasurer  thereof" — and  another 
Act  of  New  York,  be  not  confirmed  till  his  Lordship  be  heard. 
Original     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  153.     1  folio. 

See  1714-15,  Feb.  8.  Memorial  from  the  Earl  of  Clarendon, 
and  1714-15,  Feb.  4.     Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  the  E.  of  Clarendon. 

[Feb.  1.  New  York.  Gov'r  Robert  Hunter  to  George  Willocks 
at  Perth-Amboy — refers  to  a  rumour  that  Peter  Sonmans  was  com- 
ing from  England  with  a  new  Governor,  based  upon  a  letter  said  to 
have  been  received  from  Daniel  Coxe.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.j 

Feb.  4.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Secretary  Popple  to  the  Earl  of  Clar- 
endon, desiring  his  Lordship  to  let  the  Board  have  his  particular 
objections  to  the  Acts  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  against  which 
his  Lordship  has  entered  a  caveat.  Efitr}-.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
York.     Vol.  60,  p.  141.     1  folio. 

See  1714-15,  Jan.  25.  Caveat  from  the  Earl  of  Clarendon,  and 
1714-15,  Feb.  8.     Memorial  from  the  E.  of  Clarendon. 

Feb.  8.  Somerset  House.  Memorial  from  the  Earl  of  Claren- 
don (Lord  Cornbury)  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  stating  his  reasons 
why  an  Act  passed  in  New  York,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  payment  of 
the  debts  of  the  Government  of  New  York,"  and  an  act  passed  in  N. 
Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  enable  Thos.  Gordon,  Esq.,  Treasurer 
of  this  Province,  to  pay  the  sum  of  £999.13-3,  &c.,  towards  the  sup- 
port, &c.,"  ought  to  be  rejected.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  154.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  .398.] 

Feb.  11.  AYhitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary  Stan- 
hope, enclosing  drafts  of  commissions  for  Brigadier  Hunter  to  be 
Governor  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Entry.  S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  177.     68  folios,  with  the  enclosure. 


92  EGBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.-  [1715. 

Feb.  21.  Doctor  Daniel  Coxe  and  bis  son's  further  reasons 
against  renewing  Col.  Hunter's  commission  for  the  Governments  of 
jST.  Y.  and  New  Jersey — presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  [Sec 
Jan.  14,  1715.]  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  1, 
C.  133.     13  folios. 

Feb.  23.  Scheme  or  treatise  on  the  advantages  of  the  Plantation 
trade,  of  the  Courts,  Governors,  Appeals  and  Complaints  of  the 
Council  for  Trade  and  Plantations,  and  the  way  to  preserve  and  im- 
prove trade  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K. 
39.     Original.     75  folios. 

Feb.  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Stanhope  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  referring  to  their  consideration  a  scheme  or  treatise  relating 
to  the  Plantations.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  64. 

Entry.     2  folios. 

March  17.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Stanhope,  requesting  that  no  licenses  for  leave  of  absence  be  given 
to  the  councillors  of  his  Majesties  Provinces  in  America,  without 
their  knowledge.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  65. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

1715. 

March  28.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— received  no  directions  from  home  except  what  was  picked  up  in  a 
wreck — the  Jerseys  are  divided  about  their  claims  to  land — Mr. 
Coxe  is  the  sower  of  sedition — he  was  supported  by  the  Att.  Genl 
and  Secretary — the  first  is  suspended,  and  the  second  must  be  done 
the  same  with — Governor  Hunter  prays  to  be  relieved  from  his 
hardships — the  Assemblies  grant  him  from  year  to  year  not  half 
sufficient  for  his  expenses — Mr.  Mompesson,  the  Chief-  Justice,  is 
dead,  and  the  Gov'r  appointed  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  in  his  place — Mr. 
Gordon  is  appointed  Att.  Gen'l  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Griffith.  Origi- 
nal. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  16,  A.  a.  174.  10  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  399.] 

March  28.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — 
sends  duplicates  of  his  former  letters  to  the  Board — much  perplexed 
at  receiving  no  orders  from  home — Col.  Nicholson,  who  was  sent  there 
with  "  two  strange  commissions,"  is  gone  home  without  executing 
eitlier  of  them,  as  he  never  came  nearer  than  Boston — Govt  Hunter 
expects  rel^ief  from  those  who  sent  him  to  America — he  has  some 
"West  India  plants  for  Mr.  Popple — recommends  his  affairs  to  Mr. 
Popple's  assistance.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol. 
16,  A.  a.  176.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  400.] 

April  9.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — prays 
to  be  assisted  in  his  applications  through  Mr.  Strahan — he  was  obliged 
to  turn  out  "  that  vile  fellow  Griffith,"  "  who  has  been  all  along  an 


1715.]  ROBERT   HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  93 

impudent  tool  of  L'd  CI "  (L'd  Cornbury,)  and  that  "  noisy  fool 

Coxe  has  betrayed  the  public  service  " — Mr.  Talbot  has  incorporated 
Jacobites  in  the  Jerseys,  under  the  name  of  a  church — Coxe,  Grif- 
fith and  Basse  are  Talbot's  main  props — the  society  ought  to  be  care- 
ful in  selecting  their  missionaries.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  177.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts ,  Vol.  V.  p.  401.  For  information  relative  to 
Rev.  Mr.  Talbot,  see  Humphrey's  Historical  Account  of  the  Colonial  Missions — 
Dorr's  Hist,  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia;  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p. 
473  ;  MSS.  of  Society  for  Prop'n  of  Gospel.] 

May  6.  AVhitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary  Stan- 
hope, enclosing  drafts  of  instructions  to  Brigadier  Hunter,  as  Govt 
of  N.  Y.  and  N.  Jersey,  for  his  Majesty's  approbation.  Entx-y.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  13,  p.  190.  300  folios,  with  in- 
structions. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  402.] 

May  21.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade- 
New  York  aiFairs,  relating  chiefly  to  the  Lord  Clarendon's  (Cornbu- 
ry) misgovernment — the  unruly  conduct  of  the  New  York  Assembly 
will  produce  pernicious  effect  upon  the  proceedings  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jerse}' — Mr.  Coxe,  by  the  "  inundation  of  Swedes,"  is 
elected  in  one  of  the  counties — to  the  caveat  of  Mr.  Coxe's  father 
and  brother,  Gov'r  Hunter  pleads  "  not  guilty  " — submits  his  "  wo- 
ful  condition  "  to  the  Board's  consideration.  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  York.     Vol.  60,  p.  352.     26  folios. 

N.  B.     The   Original  letter  is  missing.     See   1710-11,  Feb.  9. 
The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey's  representation. 
[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  402.] 

May  21.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — the 
E.  of  Clarendon's  objections  against  the  New  Jersey  bill  are  ill- 
grounded — the  balance  in  the  treasurer's  hands  of  £999,  &c.,  was 
given  by  the  Assembly  to  Gov'r  Hunter  in  part  of  his  dues.  Origi- 
nal.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  1.     4  folios. 

See  1714-15,  Feb.  8.     Memorial  from  the  Earl  of  Clarendon. 

June  17.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  drafts 
of  instructions  to  Brig.  Hunter,  for  the  Governments  of  New  York 
and  New  Jersey.  [David  Lyell's  name  added  as  Councillor.]  Copy. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  16,  A.  a.  178.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  411.  For  notice  of  David  Lyell 
see  Contributions  to  Hist,  of  Perth-Amboy,  &c.,  p.  84.  The  Editor  has  a  minia- 
ture likeness  of  him  by  John  Watson.] 

June  24.  Whitehall.  Board  of  Trade  to  the  B'p  of  London — 
the  Indians  in  America  require  Protestant  missionaries — their  cliar- 
acter  ought  to  be  unspotted — extract  of  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  about 
a  missionary  in  the  Jerseys  is  sent;  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  301.     3  folios. 


94  EGBERT  HUI^TER    GOVERNOR.  [1715. 

[July  25.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
New  York  affairs — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  adjourned  until  af- 
ter harvest — the  Western  Division  of  New  Jersey  is  in  danger  of 
confusion  by  means  of  Mr.  Coxe — sends  a  paper  signed  by  several 
inhabitants  refusing  to  pay  taxes — also  sends  copy  of  a  presentment 
of  the  Grand  Jury  ag'st  those  who  refused  to  pay  taxes — all  the  op- 
position comes  from  the  New  England  settlers — Indian  (5  Nations) 
affairs — palatines — Acts  of  New  York — Mr.  Mompesson  is  dead — 
Gov'r  Hunter  appointed  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  be  Chief  Justice,  (of 
N.  York,)  and  recommended  George  Clarke  to  be  of  the  Council. 
Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  C.  3.  00  folios. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  41G.] 

'  ■  (July.)  Copy  of  a  j^aper  signed  by  34  of  the  inhabitants  of  New 
Jersey,  signifying  their  refusal  to  pay  Francis  Pagit,  acting  as  Con- 
stable, any  taxes  assessed  on  them  by  a  person  alleged  to  be  a  Bo- 
man  Catholic.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  3.  2 
folios.     Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

(July.)  Copy  of  a  presentment  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  Salem 
against  sevei'al  inhabitants  of  New  Jersey  for  refusing  to  obey 
Francis  Pagit,  the  Constable  appointed  to  collect  the  taxes  laid  by 
Act  of  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  ,New  Jersey.  Vol  2,  D.  4.  2 
folios.     Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

July  15.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Stanhope,  the  King's  Minister  at  the  Court  of  France,  to  make  and 
transmit  to  them  a  collection  of  the  best  Maps  in  America ;  few  can 
be  depended  upon  in  England.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
38,  p.  75.     Entry.     3  folios. 

August  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Ti'ade  to  the  King,  recommending  to  approve  an  Act  of  New  Jersey , 
entitled  "  An  Act  to  enable  Tho's  Gordon,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  this 
Province,  to  pay  the  sum  of  £999  13s.  3d.  towards  the  support  of  the 
Gov't,  &c."  Entry.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  13,  p. 
306.     2  folios. 

August  13.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— New  York  affairs — endeavors  to  put  an  end  to  the  Indian  war  in 
Carolina — received  Patents  for  the  Gov't  of  N.  Y.  and  N.  Jersey, 
and  is  surprised  to  hear  of  an  opposition  made  by  the  Coxes  to  their 
passing — Gov'r  Hunter  knows  nothing  about  Sam'l  and  Daniel  Coxe, 
but  Mr.  Sonmans  had  fled  from  persecution  "  for  having  carried  out 
of  the  Province  of  Jersey  and  embezzled  all  the  public  Records, 
which  were  seized  by  an  accident  at  Burlington,  &c." — Rev'd  Mr. 
Vcsey  labored  hard  to  injure  Gov'r  Hunter — recommends  Mr.  David 
Jamison,  David  Lyell,  and  John  Bainbridge,  to  be  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Col.  Quary,  Mr.  Mompesson,  and  Mr. 
Hall,  deceased — received  no  new  instructions — sends   Minutes  of 


1715.]  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.         "  95 

Council.     Original.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  York.     Vol.  17.     B.  b. 
15-16.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  Now  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  419.  For  notice  of  David 
Jamison,  see  Field's  Provincial  Courts,  p.  91,  «S:c.,  and  Contributions  to  East  Jer- 
sey History,  p.  38,  &c.] 

August  27.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  with  Spain — re- 
marks on  several  public  and  private  Acts  of  N.  Jersey  transmitted 
with  his  letter — the  tenures  of  laud  in  the  western  division  being  very 
doubtful,  an  Act  will  be  passed  the  next  session  "  for  ascertaining  and 
settling  the  property  of  lands" — Mr.  Sonmans,  now  in  England, 
alarms  the  people  of  New  Jersey  with  false  reports — the  Court  of 
Chancery  will  speedily  be  open  in  New  Jersey.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  9.     12  folios. 

August.  List  of  of  23  public  and  15  private  Acts  passed  by  the 
Gov'r,  Council,  and  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  Enclosed  in 
foregoing.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  10.     6  folios. 

August  31.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representa- 
tion from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  10th  August,  confirming  the 
Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  act  to  enable 
Tho's  Gordon,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of  this  Province,  to  pay  the  sum  of 
£999  13s.  3d.  towards  the  support  of  the  Government,  and  for  dis- 
charging the  said  Treasurer  thereof.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  8.    3  folios. 

October  7.  Copy  of  Mr.  Walpole's  Patent,  appointing  him 
Surveyor  and  Auditor  General  of  the  Plantations  in  America.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  408.     Copy,  28  folios. 

Oct.  10.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade- 
New  York  affairs — Col.  Nicholson's  incapacity  to  command  the  ex- 
pedition to  Canada — inconvenience  experienced  by  several  Acts 
passed  in  New  York  and"  New  Jersey — it  is  reported  that  B'p  of 
London  has  appointed  Rev'd  Mr.  Vesey  as  his  Commissary  in  New 
York — Gov'r  Hunter  hopes  that  Mr.  Talbot  will  be  appointed  His 
Lordship's  Commissary  in  New  Jersey,  and  Mr.  Phillips  for  Penn- 
sylvania— "  tho'  I  know  no  good  they  have  ever  done,  I  know  no 
great  hurt  they  can  do  at  present."  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  York.     Vol.  17,  B;  b.  3L     30  folios.        * 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  417.] 

Nov.  1.  Burlington.  Indictment  of  the  Grand  Jury  at  Bur- 
lington against  Chief  Justice  Jamison  for  having  enforced  the  Act 
7  &  8  W.  III.,  (that  the  Quakers'  affirmation  be  taken  instead  of  an 
oath,)  regardless  of  an  Act  passed  1st  Geo.  I.,  which  excludes  the 
Quakers  from  serving  on  any  jury — and  for  having  fined  i\Ir.  Basse 
in  £20  penalty  for  refusing  to  qualify  Quakers  without  oath.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.    New  Jersey.    Vol.  2,  D.  28.    Attested  Copy.    10  folios. 


96  EGBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  '"^[ITiS. 

Enclosed  in  1716,  April  30.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the 
Board  of  Trade. 

[See  Field's  Provincial  Courts,  p.  92 ;  and  as  to  Jamison  "  Contributions  to 
East  Jersey  History,"  p.  38  ;  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  478  ;  Woodrow's 
Cliurch  History,  III,  p.  348.] 

Nov.  1.  Burlington.  Indictment  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  New 
Jersey  against  Tho's  Gordon,  the  Att.  Gen'l  of  that  Province,  for 
having  spoken  disrespectful  words  about  the  Act  of  Parliament.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.   T.     N.  J.     Vol.   2,  D.  41.     Attested  Copy.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple,  June 
8th.  1716. 

Nov.  9.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Seer.  Popple — R'd 
Mr.  Vesey  arrived  at  Perth  Amboy  with  a  letter  from  the  B'p  of 
London  constituting  him  his  Commissary  "  in  these  parts,"  and  to 
enquire  into  the  truth  of  what  Gov'r  Hunter  wrote  about  Mr.  Talbot 
and  his  congregation — Mr.  Talbot,  Mr.  Vesey,  and  Mr.  Nicholson, 
concerted  measures  for  the  Governor's  utter  ruin — Mr.  Vesey's 
character  described.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  12.     5  folios. 

[This  letter,  from  its  being  among  the  New  Jersey  Papers,  seems  to  have 
escaped  the  attention  of  Mr.  Brodhead,  and  is  therefore  not  among  the  copies  of 
the  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  obtained  by  him.] 

Nov.  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — New  York  affairs — observations  on  the  inconve- 
niences of  some  Acts  passed  at  N.  York  and  N .  Jersey,  with  regard 
to  the  Act  of  the  Assembly  fixing  their  sessions  to  Burlington — 
Gov'r  Hunter  asks  the  Board  "  whether  an  instruction  from  His 
Majesty  may  not  be  sufficient  to  suspend  the  execution  of  that  Act," 
&c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  b.  35.  Original. 
(Extract  ab't  N.  Jersey.)     5  folios.     Entire  letter.     40  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  457.] 

Nov.  14.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — 
the  disappointment  in  the  manufacture  of  tar — Gov'r  Hunter  com- 
plains of  the  conduct  of  the  Rcv'd  Mr.  Vesey  and  Ilev'd  Mr.  Talbot 
— their  character — sends  two  extracts  of  Mr.  Talbot's  letter  as  a 
specimen  of  his  animosity  to  the  Gov'r — Vesey's  conduct  at  an  inter- 
view with  the  Gov'r.  Original.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  J.  Vol.  2, 
D.  13.     16  folios.     ■ 

[See  letter  from  Geo.  Clarke,  Seer,  of  New  York,  to  Secretary  Popple,  dated 
Nov,  15,  1715,  printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  464.J 

Dec.  14.  Burlington.  Indictment  of  the  Grand  Jury  at  Bur- 
lington against  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  President  of  the  Council,  for 
having  ordered  Mr.  Cha's  Weston,  Clerk  of  the  Court,  to  qualify 
Quakers  on  juries,  contrary  to  the  Act  of  Parliament,  passed  in  the 
1st  of  George  I.  [See  Dec.  22.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  29.     Attested  Copy.     6  folios. 


1715.]  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  97 

Dec.  22.  Burlington.  Minutes  of  Council  of  the  22d  Decem- 
ber, 1715,  containing  their  advice  that  Grov'r  Hunter  do  dissolve  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S  P.  O.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D. 
30.     Attested     Copy.     7  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  April  30th,  1716. 

1716. 

Jan.  28.  An  account  of  the  quantity  of  pitch,  tar  and  masts  im- 
ported from  His  Majesty's  Plantations  in  America,  from  1706  to 
1714.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K.  64.  Original. 
6  folios. 

March  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Hunter — several  of  his  letters  were  received — in  answer  to 
his  letter  of  the  13th  of  August,  the  Board  informs,  that  Mr.  Lyell 
had  already  been  put  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  in  his  new  in- 
structions, and  that  they  shall  recommend  either  Mr.  Wheeler  or 
Mr.  Bainbridge  to  supply  the  place  of  Mr.  Mompesson — Acts  that 
are  confirmed  cannot  be  set  aside,  but  another  Act  may  be  proposed 
to  amend  the  former — the  Board  heard  nothing  of  Mr.  Sonmans 
since  his  arrival  in  England — the  Act  to  enable  Tho's  Gordon  to 
pay  £099,  &c.,  is  confirmed — the  other  Acts  are  under  the  Board's 
consideration — as  to  Mr.  Vesey  and  Mr.  Talbot,  the  Board  will  en- 
deavor to  make  Gov'r  Hunter  "  easy"  in  that  matter.  Entry.  S. 
P.   0.,    B.   T.      New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  326.     9  folios. 

[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  pp.  471  &  473.  The  Board  requiring 
Gov'r  Hunter  to  write  upon  the  affairs  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey  in  separate 
despatches  ;  the  number  of  documents  referring  to  New  Jersey  in  the  printed  vol- 
umes of  the  New  York  papers,  &c.,  become  fewer  from  this  time  onward.] 

April  4.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Hunter's  Speech  to  the  House 
of  Representatives  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  met  at  Perth 
Amboy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  31.  Printed 
Copy.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  t'le  Board  of  Trade, 
April  20th,  1716. 

April  16.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Popple  to  Gov'r 
Hunter — the  Board  have  taken  such  measures  as  to  relieve  him  of 
Mr.  Vesoy  and  Mr.  Talbot's  business — the  Acts  of  New  Jersey,  and 
particularly  the  private  ones,  require  to  be  sent  to  the  Attorney  or 
Solicitor  General,  but  they  may  lay  there  for  ever  for  want  of  an 
Agent  to  pay  their  fees — the  same  case  with  respect  to  Councillors 
the  Board  may  recommend,  but  they  cannot  be  confirmed,  unless  the 
fees  in  the  Coujcil  and  Secretaries'  office  be  paid — hence  the  neces- 
sity of  having  an  Agent  for  each  Province.  Entry.  S.  P  0  B  T 
New  York.     Vol.  60,  p.  440.     4  folios.  .      •,     .     . 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  472.] 

7 


98  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1716 

April  30.  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  tlie  Board  of 
Trade — the  minds  of  the  common  people  of  New  Jersey  are  inflamed 
by  that  "  turbulent  man,  Coxe,"  assisted  by  "  the  furious  zeal  of  Mr. 
Talbot" — the  inconveniences  of  the  Act  for  the  Assembly's  constant 
sitting  at  Burlington — not  safe  to  hold  either  Assembly  or  Courts  at 
Burlington — the  Grand  Jury  there  indicted  the  Chief  Justice,  the 
Presid't  of  the  Council,  and  the  Att.  Gen'l,  for  doing  their  duty — 
by  the  advice  of  the  Council  Gpv'r  Hunter  dissolved  the  new  As- 
sembly for  their  ill-practices — the  new  Assembly  is  something  better, 
the  Quakers  having  carried  the  election  at  Burlington  ag'st  Mr. 
Coxe — they  met  at  Amboy — Mr.  Coxe  struggled  against  it,  and 
carried  an  address  to  remove  the  Assembly  to  Burlington — Gov't 
Hunter,  in  pursuance  of  his  new  instructions,  could  not  give  his  con- 
sent to  the  removal — Mr.  Coxe's  conduct  in  the  Assembly — his  ob- 
jection to  pay  taxes  followed  by  others,  but  was  distrained,  and  his 
goods  sold — the  Assembly,  met  now  at  Amboy,  elected  Mr.  Coxe  their 
Speaker — the  Gov't's  Speech — remonstrance  about  the  separate 
Goveru't — further  acc't  about  Mr.  Coxe — Quakers,  the  only  friends 
of  the  Government,  cannot  serve  on  juries  in  criminal  cases — Mr. 
Coxe  and  his  party  are  assisted  by  the  advices  "  and  arts  of  that 
vilest  of  prostitutes,  Basse,"  &c. — Gov'r  Hunter  desires  the  law  ab't 
Quakers'  affirmation  may  be  confirmed — observations  on  some  Acts  of 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  27.  Orig'l. 
30  folios.  Enclosures.  1715,  Nov.  1.  Indictment  ag'st  the  Chief 
Justice  Jamison.  1715,  Dec.  14.  Indictment  ag'st  the  President 
of  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey.  1715,  Dec.  22.  Minutes  of  the  N. 
Jersey  Council.  1716,  April  4.  Gov'r  Hunter's  Speech  to  the  As- 
sembly. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  40i  ;  Gordon's  New  Jersey,  p.  90.] 

May  1.  .(Amboy.)  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Popple,  enclosing  two  papers  or  ''  preachments"  of  the  Quakers  at 
the  late  election,  relating  chiefly  to  the  diflferences  existing  between 
the  Gov'r  and  Mr.  Coxe.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2, 
D.  26.     Originals.     14  folios. 

1716. 

May  19.  (Perth  Amboy.)  Gov'r  Hunter's  Speech  to  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  desiring  them  to  oblige  their  absent  fellow- 
members  to  attend  the  meetings.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  34.     Copy.     3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
June  6th,  1716. 

May  23.  Perth  Amboy.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  recapitulating  the  conduct  of  Mr.  Coxe,  and 
informing  him  of  his  expulsion  from  the  House.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T, 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  36.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letters  from  Gov'r  Huutor  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of 
June  6th,  1716,  Feb.  13th,  1716-7,  and  31  ay  24th,  1717. 


1716.]  robei;t  hunter  governor.  99 

May  25.  Perth  Amboy.  A  Congratulatory  Address  of  the 
Council  and  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  to  the  King  upon  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  Scotch  Kebellion.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  35.     Copy.     6  folios.     Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

May  29.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer, 
Popple — Mr.  Coxe  and  his  friends  are  expelled  the  House — the  new 
election  will  go  easy  and  well  "  in  spite  of  Talbot  and  his  Church, 
his  champion  and  his  Bishop."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Voh 
2,  D.  32.     Original.     1  folio. 

May  29.  New  York.  Letter  trom  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Am- 
brose Philips  (his  Agent) — Coxe  and  his  party  expelled  the  House 
of  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey — Talbot  and  the  Church  support  Coxe — 
Talbot  must  be  got  rid  of — Mr.  Philips  will  be  well  rewarded  for 
taking  trouble  in  the  New  Jersey  aifairs — Mr.  Gooking,  L't  Gov'r 
of  Penu'a,  is  going  home  "  Coxe's  Embassador  Extraordinary" — Mr. 
Philips  is  desired  to  "  watch  him."  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  32.     Original.     4  folios. 

June  6.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Mi\  Coxe  and  his  party  are  expelled  the  House  of  As- 
sembly in  N.  Jersey — Mr.  Coxe  is  in  Bristol,  in  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  party,  headed  by  the  Kev'd  Mr.  Talbot,  meet  him — recapitula- 
tion of  the  causes  which  induced  the  Assembly  to  expel  Mr.  Coxe 
and  his  party — the  affairs  of  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  38.     Originah     9  folios. 

Enclosing  Papers  of  1716,  May  19  ;  1716,  May  25  ;  1716,  May  23. 

June  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple — Coxe  and  his  party — subscription  is  being  raised  for  Coxe 
and  Talbot  to  go  over  to  England— Gov'r  Hunter  doubts  Coxe's  going 
over — sends  the  indictment  ag'st  the  Att.  Gen'l  of  N.  J.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  40.     Original.     1  folio. 

Enclosure.  Indictment  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  N.  Jersey,  against 
Tho's  Gordon,  the  Att.  Gen'l  of  that  Province.     Nov.  1,  1715. 

June  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Secre- 
tary Popple,  transmitting  Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  2,  D.  42.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  7.  Philadelphia.  Copy  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Coxe  to  Capt. 
Allison  at  Burlington — Mr.  Soumans  and  Mr.  Street  urge  the  neces- 
sity of  making  "  a  regular  complaint  against  (their)  oppressor" — 
*'  they  both  declare  'twill  cost  much  more  money  to  solicit  the  affaire 
now  than  it  would  if  the  affaire  had  not  been  starved  before" — good 
affidavits  are  necessary,  certificates  will  do  no  good — directions  how 
to  proceed,  and  what  documents  to  be  obtained.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  14.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letters  from  Gov'r  Hunter  of  Nov.  16,  1716,  and 
Feb.  13,  1716-17. 


100  ROBERT  HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1716. 

Oct.  2.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — after  Mr.  Coxe's  expulsion  from  the  Assembly,  subscrip- 
tion was  raised — Mr.  Coxe,  with  one  Bustall,  "  a  very  mean  wretch," 
embarked  for  England — Mr.  Coxe  carries  some  papers  with  him, 
which  Gov'r  Hunter  is  ready  to  answer — a  proclamation  issued  for 
the  Assembly's  meeting  at  Burlington — sends  an  Act  of  New  Jersey 
to  enforce  the  payment  of  the  Taxes,  and  the  Minutes  of  Assembly — 
Le  will  send  the  Treasurer's  accounts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  4{.     Original.     9  folios. 

[Oct.  8.  Gov'r  Robert  Hnnter  to  George  Willocks  at  Amboy 
— his  house  wanted  by  Mr.  Morris  for  Ensign  Hooper — a  set  of 
wheels  to  be  ordered  from  Woodbridge  for  hio  chaise — to  meet  the 
Council  at  Burlington  next  month.     Original.     Rutherford  MSS.] 

Nov.  1.  London.  Letter  from  Samuel  Bustall  to  his  wife — de- 
scribes the  voyage  from  N.  Jersey  to  England — the  progress  that 
Mr.  Coxe,  &c.,  have  made  in  the  business  against  Gov'r  Hunter — 
Lord  Chancellor  and  Lord  Townshend  favour  them — Mr.  Coxe's 
connections — change  in  Mr.  Soumans'  affairs — their  chief  object  is 
to  obtain  a  separate  Government.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  63.     Copy.     10  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  Phillips  to  Seer.  Popple,  July 
4,  1717. 

Nov.  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — New  York  affairs — the  small-pox  raging  at  Burlington, 
be  is  advised  to  adjourn  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — the  Bills  of 
Credit  in  the  Jerseys  expire,  but  the  taxes  to  sink  them  are  not  yet 
paid,  owing  to  the  bad  example  of  Mr.  Coxe  and  his  party.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  b.  7L  Original.  (J  folios. 
[Printed  in  New^York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  481.] 

Nov.  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Secre- 
tary Popple — sends  copy  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  Coxe  to  Capt.  Alli- 
son, (forwarded  to  him  in  the  original  by  the  Chief  Justice  at  Bur- 
lington,) in  order  that  it  may  be  laid  before  the  Board.  Original. 
(See  July  7,  1716.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  1>.  11. 
1  folio. 

[Nov.  27.  A  project  by  William  Pinhorne  to  raise  twenty 
thousand  pounds,  by  paper  bills  of  credit,  for  the  encouragement  of 
trade — "  a  true  copy  per  me,  T.  Arents."     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Nov  27.  Gov'r  Hunter's  Speech  to  the  House  of  Assembly  at 
New  Jersey — their  address  and  his  answer  thereto.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  57-8.     Printed  Broadside.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  of  1717,  May  24, 

[This  Assembly  met  at  Crosswicks,  in  consequence  of  the  prevalence  of  small- 
pox at  Burlington.     Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  408.] 


1717.]  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  101 

1T16--17. 

Jan.  11.  Wliitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Methuen,  enclosing  copies  of  letters  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to 
Seer.  Popple  of  IGtli  November,  1716,  and  from  Mr.  Cnxe  to  Capt. 
Allison  of  7tli  July,  1716,  in  order  to  show  what  indirect  measures 
are  taken  to  make  uneasy  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations.  Entry. 
S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  332.     1  folio. 

Jan.  21.  Affirmation  of  John  Wills,  to  the  effect  that  Gov'r 
Hunter  settled  the  dispute  between  John  Wetherill  and  an  Indian 
(N.  Jersey)  Chief  about  some  land  fraudulently  obtained,  by  order- 
ing the  s'd  Wetherill  to  deliver  up  the  deed  of  sale — (John  Wills 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Burlington.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  49.     Copy.     15  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  of  Gov'r  Hunter  of  1716-17,  Feb.  13. 

r  '-Jan.  22 — 25.  Burlington.  Examinations  of  Thomas  Wetherill 
and  John  Kay  about  the  transaction  between  John  Wetherill  and  an 
Indian  Chief,  and  that  Gov'r  Hunter  ordered  the  said  John  Wether- 
ill to  deliver  up  to  the  Indian  Chief  the  deed  of  sale  of  some  land 
fraudulently  obtained.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D. 
49.     Copies.     10  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  of  Gov'r  Hunter's  of  1716-17,  Feb.  13. 

Jan.  25 — 26.  Chesterfield.  List  of  16  Acts  of  Assembly 
passed  in  New  Jersey  the  25th  and  26th  of  January,  1716-17.  S. 
P.   0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  47.     Draft,     8  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  of  Gov'r  Hunter's  of  1716-17,  Feb.  13  and 
1717,  May  24. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  408.] 

'  Jan.  29.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Methuen  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  requesting,  for  the  King's  information,  an  account  of  the  naval 
stores  furnished  by  the  Plantations  in  America,  and  the  encourage- 
ments necessary  to  be  given  to  procure  greater  supplies.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  71.     Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  6,  New  York.  Certificate  of  George  Clarke  about  some 
timber  cut  for  the  Canada  Expedition,  belonging  to  one  Hartshorn 
at  Sandy  Hook,  and  that  a  reasonable  price  was  oifered  for  it.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  J).  50.     Orig'l.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Feb.  13,  1716-17. 

[Feb.  12.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  George  Willocks — had 
informed  the  ministry  that  by  one  who  had  it  from  Mr.  T  [albot,] 
and  one  of  credit,  too,  he  had  notice  of  designs,  [against  the  Quakers] 
which  he,  Mr.  T.,  had  prevented  the  execution  of — if  Talbot  does 
not  renounce  what  he  said,  hopes  that  Willocks  will  give  his  oath  as 
to  what  he  (Willocks)  had  communicated  to  him  (Hunter.)  See 
May  20th,  1717.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 


102  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1717 

[Feb.  13.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  George  Willoclrs,  refer- 
ring to  a  petition  praying  for  the  revocation  of  letters  of  administra- 
tion granted  to  Willocks  on  the  estate  of  sous  of  John  Palmer — 
petition  enclosed — "  It  is  time  I  were  on  the  other  side,  [of  the  At- 
lantic,] being  so  ill-us'd  by  almost  all  on  this  side  whom  I  have 
oblig'd  ;  but  be  on  what  side  I  will,  they  may  live  to  repent,  which 
is  all  the  harm  I  wish  them."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Feb.  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — had  "  a  very  happy  session  of  Assembly"  at  New  Jersey 
— sends  copies  of  his  Speech  and  the  Assembly's  Address  [neither  of 
them  are  with  the  letter] — also  a  list  of  16  Acts  passed  during  the 
session — observations  upon  some  of  the  Acts — Mr.  Talbot  gave  Gov'r 
Hunter  some  faint  light  towards  the  discovery  of  a  plot — Gov'r 
Hunter  forgiven  all  those  that  have  submitted — the  New  Jersey  is  now 
a  quiet  Province — sends  some  papers  to  bear  him  out  against  some 
accusations— the  public  service  will  prevent  his  availing  himself  of 
the  license  (leave  of  absence.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  45.     Original.     14  folios. 

(Enclosures.)  1716,  July  7.  Letter  from  Mr.  Coxe  to  Capt. 
Allison.  1716-17,  Jan.  22  &  25.  Examinations  of  Wetherill  and 
Kay.  1716-17,  Jan.  25  &  26.  List  of  16  Acts  of  New  Jersey. 
1716-17,  Jan.  21.  Affirmation  of  John  Wills.  1716-17,  Feb.  6. 
Certificate  of  George  Clarke.  1716,  May  23.  Address  of  the  As- 
sembly of  N.  Jersey  to  Gov'r  Hunter. 

March  18.  Memorial  of  William  Bird,  Esq.,  concerning  the 
propagation  of  Hemp  and  other  Naval  Stores  in  His  Majesty's  Planta- 
tions in  America,  humbly  offered  to  the  Lords  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  100.     Entry.     17  folios. 

March  18.  Representation  of  Thomas  Coram  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  transmitting,  in  accordance  with  their  Lordships'  commands, 
bis  ideas  relative  to  a  supply  of  hemp  and  ii-on  from  the  Plantations 
in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K.  83.  Orig'l. 
12  folios. 

April  3.  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Willocks  to  Gov'r  Hunter 
— finds  Mr.  Talbot  scrupulous  to  discover  the  names  of  those  that 
•were  concerned  in  the  "  wicked  design" — he  hopes  to  prevail  upon 
him  to  make  a  further  discovery.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  75.     Copy.     1  folio. 

Enclosed  in  1717,  May  23. 

[For  information  relative  to  Mr.  "ffillocks,  see  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey 
History,"  p.  80.] 

April  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Talbot  to  Gov'r 
Hunter — offering  an  excuse  for  not  being  sooner  with  the  Governor, 
but  in  the  course  of  few  days  he  will  come  to  New  York.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  62.     Copy.     2  folios. 


17J7.]  ROBERT   HUNTER  GOVPJRNOR.  103 

Enclosed  in  1717,  May  24.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter;  and 
1717,  May  23.     Memorial  from  Mr.  Philips. 

April  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — sends  16  Acts  passed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey — that  Province  enjoys  more  franquillity  than  before 
— Mr.  Coxe's  accomplices  are  ashamed  of  him — if  Coxe,  Mullford, 
and  Sonmans  are  away,  the  people  of  N.  Jersey  would  be  "  easier" — 
Mr.  Talbot  is  come  to  Amboy — he  is  unwilling  to  be  informer,  but 
will  not  decline  being  an  evidence.  S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  52.     Original.     9  folios. 

May  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Boai'd  of 
Trade — Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey  transmitted — nothing  was 
heard  of  Coxe,  Sonmans,  and  Mullford,  and  their  business — the  want 
of  a  guard  ship — two  Pirates  are  on  the  coast.  Original.  S.  P.  0., 
B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  15.     4  folios. 

May  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Seer.  Pop- 
ple— cannot  use  his  leave  of  absence  for  fear  of  causing  dissensions  in 
New  Jei'sey — Mr.  Coxe  wrote  to  his  friends  that  New  Jersey  is  to 
be  a  separate  Government — Hunt,  the  murderer  of  the  High  Sheriff 
of  Salem  county,  confessed  that  one  inducement  to  commit  the  deed 
was,  that  he  was  made  to  believe  that  Col.  Coxe  was  to  be  the  Gov'r 
of  the  Province— insists  upon  Coxe,  Sonmans,  Mullford,  and  Huddy 
being  prosecuted — leaves  that  business  in  the  hands  of  his  Agents. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  17,  B.  b.  53.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  482.] 

May  IG.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governor  of  the  Plantations — no  illegal  trade  to  be  carried  on 
between  their  several  Colonies  and  the  French  Settlements  in 
America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  113.  En- 
try.    6  folios. 

[May  20.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  George  Willocks — had 
received  a  copy  of  a  "most  villainous  and  groundless  complaint  pre- 
ferred to  the  King  in  Council  by  Coxe" — it  had  been  referred  to  the 
Lords  of  Appeal — ^to  prevent  the  necessity  of  going  to  England,  will 
require  the  good  offices  of  his  friends — Willocks  to  obtain  the  testi- 
mony of  [Rev'd  Mr.]  Talbot  in  relation  to  some  of  the  matters.  See 
to  John  Barclay,  same  date.]     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[May  20.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  "  John  Barclay,  one  of 
the  Justices  of  Perth  Amboy,"  sending  a  draft  of  an  affidavit  to  be 
sworn  to  by  George  Willocks,  relative  to  what  he  had  been  told  by 
Mr.  Talbot  of  threats  uttered  against  the  Quakers  at  Burlington,  at 
the  time  of  election,  to  burn  their  meeting  house  and  dwellings,  which 
he  had  prevented  being  carried  into  execution.  Original,  lluther- 
furd  MS  S.J 

May  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Affidavit  of  George  Willocks  of 
Perth  Amboy  about   the   conduct  of  Mr.    Talbot,  shewing  his  weak- 


104  EOBF.RT   HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  [1717. 

ness  towards  Mr.  Coxe  and   Mr.  Basse's  persuasions.      S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.    New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  60.     Copy.     10  folios. 
Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  of  1717,  May  24. 
[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  483.] 

May  23.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Philips,  Agent  for  New  York,  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  relating  to  complaints  against  Gov'r  Hunter, 
and  enclosing  copies  of  letters  from  Mr.  Talbot  and  Mr.  Willocks 
about  the  designs  of  his  accusers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  75.      Original.     2  folios. 

Enclosing  (1717,)  April  3,  Letters  from  Mr.  Talbot  and  Mr. 
Willocks  to  Gov'r  Hunter. 

May  24.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Seer. 
Popple — received  copy  of  Mr.  Coxe's  complaint,  which  he  will  com- 
municate to  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  before  giving  an  answer  to 
it — observation  on  Mr.  Coxe's  conduct — Mr.  Talbot's  repentance — 
one  Hunt  killed  the  High  Sheriff  of  Gloucester,  upon  hearing  that 
Mr.  Coxe  was  going  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey — Clement's  recanta- 
tion— Gov'r  Hunter  does  not  dare  to  use  his  "  License  "  (leave  of 
absence)  for  fear  of  disorders  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  56.     Original.     11  folios. 

Enclosures.  1716-17  Jan.  22  and  25.  Examinations  of  "Weth- 
erill  and  Kay.  1716,  Nov.  27.  Gov'r  Hunter's  speech  to  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey.  1717,  May  21.  Affidavit  of  George  Wil- 
locks.    (1717,)  April  8.     Letter  from  Mr.  Talbot  to  Gov'r  Hunter. 

May  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Minute  of  Council  of  New  Jersey 
upon  a  petition  of  several  traders,  &c.  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King, 
containing  articles  of  complaint  against  Gov'r  Hunter,  for  his  arbi- 
trary and  illegal  proceedings  in  the  government  of  that  Province, 
bearing  51  signatures — the  Council  giving  their  opinion  that  the  pe- 
titioners "  for  the  most  part  are  the  lowest  and  meanest  of  the  people 
of  this  Province  "— "  influenced  by  Mr.  Coxe."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  1).  55.     Copy.     23  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  despatch  following. 

May  27.  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor  Hunter  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Popple,  enclosing  minutes  of  Council  upon  a  petition  of 
several  traders,  &c.  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  containing  articles 
of  complaint  against  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2, 
D.  55.     Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing. 

July  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Seer. 
Addison — enclosing  an  extract  of  Gov'r  Hunter's  letter  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple,  of  13  May,  1717,  relating  to  the  ill  practices  made  use  of  to 
keep  up  disorders  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  13,  p.  835.     Entry.     1  folio. 

July  4.     Letter   from   Mr.   Philips  (agent   for  N.  Y.)  to   (Seer. 


1717.]  EGBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  105 

Popple,)  enclosing  copy  of  Mr.  Bustall's  letter,  of  Nov.  1,'1716, 
which  is  to  be  added  to  the  papei's  given  to  [Mr.  Popple,]  in  vindi- 
cation of  Gov'r  Hunter.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2, 
D.  6.8.     Original.     1  folio. 

Enclosing   letter  from  Samuel  Bustall  to  his  wife,  Nov.  1,  1716. 

July  27.  New  York.'  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Phil- 
ips, agent  of  New  York,  communicating  to  him  his  answers  to  the 
several  complaints  contained  in  the  petition  of  the  inhabitants,  &c., 
of  New  Jersey,  (see  1716,  May  25,)  and  desiring  the  same  to  be 
laid  before  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
13,  p.  396.     Entry.     60  folios.' 

Enclosing  copies  of  several  affidavits,  petitions,  addresses,  letters, 
&c.,  bearing  dates  1716  and  1717,  being  papers  of  proofs  to  Gov'r 
Hunter's  answer  to  complaints.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  65,  66,  67  and  68.     About  600  folios. 

(July.)  Letter  fro.n  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Indians  at  Albany — having  received  Mr.  Coxe's  complaints  against 
him,  he  has  sent  a  satisfactory  answer — all  the  divisions  in  New 
Jersey  are  owing  to  Mr.  Coxe.  S.  P.  C,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol. 
17,  B.  b.  76.    Original.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  K  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  483.] 

Aug.  13.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Seer.  Popple — Mr. 
Huddy  and  Mr.  Parker,  two  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  are  dead ; 
Mr.  Byerly  is  a  little  better,  and  Mr.  Deacon,  through  age,  unable 
to  attend — recommends  Mr.  Peter  Fretwell  and  Mr.  John  Wells  in 
the  Western  Division,  and  John  Read  in  the  [Eastern]  for  Council- 
lors. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  18-19,  2.  Orig- 
inal.    2  folios. 

[See  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  129,  for  Mr.  Parker's  character.] 

Aug.  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Addison  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  communicating  the  King's  satisfaction  with  the  con- 
duct of  Brigadier  Hunter,  in  the  government  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  18.     Original.     2  folios.  , 

Aug.  24.  Affidavit  of  John  Drummy,  of  New  York,  merchant, 
relating  to  some  letters  of  Mr.  Coxe  and  others  against  Col.  Hunter, 
the  copies  of  which  are  herewith  enclosed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  77.     Attested  copies.     36  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  Philips  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple,  Feb. 
11,  1717-18. 

Sept.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Hunter— the  King  is  very  well  pleased  with  his  conduct,  as  he  will 
perceive  by  the  enclosed  letter  of  Mr.  Addison  to  the  Board,  of  the 
22d  Aug.  'last,  which  the  Gov'r  Hunter  is  to  publish.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  337.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Sept.  18.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 


106  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1717. 

Seer.  Addison,  with  the  draft  of  additional  instructions  for  the 
passing  of  Acts  in  the  Plantations  in  America,  that  may  affect  the 
trade  and  shipping  of  England.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
38,  p.  134.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Sept.  2S.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple — Coxe,  Bustall,  Mulford  and  Sonmans  to  be  discountenanced 
at  home — New  York  affairs — Mr.  Huddy  and  Mr.  Parker  of  the  N. 
Jersey  Council  are  dead — Mr.  Peter  Fretwell  and  Mr.  John  Parker 
are  recommended  to  fill  the  vacancies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  2,  D.  39.     Original.     4  folios. 

[For  John  Parker  sec  Contributions  to  East  Jei-sey  History,  pp.  129,  130.] 

Oct.  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  requiring  to  send  them  distinct  accounts 
of  the  revenue  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol  38,  p.  139.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Oct.  8.  Hampton  Court.  Draft  of  a  warrant  to  the  Gov'r  of 
New  Jersey  for  using  the  new  Seal  of  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  jersey.     Vol  13,  p.  338.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Oct.  11.  Whitehall  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Gov'r  Hunter,  transmitting  the  additional  instructions,  warrant 
and  seal  for  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38, 
p.  141.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Oct.  10.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Addison  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  transmitting  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors  in 
America,  not  to  pass  Acts  which  in  any  way  affect  the  trade  or  ship- 
ping of  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p. 
140.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Nov.  9.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple — having  instructed  Mr.  Philips  in  the  affairs  of  New  Jersey, 
he  did  not  write  to  the  Board — it  is  hoped  that  the  Board  will  put 
a  stop  to  the  seditious  practices  of  Mr.  Coxe — Elisha  Parker  and 
John  Reading,  two  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  are  dead,  aud  Mr. 
John  Parker  and  Mr.  Peter  Fretwell  are  recommended  in  their 
places — the  inefficiency  of  the  N.  Jer&ey  Council,  some  ill  and  su- 
perannuated, some  non-resident — New  York  affairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B,  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  71.     Original.     5  folios. 

Nov.  14.  Report  of  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  on  certain  queries  relative  to  the  proclamation  is- 
sued in  America  concerning  pirates.  S.  P.  0.  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol  9,  K.  113.     Original     9  folios. 

Nov.  21.  Vfhitehall  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Mr.  John  Parker,  Mr.  Peter  Fretwell 
and  Mr.  John  Wells  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  340.     Entry.     2  folios. 


1717.]  ROBERT   HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  107 

Nov.  22.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple — New  York  affairs — Mr.  Mulford  has  sent  over  some  blank 
petitions  to  be  signed  in  the  Province — Gov'r  Hunter  complains  of 
"  the  uneasiness  on  the  other  side,"  after  he  has  made  the  Provinces 
and  himself  "  easy."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  b. 
99.     Original.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  494.] 

Nov.  27.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  21  of  Nov.,  appointing  John  Park- 
er, Peter  Fretwell  and  John  Wells,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  New  Jersey 
Council.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  2,  D.  74.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Dec.  5.  Whitehall.  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  William  Thomson, 
the  Solicitor  General,  for  his  opinion  upon  an  Act  passed  in  New 
Jersey  in  Jan.,  1716,  to  repeal  "  An  Act  for  the  ascertaining  the 
place  of  the  sitting  of  the  Representatives  to  meet  in  General  As- 
sembly."    S.  P.  0.,B.  T.    N.J.     Vol.  13,  p.  417.    Entry.    2  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Letter  from  Sir  Wm.  Thomson,  the  Sol.  Gen'l,  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Popple,  giving  his  opinion  in  favor  of  the  Act  passed  in  New 
Jersey  in  Jan.,  1716,  to  repeal  "  An  Act  for  the  ascertaining  the 
place  of  the  sitting  of  the  Representatives  to  meet  in  General  As- 
sembly."    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  2,  D.  69.     Orig'L     2  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  Wm. 
Thomson,  the  Solic.  General,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  the  following 
Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1713  :  "  An  Act  to  lay  a  duty  upon 
wheat  exported,  &.c."  "  An  Act  that  the  solemn  affirmation,  &c.  of 
Quakers  shall  be  accepted,  &c."  "  An  Act,  &c.,  for  establishing 
fees,  &c."  In  1716-17,  "  An  Act  for  the  better  inforcinjr  an  ordi- 
nance of,  &c.,  Gov'r  Hunter,  &c..  for  the  further  establishing  fees, 
&c."     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol  13,  p.  419.     Entry.     3  folios. 

See  1717,  Dec.  19.     Letter  from  Sir  Wm.  Thomson. 

Dec.  11.  Whiteliall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  th^  approval  of  the  Act  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  in  Jan.  1715-16,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  repeal  a  former  Act, 
&c.,  for  the  ascertaining  the  place  of  the  sitting  of  the  Representa- 
tives to  meet  in  General  Assembly."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  13,  p.  420.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  19.  Letter  from  Sir  Wm.  Thomson  to  the  Solic.  Gen'l,  to 
Mr.  Seer.  Popple,  in  answer  to  his  of  10  Dec,  objecting  to  the  Acts 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1713,  for  establishing  fees,  and  for  accept- 
ing the  Quakers'  solemn  obligation  instead  of  an  oath,  and  giving  his 
opinion  in  favour  of  the  Act  of  laying  the  duties  on  wheat  exported 
— and  the  Act  to  enforce  the  ordinance  for  establishing  fees.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  70.     Original.     3  folios. 

Dec.  31.  Memorial  from  Mr.  James  Smith,  Secretary  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — the  late  Acts 


108  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1717. 

passed  in  New  Jersey  reduced  the  fees  and  profits  of  the  Secretary's 
office,  so  that  it  was  not  possible  for  any  one  to  subsist  on  them.     S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  73.     Original.     4  folios. 
171T--1§. 

Jan.  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Tra.de 
to  tlie  King  in  Council — recommending  the  confirmation  of  the  Act 
of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  1713,  that  a  solemn  aiRrma- 
tion  of  the  Quakers  be  received  instead  of  an  oath,  as  the  Gov'r  of 
that  Province  represented  the  necessity  of  it.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  426.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Jan.  30.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
present  the  names  of  persons  fit  to  execute  the  commissions  for  try- 
ing pirates  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K. 
118.     Original.     3  folios. 

Feb.  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Hunter — acknowledgment  of  several  of  his  letters — the  Board 
congratulates  Gov'r  Hunter  upon  the  peaceable  condition  of  New 
Jersey — he  need  not  be  apprehensive  of  any  attempts  of  his  adver- 
saries— Mr.  Philips  laid  before  the  Board  the  papers  in  answer  to 
the  accusations,  which  are  very  satisfactory — the  King  approved  of 
the  persons  recommended  by  him  for  the  Council  of  New  Jersey 
— directions  to  be  given  to  the  proper  oflicers  to  make  out  an  account 
of  the  imports  from  the  Madeiras  and  Western  Islands,  for  three 
years  past — methods  to  be  devised  to  prevent  the  French  from  in- 
juring the  Plantation  trade — the  Board  desire  to  know  why  Col.  In- 
goldesby  had  no  authority  to  pass  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  N.  Jer- 
sey— Mr.  Coxe's  and  Mr.  Joyce's  letters  are  forwarded  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Addison.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  J.    Vol.  13,  p.  428.     Entry.    15  f  )lios. 

[For  Hunter's  nnswer  to  the  inquiry  relative  to  Ingoldesby,  see  New  York  Col. 
Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  508.] 

Feb.  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  names  of  persons  appointed  Commissioners  for 
trying  pirates  in  America,  (i.  e.  for  New  York,  East  and  West  New 
Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and  Connecticut.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  174.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Feb.  11.  Letter  from  Mr.  Philips,  agent  for  New  York,  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Popple,  ofi"eriug  further  proofs  of  the  unjustifiable  treatment 
of  Gov'r  Hunter  by  his  adversaries,  and  encloses  an  aflUdavit  for  that 
purpose.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  2,  D.  76.     Original.    5  folios. 

Enclosing  1717,  Aug.  24.     Mr.  John  Drummy's  affidavit. 

Feb.  13.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  the  representa- 
tions from  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  11  Dec.  1717,  and  27  Jan., 
1717-18,  confirming  two  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  March,  1713, 
and  Jan.,  1715-16.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  78. 
Copy.     6  folios- 


1718.]  ROBERT  HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  109 

March  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  "of  Trade 
to  Gov'r  Hunter — to  endeavour  to  pass  an  Act  in  the  Provinces  un- 
der his  government  to  prevent  the  adulteration  of  pitch  and  tar  in 
the  Plantations,  as  no  premium  will  be  allowed  unless  the  article  is 
saleable.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  195.  Entry. 
3  folios. 

March  16.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  a  petition  of  several  inhabitants  and  traders  of  New  Jersey 
to  tlie  King,  against  an  Act  of  that  Province  concerning  the  solemn 
affirmation  of  Quakers,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  79.     Attested  copy.     3  folios.     (Without  the  enclosure.) 

Enclosing  the  following. 

Petition  of  the  several  inhabitants,  &c.,  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
King,  praying  that  the  Act  passed  in  that  Province,  that  the  solemn 
affirmation  and  declaration  of  the  people  called  Quakers,  shall  be  ac- 
cepted instead  of  an  oath,  &c.,  be  not  confirmed.  (The  petition 
bears  eleven  signatures ;  to  each  of  them  a  note  in  pencil  is  attached, 
stating  their  places  of  residence,  profession,  &c.,  one  of  the  petition- 
ers being  a  "  Jew.")  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  79. 
Attested  copy.     11  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

March  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Hunter,  enclosing  the  Order  of  Council,  of  13  Feb.,  1717-18, 
confirming  two  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  March,  1713,  and  Jan. 
1715-16.  S.  P-0.,B.  T.  N.J.  Vol.  13,  p.  438.  Entry.  1  folio. 
1T18. 

April  19.  Amboy.  Gov'r  Hunter's  speech  to  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey — recommending  them  to  grant  supplies — to  advance  the 
trade — the  Assembly  of  New  York  appointed  Commissioners  to  run 
a  division  line  to  act  in  conjunction  of  the  Commissioners  that  shall 
be  appointed  in  N.  Jersey — to  which  speech  is  added  [without  date] 
the  Gov'r's  message,  much  of  the  same  tenor.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  81.     Copies.     8  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
May  3,  1718. 

(April  20.)  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  Gov'r 
Hunter,  promising  to  grant  the  necessary  supplies,  and  prajaiig  to 
adjourn  the  House  till  the  fall  or  the  winter  season.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  82.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  next. 

[See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  411.] 

May  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — every  thing  in  New  Jersey  continues  to  bo  "  easy" — owing  to 
the  harvest  the  Assembly  was  adjourned  until  the  fall  of  the  year — 
encloses  his  Speech  and  the  Assembly's  Address — Gov'r  Hunter  was 


110  ROBERT   HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  [1718. 

obliged  to  nominate  four  Councillors,  John  Johnstone,  John  Parker, 
Peter  Fretwell,  and  John  Hugg,  Esq^rs. — desires  their  confirmation. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  80.     Original.     3  folios. 
Enclosing  the  two  foregoing. 

June  18.  "Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  in  reply  to  the  Order  of  Council  of  the  16th  March, 
1717-8 — the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  New  Jersey  against  the 
Act  passed  in  that  Province  for  allowing  the  affirmation  of  the 
Quakers  to  be  accepted  instead  of  the  oath,  the  Board  had  under 
their  consideration — the  Act  passed  in  1713,  and  no  complaint  was 
made  until  now,  and  it  was  after  the  Royal  confirmation  was  sent 
over  to  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Voh  13, 
p.  440.     Entry.     6  folios. 

July  1.  Kensington.  Order  in  Council  directing  one  of  the 
Secretaries  of  State  to  have  warrants  prepared  for  the  King's  signa- 
ture granting  commissions  to  the  Governors  in  America  for  pardon- 
ing pirates.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  9,  K.  12'J.  At- 
tested Copy.     4  folios. 

July  3.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Craggs  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — the  Commissions  for  pardoning  pirates  to  be  sent  to  the 
Plantations  before  those  for  trying  pirates — wishes  to  know  to  which 
Governor  they  are  to  be  sent.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol  38,  p.  198.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  4.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Craggs,  naming  the  Governors  to  whom  the  Commissions  for  pardon- 
ing pirates  should  be  sent,  which  are  nevertheless  to  include  all 
the  Plantations.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  199. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

July  4.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Mr.  Hugg,  to  be  confirmed  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  13,  p. 
443.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  7.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — received  new  Seals — the  old  one  of  N.  Y.  broke  in  Coun- 
cil— the  next  day  Gov'r  Hunter  will  go  to  New  Jersey  and  do  the 
gaine — the  King's  nomination  of  John  Parker,  Peter  Fretwell,  and 
John  Wells  received — the  same  favour  is  requested  for  John  John- 
ston. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  b.  141.  Orig'l. 
2  folios. 

July  11.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — sends  back  the  old  Seal  of  New  Jersey  broken — begs  that 
a  correction  in  the  letters  for  new  Councillors  be  made  as  regards 
George  Deacon,  who  is  to  be  superseded  by  John  Wells — he  was  a 
just  and  faithful  servant  to  the  Crown,  "  and  this  will  break  the  old 
man's  heart."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D.  84. 
Original.     3  folios. 


1718.]  EGBERT    HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  Ill 

July  21.  Kensington.  Order  of  Councilconstituting  Mr.  John 
Hugg  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  87.     Attested  Coi^y.     3  folios. 

July  2.3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Popple  to  Gov'r 
Hunter — the  Board  are  glad  that  all  things  in  New  Jersey  are  easy 
— there  is  an  evident  mistake  about  the  Councillors — the  necessity  of 
having  an  Agent  well  versed  in  the  affairs  of  the  Province — sends  a 
list  of  the  Council  as  they  stand  on  the  books  of  the  Board — the 
Board  finds  that  formerly  Miles  Foster,  John  Bead,  and  Adam 
Hude,  were  recommended  by  the  Gov'r  for  the  Eastern  Division,  . 
and  Jno.  Harrison,  Bobt.  Wheeler,  and  John  Bainbridge,  for  the 
Western — what  is  the  reason  that  none  of  them  are  put  in  the  Coun- 
cil ? — to  send  six  names  for  each  division — explanation  of  the  Board's 
letter  of  16th  May,  1717.  [See  Nov.  3,  1718.]  S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  441.     Entry.     10  folios. 

July  24.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Craggs  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — the  Commissions  for  pardoning  pirates  in  the  American 
Colonies,  when  they  have  passed  the  Great  Seal,  should  be  forthwith 
transmitted  to  the  respective  Governors.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  38,  p.  203.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  25.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Craggs — they  have  directed  the  Governors  in  the  Plantations  to 
publish  Proclamations  in  their  respective  Governments,  in  accord- 
ance with  their  Commission  for  pardoning  pirates,  and  suggesting 
whether  the  King  should  not  also  issue  his  own  Boyal  Proclamation 
to  the  same  effect.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  204. 
Entry.     4  folios. 

August  7.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — sends  an  acc't  of  the  revenue  of  New  Jersey  during  his 
administration,  but  there  is  no  Auditor  in  that  Province — New  York 
affairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  17,  B.  b.  155.  Orig'l. 
8  folios. 

Enclosing  1718,  Sept.  23.  An  account  of  the  revenue  of  New 
Jersey. 

August  21.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  with  a  Commission  to  pardon  pirates.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Jamaica.     A^ol.  63,  p.  119.     Entry.     3  folios. 

August  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Craggs,  (of  the  Council,)  with  the  amendments  to  be  made  in 
the  instructions  to  the  Governors  in  America — [New  Jersey  being 
one  of  them.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l.  Vol.  38,  p.  206. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  22.  New  York.  Gov'r  Hunter  to  George  Willocks,  re- 
ferring  to  administration  on  the  Winders  Estate,  and  to  the  miscon- 
duct of  Dr.   Halliday,  (Missionary  at  Perth  Amboy) — "  I  wish  the 


112  ROBERT   HUNTER   GOVERNOR.  [1718. 

country  could  get  ridd  of  him   at  any  rate.     I  shall  transmitt  to  the 
Society  what  the  Vestry  sent."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.J 
[See  "Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  216.] 

Sept.  23.  An  account  of  the  revenue  of  New  Jersey  during  the 
administration  of  Gov'r  Hunter,  i.  e.,  from  the  23d  of  June,  1715,  to 
the  23d  of  September,  1718.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  89.     Original.     15  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
August  7,  1718. 

Nov.  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — New  York  affairs — in  New  Jersey  every  thing  is  "  tran- 
quil"— their  Assembly  is  adjourned  until  the  beginning  of  January. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol  17,  B.  b.  166.  Original.  1 
folio.     (Ex't  ab't  N.  Jersey.) 

[Priuted  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  519.] 

[Nov.  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  Secretary 
Popple — answers  the  enquiries  in  his  letter  of  23d  July,  1718 — mis- 
take in  the  list  of  Councillors  received  from  him — Wm.  Morris  dead 
for  many  years,  and  never  in  the  Council — room  for  John  Johnstone 
in  the  Eastern  Division,  and  "  the  continuation  of  the  good  old  man, 
George  Deacon,  for  the  Western" — Miles  Foster  and  Robt.  Wheeler 
dead,  and  John  Bainbridge  altogether  unfit — continues  his  recom- 
mendation in  case  of  vacancies  of  John  Beid,  Adam  Hude,  John 
Johnstone,  Thomas  Leonard  and  John  Harrison  for  the  Eastern 
Division,  and  John  Beading,  (son  of  previous  John,)  Peter  Baird, 
John  Muirhead,  and  Authouy  Woodward,  for  the. Western. 
Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  520.] 

Nov.  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Rieh'd 
West,  Esq.,  (Att.  Gen'l,)  desiring  his  opinion  upon  3  Acts  passed  in, 
1713-14  and  one  in  1716-17,  enclosing,  for  his  information,  copy  of  a 
Memorial  of  Mr.  Smith,  Seer,  of  New  Jersey,  [see  1717,  Dec.  31,] 
and  extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  of  12th  Nov.,  1715.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  13,  p.  449.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  Wra. 
Thomson,  Sol.  Gen'l,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  an  Act  of  New  Jersey 
passed  in  January  1716-17,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  naturalize  Jacob 
Arents  and  his  three  children,"  particularly  how  this  Act  is  con- 
sistent with  the  Acts  of  Parliament.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.   13,  p.  450.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  11.  Letter  from  Mr.  Richard  West  (Att.  Gen'l)  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  the  letter  of  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  of  Nov. 
27th,  i'iving  his  opinion  against  confirming  the  three  Acts  passed  in 
New  Jersey  in  1713-14,  uuless  some  clauses  be  amended — no  mention 
is  made  of  the  Act  passed  in  January,  1716-17,  and  sent  by  Mr. 
Popple  for  Mr.  West's  consideration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  2,  D.  85.     Original.     4  folios. 


1718.]  ROBERT   HUNTER    GOVERNOR.  118 

Dec.  31.     Custom  House.     Account  of  the  quantity  of  timber 
(for  which   no  bounty  is  granted)  imported  from   the  Continent  of 
America  from  1707  to  1717,  with  amount  of  duties  thereon.     S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  136.     Original.     20  folios. 
1T18--19. 

Jan.  7.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Clarkesse  to  Mr.  Pop- 
ple, relative  to  the  King's  share  of  fines  and  forfeitures  on  breach  of 
the  Acts  of  Trade,  and  the  difficulty  in  recovering  the  same.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  142.     Original.     5  folios. 

(Jan.  15.)     Letter  from  Mr.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pop- 
ple, desiring  an  authentic  copy  of  the  Minutes  of  Council  of  New 
Jersey  of  8th  Dec,  1713.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.      Vol.  2 
D.  86.     Orig'l.     1  folio. 

[Feb.  29.  Will  of  Colonel  Caleb  Heathcote  of  New  York. 
Copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

March  5.  Letter  from  Sir  William  Thomson,  Sol.  Gen'l  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  the  letter  of  Seer,  Popple  of  the  10th 
Dec,  giving  his  opinion  in  favor  of  the  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  to 
naturalize  Jacob  Arents  and  his  three  children.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  88.     Original.    1  folio. 

March  11.  Navy  Office.  Letter  from  Mr.  Percival  to  Mr. 
Popple,  enclosing  an  account  of  the  quantities  of  tar,  pitch,  and  tur- 
pentine, imported  from  America  from  1713  to  1717.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  9,  K.  149, 150.     Original.     8  folios. 

March  13.  Custom  House.  Account  of  the  quantity  of  pitch 
and  tar  imported  from  the  Plantations  in  America  in  the  year  1718. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  9,  K.  153.  Original.  6  folios. 
1719. 

[April  21.  Will  of  William  Heathcote  of  London,  an  ancestor 
of  the  Johnston  family  of  Amboy,  brother  of  Caleb  Heathcote  of 
New  York.     Copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[May  12  &  13.  "  Resolutions  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern 
Division  of  N.  Jersey  met  at  Perth  Amboy,  respecting  the  raising  of 
money  for  defraying  the  charge  of  running  the  division  line"  between 
the  two  divisions,  in  accordance  with  an  Act  of  Assembly.  Original, 
with  signatures.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

May  27.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  the  Acts  of  Assembly  and  the  Minutes  of  Council 
and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — should  any  of  the  Acts  require  ex- 
planation, he  hopes  soon  to  give  such  to  the  Board  personally — the 
Assembly  of  New  York  sitting — when  Gov'r  Hunter  coines  over  he 
can  silence  any  objections  that  may  be  made  by  Mr.  Coxe  and  others 
against  the  Boundary  Acts  of  N.  Jersey — sends  a  printed  copy  of 

8 


114  ROBERT  HUNTER  GOVERNOR.  [1719. 

the  Revenue  Act  of  New  Jersey.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey. 
Vol.  2,  D.  92.     Original.     6  folios. 
Enclosing  the  following. 

(May.)  An  Act  for  the  support  of  the  Government  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey  for  two  years,  to  commence  23d  Sept.,  1718,  and 
to  end  the  23d  of  Sept.,  1720.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  93.     A  printed  copy.     60  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

June  6.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hunter  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey,  which 
he  could  not  forward  by  the  last  conveyance — the  Assembly  of  New 
York — Gov'r  Hunter's  ill  state  of  health — the  stingy  nature  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  would  not  allow  an  Agent.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.    New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  9-1,  95.     Original     3  folios. 

[June  27.  Philadelphia.  Letter  from  James  Logan  to  Daniel 
Coxe,  London,  about  New  Jersey  affairs.  Copy.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.     Original  in  the  possession  of  Penn'a  Hist.  Soc. 

Printed  in  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,  Vol.  III.  p.  15.] 

August  7.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  Gov'r  Hunter,  desiring  to  have  the  best  Map  and  informa- 
tion they  can  get  of  the  boundaries  of  New  Jersey,  so  far  as  it  may 
border  on  the  French  or  other  Foreign  Plantation  !  ! ! !  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen'l.     Vol.  38,  p.  2G4.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[Gov'r  Hunter  had  left  the  Province  before  this  date.  See  his  last  letter  in 
New  York  CoL  Docts.,  Vol  V.  p.  529.] 

Aug.  22.  Perth-Amboy.  Proclamation  of  Lewis  Morris,  Esq., 
President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  calling  upon  the  Assessors 
of  the  Counties  of  Burlington  and  Hunterdon  to  do  their  duty  in 
assessing  the  Public  Taxes,  and  desiring  the  Att.  Gen'l,  Judges  and 
Justices  to  make  strict  inquiry  if  any  money  be  concealed.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  2,  D.  101.     Printed  Broadside.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Letter  from  L.  Morris,  Esq.,  Presid't  of  N.  Jersey 
to  the  Board.     1719,  Nov.  21. 

Aug.  2C>.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Gov'r  Hunter,  relating  to  the  Act  of  Parliament  against  Clandes- 
tine running  of  Goods,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  Premiums  of  Pitch 
and  Tar,  and  transmitting  rules  for  producing  that  commodity,  also 
of  Hemp.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'L  Vol.  38,  p.  267.  En- 
try.    4  folios. 

Sept.  24.  New  York.  Report  of  the  Council  of  New  York  to 
Presid't  Schuyler  on  Allane  Jarratt's  Petition,  recommending  the 
providing  of  a  new  and  accurate  Mathematical  Instrument,  in  order 
the  better  to  ascertain  the   Latitude,  for  the  purpose  of  drawing  a 


1719.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  115 

Boundary  Line  between  that  Province  and  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  99".     Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  1719,  Nov.  21. 

[See  Schuyler's  letter  to  the  Board,  Oct.  31,  1719.  Printed  in  New  York  Col. 
Dects.,  Vol.  V.  p.  531,  relative  to  the  importance  of  running  the  Boundary  line 
■without  delay.] 

Oct.  12.  Perth  Amboy.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  New 
Jersey  (signed  by  J.  Barclay,  D'y  Reg'r)  to  Col.  Morris,  President 
of  the  Council  of  that  Province,  relating  to  the  drawing  up  a  Boun- 
dary Line  between  N.  Jersey  and  New  York — (it  relates  chiefly  to 
the  ascertaining  of  the  41  degree  of  N.  L.)  with  several  Hist,  facts. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  100.     Original.     75  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

Petition  of  several  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of 

New  York  to  Presid't  Schuyler,  praying  "  that  the  Comtniss'rs  and 
Surveyors  of  that  Prov'ce  deliver  in  a  Journal  of  their  proceedings, 
and  that  their  business  be  stopped  until  the  King's  pleasure  of  the 
allowance  or  disallowance  of  the  Boundary  Act  be  known."  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  98.     Copy.     24  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

Petition  of  Allane  Jarrat,  Surveyor  of  the  Prov'ce  of 

New  York  to  Presid't  Schuyler — Finds  great  difficulty  in  ascertain- 
ing the  Latitude — is  in  want  of  a  larger  and  better  Mathematical 
Instrument — conscientiously  cannot  proceed  with  the  Boundary 
Line  between  this  Province  and  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  99.     Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

Nov.  8.  Letter  from  Mr.  L.  Morris,  Presid't  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey  to  Seer.  Popple — The  Board's  Letters  of  the  7th  and 
26  Aug.  received — The  ascertaining  the  Boundary  line  between  N. 
York  and  N.  Jersey  was  put  a  stop  to  by  the  former  Province — The 
Proprietors  of  New  Jersey  presented  him  with  a  memorial.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2..  D.  96.  Original.  2  folios. 
[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  VoL  V.  p.  533.] 

Nov.  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Lewis  Morris,  President 
of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board — Council  could  not 
meet  till  August— Assessors  of  the  Taxes  neglect  their  duty,  and  he 
dares  not  prosecute  them — The  Bounds  of  New  Jersey — the  neces- 
sity of  a  partition  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey — owing 
to  Gov'r  Hunter's  departure  the  marking  of  the  partition  line  was 
stopped — sends  several  papers  referring  to  it — The  Manufacture  of 
Tar — Hemp  raising — Presid't  Morris  changed  some  ofl&cers — The 
Bills  of  Credit  struck.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  2,  D. 
97.     Original.     24  folios.     Enclosing 

[1719.]     Petition  of  the  Inhab'ts  of  N.  I'ork  to  Pros.  Schuyler. 

[17 19. J         do.       of  Allane  Jarratt     do.  do.  do. 

1719,  Sept.  24.     Report  of  the  Council  of  New  York  to  Pres't 


116  LEWIS   MORRIS  PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  [1719. 

Schuyler.     1719,  Oct.  12.     Memorial  of  the  Prop'rs  of  N.  Jei-scy. 
1719,  Aug.  22.     Presid't  Morris's  Proclamation. 

Dec.  8.  Boswell  Court,  Lincolns-Inn-Fields.  Caveat  of  Mr. 
Daniel  Coxe  against  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  (in  March,  1719,) 
Entitled  "  An  Act  for  running  and  ascertaining  the  Line  of  parti- 
tion or  Division  between  the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions  of  the 
Prov'ce  of  New  Jersey,  and  for  preventing  disputes  for  the  future, 
&c."  S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.  N.  J.  Vol.  3,  E.  45.  Original.  2  folios. 
1T20. 

(March  28.  "  Received.")  Sundry  Eegulations  for  the  Planta- 
tion Trade  in  America,  humbly  offered  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  by  Archibald  Cuming.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  1.     Original     11  folios. 

April  19.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Craggs  to  the 
Board  of  Trade. — The  King  appointed  William  Burnet,  Esq.  to  be 
Gov'r  of  New  York  and  N.  Jersey — desires  the  drafts  of  his  Com- 
mission and  Instructions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  18, 
C.  c.  4.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  536.] 

May  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Craggs,  in  answer  to  his  of  19  April,  enclosing  the  drafts  of 
Commissioners  for  W.  Burnet,  Esq.,  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,  for  the  King's  approbation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  1.     Entry.     72  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  538.] 

(May.)  Memorial  from  Mr.  James  Smith,  Secretary  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  praying  the  alteration 
in  some  Acts,  whereby  the  fees  of  his  office  are  reduced.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  90.     Original.     4  folios. 

May  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
James  Smith — The  Board  desire  to  be  informed  what  were  the  fees 
of  the  Seer,  of  N.  Jersey,  before  the  passing  of  the  Acts  for  regu- 
lating them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  26.  En- 
try.    1  folio. 

May  19.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  Mr.  Burnet's 
commission  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     N.  York.     Vol.  18,  C.  c.  43.     Copy.     2  folios. 

May  20.  Memorial  from  Brigadier  Hunter  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  suggesting  an  alteration  in  the  instructions  to  the  Gov'r  of 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  that  he  be  directed  to  recommend  to  the 
Legislatures  of  both  Provinces  respectively,  the  settlement  of  a  rev- 
enue for  the  support  of  the  Government.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  York. 
Vol.  18,  C.  c.  6.  Original.  5  folios.; 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  540.] 


1720.]  WILLIAM    BURNET    GOVERNOR.  117 

May  31.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Craggs,  enclosing  a  representation  upon  and  a  draft  of  instruc- 
tions for  W.  Burnet,  Esq.,  as  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  27.     Entry.     200  folios. 

[Jolin  Johnstone  and  Francis  Harrison  were  added  to  the  list  of  Councillors  for 
New  York,  and  John  Johnstone,  Jr.,  for  East  Jersey  ;  Peter  Baird  and  John  Read- 
ing for  West  Jersey.     See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  5-tl.] 

June  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
instructions  for  Mr.  Burnet,  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  N.  Jersey,  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  York.     Vol.  18,  G.  44.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Aug.  10.  Whitehall  Circular  letter  from  Wm.  Popple  to  Brig- 
adier Hunter,  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  enclosing  queries  relative  to 
his  Government,  and  requesting  him  to  give  particular  answers  to 
the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p.  283.  Entry. 
6  folios. 

Aug.  11.  Answer  to  the  queries  sent  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Gov'r  Hunter,  with  regard  to  the  situation,  boundaries,  govern't, 
trade,  manufacture,  produce,  &c.,  &e.,  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  95,  96.     Original-     5  folios. 

Sept.  21.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  approving  drafts  of  an 
additional  instruction  to  the  Governors  in  America,  relative  to  their 
passing  money  bills,  and  ordering  same  to  be  prepared  for  signature. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.    Vol.  10,  L.  18.    Attested  copy.    2  folios. 

1720-25. 

Sept.  23,  An  account  of  all  the  receipts  and  payments  of  the 
Treasury  of  the  Western  Division  of  New  Jersey,  towards  the  sup- 
port of  His  Majesty's  Government  from  the  23  Sept.,  1720,  to  the 
23  Sept.,  1725.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  25. 
Original.     38  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  19,  1726. 
1720. 

[Sept.  27.  Lords  Justices  to  Gov'r  Burnet — Additional  instruc- 
tions prohibiting  the  passage  of  any  Act  authorizing  the  issue  of 
bills  of  credit  without  a  suspending  clause  until  the  consent  of  the 
King  was  obtained.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

1720-21. 

March  16.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Smith,  Seer,  of  New  Jersey,  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  that  Province,  in  order  to 
punish  Mr.  Basse,  the  former  Secretary,  did  pass  several  Acts  af- 
fecting the  fees,  he  (Mr.  Smith)  being  his  successor,  suffers  now 
great  loss  by  the  said  Acts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
2,  D.  103.     Original     5  folios. 

March  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Burnet — To  move  the  first  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  that  they 


118  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR,  [1721. 

should  re-establisli  the  Secretary  of  the  Province's  fees,  or  find  out 
some  other  equivalent  to  remunerate  Mr.  Smith — to  examine  into 
the  matter,  and  to  give  a  true  state  of  the  matter.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  102.     Entry.     5  folios. 

1721. 

May  9.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  West — Requesting  him 
to  prepare  the  draft  of  a  saving  clause,  to  be  inserted  in  all  private 
Acts  passed  in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
38,  p.  293.     Entry.      1  folio. 

May  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Gee  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Mr.  Richier  of  New  Jersey,  desiring 
their  attendance  at  the  Board  on  a  certain  day,  when  Mr.  Gookin's 
petition  for  a  grant  of  some  small  barren  islands  in  Delaware  river, 
shall  be  taken  into  consideration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties. 
Vol.  31,  p.  236.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  10.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Clarkesse  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Popple,  enclosing  one  from  Mr.  Harrison  of  New  York,  con- 
cerning a  discovery  of  a  copper  ore  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  carrying 
of  the  same  to  Holland.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  2, 
D.  104.     Original.     3  folios. 

[June.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter  in 
England — Business  matters — "  The  Governor  [Burnet]  when  at 
Burlington,  very  much  delighted  in  your  island  there,  and  got  vis- 
tas cut  from  a  point  upon  it  to  Burlington,  the  Point  House,  Birch 
creek,  John  Hummels — up  the  river — Bristol,  and  down  the  river, 
which  from  that  point  gave  a  most  agreeable  prospect.  I  believe  it 
•will  be  a  considerable  satisfaction  if  you'll  make  the  title  of  it  to 
him."  Had  married  Mrs.  Provost  on  the  1st  Jan.  preceding.  Orig- 
inal.    Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Governor  Burnet  arrived  in  New  York  in  September,  1 720.  For  a  sketch  of 
his  career  in  New  Jersey,  see  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  154.] 

June  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Popple  to  Seer. 
Lowndes,  (of  the  Treasury,)  i-elating  to  copper  ore  being  carried 
from  N.  Jersey  to  Holland,  and  as  there  is  no  law  to  prevent  it, 
consequently  it  deserves  the  notice  of  Parliament,  in  order  to  pre- 
vent the  ill-consequences  to  the  King's  revenue.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  105.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Popple  to  the  Att. 
and  Solic'r  Generals,  desiring  their  opinion  whether  Delaware  river, 
or  any  part  thereof,  or  any  islands  therein  laying,  are  conveyed  to 
Pennsylvania  or  New  Jersey  by  their  respective  grants.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Proprieties.     Vol.  31,  p.  237.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Aug.  1.  New  York.  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Sends  printed  copies  of  speeches,  addresses  and  other  documents — 
printed  them  at  his  own  charge,  that  the  country  may  have  a  his- 


1721.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  119 

tory  of  the  Assembly's  undutiful  proceedings — George  Willocks,  a 
professed  Jacobite,  was  bound  to  be  of  good  behaviour — observations 
on  the  elections  for  the  Assembly — proposals  to  subdue  the  turbu- 
lent spirit  of  the  Assembly — irregularities  committed  in  passing  sev- 
eral Acts  of  the  Assembly — many  original  copies  are  not  to  be  found 
• — many  Acts  are  not  ratified  at  home — New  York  affairs.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  1.  Original.  30  folios. 
Enclosing  the  following. 

Speeches  and  addresses  during  the  sitting  of  the  Assembly 

of  New  Jersey  begun  at  Burlington,  the  l28th  of  Feb.,  1720-21,  and 
an  Act  for  the  support  of  the  Government  as  it  was  passed  by  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  the  3d  of  May,  1721,  and  as  it  was  amend- 
ed and  passed  by  the  Council  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
J.     Vol.  3,  E.  2.     32  folio  pages  of  a  close  print.     About  180  folios. 

[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  VoL  V.  p.  585,  and  Smith's  New  Jersey,  pp.  414 
—418.] 

Aug.  5.  Mr.  Attorney  and  Mr.  Solicitors  Generals'  opinion 
that  the  islands  in  Delaware  Bay  and  the  river  belong  to  the  Crown, 
and  not  to  either  New  Jersey  or  Pennsylvania.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  2,  D.  105.     Original.     3  folios. 

Aug.  21.  Letter  from  Lord  Townshend  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— The  King's  commands  that  their  lordships  report  on  the  state  and 
condition  of  the  Colonies  in  America,  together  with  the  most  fit 
methods  for  the  better  governing  and  security  of  same.  S.  P.  0.. 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  20.     Original.     3  folios. 

Sept.  8.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  His  Majesty  on  the  situation,  strength,  manufacture  and  produce, 
etc.,  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  38,  p. 
336.     Entry.     8  folios. 

Sept.  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — If  the  islands  in  Delaware  river  be  granted  to  Capt. 
Charles  Gookiu,  such  of  them  as  are  settled  by  other  inhabitants 
should  be  excepted — that  the  government  of  such  islands,  when 
granted,  be  annexed  to  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprieties. 
Vol.  31,  p.  238.     Entry.     10  folios. 

[Oct.  20.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Charles  Dunster 
in  England — Giving  an  account  of  the  Act  proposed  in  the  New 
Jersey  Assembly  for  incorporating  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey — 
he  and  Col.  Morris  the  chief  opponents  of  the  measure.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Lord 
Carteret,  Secretary  of  State,  with  the  draft  of  an  additional  instruc- 
tions to  the  Governor  of  N.  Jersey,  relating  to  the  Bishop  of  Lon- 
don's power  of  licensing  ministers  and  schoolmasters  in  the  Planta- 
tions.   S.  P.  0.,B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.    Vol  38,  p.  437.    Entry.    7  folios. 


120  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERISrOR.  [1721. 

(Oct.  27.  "  Received.")  Memorial  of  Mr.  Joseph  Gee,  rela- 
tive to  the  trade  of  the  Plantations  in  America,  particularly  with  re- 
spect to  iron,  copper,  hemp,  flax,  timber,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  24.     Original.     63  folios. 

[Nov.  11.  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  John  Harrison,  for  lands 
on  Millstone  river.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Nov.  11.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  four  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors  of  New  Jersey,  N.  York, 
Carolina  and  JBarbadoes,  empowering  the  Bishop  of  Lt)ndon  to  li- 
cense ministers  and  schoolmasters  in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  26.     Attested  copy.     3  folios. 

[Nov.  30.  Additional  instructions  from  the  King  to  Gov'r  Bur- 
net, prohibiting  the  preferment  of  any  clergyman  to  an  ecclesiastical 
benefice  in  the  ^  Province,  not  furnished  with  a  certificate  from  the 
Bishop  of  London  that  he  conformed  to  the  Church  of  England. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Dec.  22.  Report  of  Henry  Newman  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
upon  the  bill  before  Parliament  for  the  further  encouragement  of  the 
importation  of  naval  stores  from  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  25.     Original.     10  folios. 

1T21-22. 

Jan.  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  repeal  of  three  Acts  passed  in  New 
Jersey  in  1713-14,  viz.,  An  Act  for  shortening  the  law-suits,  &c. — 
an  Act  for  acknowledging  and  recording  the  deeds,  (fcc.,  of  land — 
and  an  Act  for  enforcing  the  observation  of  the  ordinance  for  estab- 
lishing fees,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  14,  p.  108. 
Entry.     8  folios. 

Jan.  20.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  declaring  the  King's 
disallowance  of  the  three  Acts  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  1713-14, 
specified  in  the  representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  10th 
inst.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  3.     Copy.     5  folios. 

Feb.  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Burnet,  enclosing  order  of  Council  of  the  20th  of  Jan.,  disallowing 
three  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  1713-14,  (see 
the  titles  of  the  Acts  in  the  representation  of  10  Jan.,  1721-22.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol  14,  p.  111.     Entry.     3  folios. 

1T22. 

April  17.  Perth  Amboy.  Copy  of  an  Act  to  oblige  clerks  and 
other  officers  that  keep  any  public  records  within  the  Province  of 
New  Jersey  to  give  security,  &c. — passed  by  the  Assembly,  but  re- 
jected by  the  Council  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  3,  E.  8.     8  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board,  May  25, 1722. 


1722.]  WILLIAM  BURNET  GOVERNOR.  121 

April  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey, containing  the  reasons  for  which  Gov'r  Burnet  suspended  Mr. 
George  Willocks  from  sitting  in  that  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  9  b.     Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

May  1.  Kepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  King, 
enclosing  additional  instructions  for  the  Governors  in  America,  re- 
lating to  the  Acts  of  trade  and  navigation,  particularly  with  regard 
to  the  trade  from  the  East  Indies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  38,  p.  443.     Entry.     160  folios. 

[May.  Survey  of  Seven  Miles  Beach,  Cape  May  County. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  10.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  relative  to  the  necessity  of  sending  a  fit  person  as  Survey- 
or General  of  the  woods  in  America,  to  take  care  of  all  timber  ser- 
viceable for  the  royal  navy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
38,  p.  501.     Entry.     4  folios. 

May  17.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  ap})roving  drafts  of  in- 
structions to  the  Governors  in  iVmerica,  relative  to  the  laws  now  in 
force  for  regulating  trade,  more  particularly  with  regard  to  that  from 
the  East  Indies,  and  directing  same  to  be  prepared  for  the  King's 
signature.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  10,  L.  37.  Attested 
copy.     3  folios. 

May  17.  St,  James'.  Order  of  Council,  upon  a  report  on  Capt. 
Gookin's  Petition  for  some  Islands  on  Delaware  River,  directing  the 
Board  to  particularize  which  of  the  said  Islands  appear  to  be  im- 
proved, and  consider  whether  it  would  be  most  proper  that  the  per- 
sons who  have  improved  such  Islands  should  be  quieted  in  the  pos- 
session thereof,  paying  a  quit  rent  to  the  Crown,  or  whether  they 
should  be  allowed  a  compensation,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Proprie- 
ties.    Vol.  11,  B.  14.     Original.     15  folios. 

May  24.  New  Jersey.  Memorial  of  John  Gosling  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  proposing  an  instruction  to  the  Governors  in  America,  cm- 
powering  them  to  let  to  farm,  or  license  persons  upon  reasonable  con- 
ditions, the  advantages  that  may  accrue  upon  their  discovery  of 
Royal  Mines  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  6. 
Original.     5  folios. 

May  25.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — The  order  of  Council  for  repealing  3  Acts  passed  in  N.  J.  in 
1713-14,  shall  be  published,  and  the  Secretary's  Office  put  in  posses- 
sion of  its  just  pretensions — the  intrigues  of  a  Cabal,  headed  by 
George  Willocks,  whom  the  Gov'r  suspends  from  the  Council — pro- 
ceedings with  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey — three  vacancies  in  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  caused  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Gordon,  the  in- 
capacity of  speech  of  Mr.  Byerly,  and  suspension  of  Mr.  Willocks — 


122  WILLIAM   BURNET  GOVERNOR.  [1722. 

Mr.  James  Alexander.  Mr.  James  Smitli,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Eirs  are  re- 
commended to  fill  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3.  E. 
7.      Original.      10  folios. 

Enclosures.  17'22,  April  17.  An  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  N. 
Jersey  rejected  by  tho  Council.  1722  —  The  Gov'r's  speeches  to  the 
Assembly  of  N.  jersey  and  their  Address.  1722  —  An  Act  for  the 
security  of  His  Majesty's  Grovern't  of  New  Jersey.  1722,  April  20. 
Minute  of  the  N.  Jersey  Council. 

May  31.  Description  of  the  Island  of  Burlington,  in  Delaware 
River,  given  in  to  the  Board  by  Col.  Coxe,  with  the  view  of  dissuad- 
ing the  King  from  granting  it  to  any  private  individual — it  being  of 
great  convenience  to  the  inhabitants  of  Burlington  by  way  of  recrea- 
tion, and  in  ease  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  should  have  a  separate 
Grov'r,  it  would  be  a  suitable  place  for  his  residence.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  4.     Copy.     10  folios. 

[June  3.  Additional  instructions  from  the  King  to  Grovernor 
Burnet,  calling  his  attention  to  a  rigid  enforcement  of  several  Acts 
for  regulatino-  Trade  and  Navigation.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

(June  8.)  An  account  of  the  Islands  lying  in  Delaware  River, 
particularizing  the  same,  and  distinguishing  the  improved  Islands 
from  the  unimproved,  and  describing  in  what  the  improvements  con- 
sists.   S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  5.     Draft.     4  folios. 

June  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir 
Robert  Raymond,  Att.  Gen'l,  enclosiag  a  copy  of  Grov'r  Burnet's 
Speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  and  desiring  his  opinion  on 
the  subject  of  the  alteration  of  the  present  Constitution  of  the  Assem- 
bly there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  113.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

June  14.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Description  of  the  several  Islands  on  Delaware  River — 
the  King  may  grant  away  all  the  Islands  except  the  Hollander's 
Creek  Island,  Carpenter's  Isl'd,  Tenecum,  Fisher's  Island,  and  the 
Island  of  Burlington,  Avhich  are  considerably  improved,  and  that 
they  may  be  a  part  of  the  Govcrn't  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Proprieties.     Vol.  31,  p.  248.     Entry.     12  folios. 

June  17.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey 
— the  Acts  shall  be  sent  by  the  next  conveyance — New  York  affairs, 
wherein  some  chances  are  proposed  in  the  Council  of  that  Province, 
i.  e.,  to  remove  Mr.  John  Johnstone,  who  constantly  resides  in  New 
Jersey  with  his  family,  and  is  the  very  person  who  fomented  all  the 
mischief  in  New  Jersey,  in  conjunction  with  Willocks,  the  "  Ja- 
cobite." S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  19,  C.  c.  92.  Orig'l. 
8  folios. 

[rrinted  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  649.] 


1722.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOK.  123 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  James  Alexander  and  James  Smith, 
Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Gor- 
don, deceased,  and  Mr.  Bycrly,  incapacitated  through  age.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  115.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[James  Alexa7ider. — It  is  to  be  regretted  that  no  Biography  of  this  distin- 
guished man  has  yet  been  written.  There  are  abundant  materials  to  be  obtained. 
For  many  years  he  was  among  the  most  influential  leaders  of  both  New  York  and 
New  Jersey.  P"or  notices  of  him,  see  Doer's  Life  of  Lord  Sterling,  and  Smith's 
New  York.  The  public  documents  of  both  provinces  give  evidence  of  his  ability, 
and  his  manuscripts,  which  are  in  the  Rutherfurd  Collection,  illustrate  his  charac- 
ter and  exhibit  his  moral  woi'th.] 

July  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Mr.  Popple  to  Gov'r 
Burnet,  acquainting  him  that  the  Board  have  recommended  Mr. 
Alexander  and  Mr.  Smith  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey ;  but 
as  regards  the  suspension  of  Mr.  Willocks,  they  have  agreed  to  take 
the  matter  into  their  consideration.  S.  P.  0..  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  14,  p.  116.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  19.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  5th  inst.,  appointing  James  Alexan- 
der and  James  Smith,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey, 
in  the  room  of  Mr.  Gordon,  dec'd,  and  Mr.  Byerly  incapacitated 
through  age.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  10.  Copy. 
3  folios. 

Oct.  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Transmits  six  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  on  the  5th  of 
May,  1722,  with  observations  upon  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  14.     Original.     12  folios. 

Nov.  3.  Boston.  Letter  from  Mr.  Archibald  Cuming,  Naval 
Officer,  to  (Mr.  Popple)  enclosing  a  scheme  for  maintaining  five  or 
six  thousand  troops  on  the  Continent  of  America,  for  the  better  pro- 
tection of  the  Colonies  against  the  French  and  Indians.  S  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  48.     Original.     17  folios. 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir 
Robt.  Raymond,  Att.  Gen'l,  desiring  his  answer  to  the  letter  sent  to 
him  on  the  14th  of  June  last  on  the  subject  of  the  alteration  of  the 
present  Constitution  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  118.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Dec.  12.  New  York.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to 
the  R't  Hou'ble  Lord  Carteret — It  is  confidently  reported  that  sil- 
ver, even  gold  mines,  are  to  be  found  in  New  Jersey — several  per- 
sons declared  that  if  they  could  be  certain  in  whom  the  title  lay. 
and  that  they  should  have  a  reasonable  share  of  them,  they  would 
make  discovery,  &c..  never  otherwise — Gov'r  Burnet's  remarks  upon 
it — queries?  what  right  and  title  is  remaining  in  His  3Iajesty,  and 
what  in  the  Proprietors'  to  the  said  mines.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  11.     Copy.     14  folios. 


124  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  [1722. 

Two  speeches  of  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey, i.  e.,  1721-22,  March  7,  and  1722,  May  5,  and  an  Address  from 
said  Assembly  to  Gov'r  Burnet.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  3,  E.  9.     Printed  copy.     11  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
May  25,  1722. 

An  Act  for  the  security  of  His  Majesty's  Government  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  9  a.  Printed 
copy.     38  folios. 

Enclosed  with  foregoing. 

1722--23. 

[Feb.  Documents  referring  to  the  issue  of  £40,000  in  bills  of 
the  Province,  signed  by  R.  L.  Hooper,  John  Parker,  Peter  Bard, 
and  James  Trent,  showing  the  process  of  signing,  numbering,  and 
distribution  among  the  difierent  counties.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  1.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  requiring  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  consider  whether  an  instruction  should  be  sent  to  the  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Jersey  to  prevent  the  passing  of  private  Acts  till  Hia 
Majesty's  pleasure  be  known  thereon.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.- 10,  L.  42.     Original.     3  folios. 

Feb.  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir 
Robt.  Raymond,  Att.  Gen'l,  desiring  his  answer  to  the  letter  sent 
him  l-lth  June,  1722,  on  the  subject  of  the  alteration  of  the  present 
Constitution  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.   14,  p.  120.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Feb.  14.  Mr.  Secretary  Popple  to  Mr.  Att.  &  Mr.  Sol.  Gene- 
rals, desiring  their  opinion  in  point  of  law,  "  what  right  and  title  is 
remaining  to  His  Majesty  in  the  gold  and  silver  Mines,  (found  in 
N.  Jersey,)  and  how  fixr  the  present  Proprietors  have  the  right  in  the 
said  Mines."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  14,  p.  119.  En- 
try.    2  folios. 

[Feb.  23.  Additional  instructions  from  the  Lords  Justices  to 
Gov'r  Burnet — Not  to  give  his  assent  to  any  private  Act,  until  proof 
be  made  before  him  in  Council,  that  notice  had  been  given  in  the  several 
Parish  Churches  for  three  Sundays  successively  before  being  brought 
before  the  Assembly ;  and  all  such  Acts  to  have  suspending  clauses. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

March  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Rich'd  West,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  the  New  Jersey  Act  vesting 
the  lands  of  the  late  Robert  Burnet,  Esq.,  &c.,  and  reminding  him  of 
ttie  several  references  from  the  Board  lynig  before  him.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  14,  p.  12L     Entry.     1  folio. 

[Robt.  Burnet  was  the  purchaser,  March  23cl,  1{)82,  of  John  Ileywood's  one- 
twenty-fourth  of  East  Jersey,  a  large  portion  of  which  was  yet  undisposed  of  at  the 
time  of  his  death.]  ^ 


1723.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  125 

March  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  the 
Att.  &  Sol.  Generals,  desiring  their  answer  to  his  letter  of  the  14th 
of  February  last,  respecting  the  King's  and  the  Proprietors'  rights 
to  the  gold  and  silver  Mines  said  to  be  discovered  in  New- Jersey. 
S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  122.  2  folios. 
1723. 

(March  26.)  Memorial  of  John  Burnet,  merch't,  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  praying  that  "  An  Act  for  vesting  the  lands,  late  the  estate 
and  inheritance  of  Robt.  Burnet,  Esq.,  late  of  the  county  of  Mon- 
mouth, in  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  in  Trustees,  to  be  sold  and 
disposed  of  for  the  payment  of  debts,"  may  receive  His  Majesty's 
confirmation.  S.  P.  0.,B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Voh  3,  E.  12.  Origi- 
nal.    2  folios. 

[See  Elizabethtown  Bill  in  Chancery,  p.  85.] 

March  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  draft  of 
additional  instructions  to  the  Grovernors  in  North  America,  relating  to 
the  passing  of  private  Acts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant 'n  Geu'l.  Vol. 
39,  p.  6.     Entry.     5  folios. 

April  n.  Report  of  Mr.  Rich'd  West,  Sol.  Gen'l,  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion  upon  an  Act  of  N.  Jersey,  vesting  the 
lands  of  the  late  Robert  Burnet,  Esq.,  &c.,  referred  to  him  March 
21,  1722-28.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  13.  Origi- 
nal.    2  folios. 

[May  17.  Deed  from  the  Indians  to  John  Johnson  and  George 
Willocks,  for  lands  in  Bergen,  on  the  "  Pohquanock  River,  *  *  one 
Inglish  mile  and  a  halfe  in  a  strate  line  above  where  Pompton  River 
meets  with  said  Pochquanock  River."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  24.  Memorial  of  Merchants  and  others  trading  to  New 
Jersey  and  the  other  Colonies  in  America  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
requesting  that  persons  may  be  appointed  who  are  well  skilled  in 
raising  and  manufacturing  Stores  for  the  Navy,  with  power  to  in- 
struct the  inhabitants  in  America,  so  that  the  Act  relating  to  same 
may  not  prove  ineffectual.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.10, 
L.  44.      Original.     7  folios. 

May  29.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Popple,  with  Naval  Officers'  acc'ts  for  New  York  and  New  Jersey, 
and  acknowledging  the  appointment  of  James  Alexander  and  James 
Smith,  Esqrs.,  as  Councillors  for  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  York.     Vol.  19,  C.  c.  115.     Original.     2  folios. 

[June  19.  New  York.  John  Hamilton  to  George  Willocks  at 
Amboy — "  James  Alexander,  I  am  told,  is  appointed  Attorney 
General  of  Jersey."  *  *  "  I  have  not  enjoyed  one  bit  of  [ease]  since 
I  saw  you — you  know  I  can't  vent  myself  here,  and  ask  y'r  pardon 


126  WILLIAM    BURNET   GOVERNOR.  [1723. 

for  doing  it   to   you;   but  to  whom  else  can  I  open."     Original. 
Kutherfurd  MSS. 

For  notice  of  John  Hamilton,  see  "  Contributions  to  Hist,  of  East  Jersey,"  p.  1G8.] 

June  27.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  approving  draft  of 
additional  instructions  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  forbidding 
him  to  pass  any  private  Act  without  inserting  a  clause  therein  to 
prevent  its  taking  eflfect  until  the  King's  pleasure  should  be  known. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  45.  Attested  copy. 
3  folios. 

[Instructions  to  the  effect  of  tlie  above  had  been  issued  in  February,  see  Feb. 
23d,  1723.] 

July  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  Robert 
Raymond,  Att.  Gen.'l,  desiring  to  have  au  answer  to  his  letters  of 
the  14th  June  and  13th  Nov.,  1722,  on  the  subject  of  the  alteration 
of  the  present  Constitution  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  123.     Entry.     1  folio. 

July  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  GovV 
Burnet — New  York  affairs — the  Board  approves  of  the  conduct  of 
Gov'r  Burnet  to  prevent  the  destruction  of  the  Secretai-y  of  New 
Jersey's  rights,  &c. — James  Smith  and  James  Alexander,  Esqra., 
are  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.    New  York.     Vol.  61,  p.  318.     Entry.    7  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  697.] 

July  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Rich'd 
West,  Esq.,  Sol  Gen'l,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  several  Acts  passed 
in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  to  which  is  attached  a  list  of  ten  Acts 
of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  1719,  and  six  Acts  in  1722.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  14,  p.  124.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Sept.  16.  Report  of  Sir  Rob't  Raymond,  Att.  Gen'l  to  the 
Board,  in  answer  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple's  letter  of  14th  June,  1722, 
giving  his  opinion  on  the  subject  of  the  alteration  of  the  present  Con- 
stitution of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  15.     Original.     7  folios. 

Sept.  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Burnet's  Speech  to  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  and  two  Addresses  from  the  said  Assembly  in  answer 
to  the  Speech.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  17. 
Printed  broadsides.     15  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  16,  1723. 

[Nov  21.  New  York.  John  Hamilton  to  Charles  Dunster  in 
England — The  talk  of  mines  very  much  over — none  but  Mr.  Schuy- 
ler's [at  Belleville,  near  Newark,]  succeeding — was  interested  in  one 
at  Rocky  Hill — had  been  at  work  six  months — ore  yielded  three- 
fourths  pure  copper,  but  the  veins  were  small  and  scattered,  and  the 
labour  dear — Mr.  Stevens  interested  with  him,  who  would  sell  a  part 


1723.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  127 

— Major  Axtell,  then  in  England,  a  "hearty  ■n-cll-wishcr  of  Jersey" 
— anxious  to  engage  some  of  his  friends  to  settle  at  Aniboy.  Orig'l. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  80.  Report  of  the  Att.  and  Sol.  Generals  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  giving  their  opinion  that  only  the  Base  Mines  within  New 
Jersey  passed  to  the  grantees,  and  that  the  words  of  the  grant  are 
not  sufficient  to  carry  Royal  Mines,  the  property  whereof  still  re- 
mains in  the  Crown.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  18. 
Original.     3  folios. 

Dec.  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Thanks  for  the  appointment  of  two  Councillors  for  New 
York,  and  two  for  New  Jersey — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  grant- 
ed a  fund  of  £1000  a  year  for  the  support  of  the  Govern't  for  ten 
years-^this  act  creates  paper  money  in  New  Jersey,  which  Province 
has  little  or  no  foreign  trade — the  bills  to  be  sunk  in  ten  years — N. 
York  affairs — sends  the  naval  officers'  accounts — sends  two  addresses 
in  answer  to  his  speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — a  Chief 
Justice  (Mr.  Wm.  Trent)  appointed,  with  £200  a  year  salary — the 
late  Chief  Justice  Jamison  could  not  do  his  duty  on  account  of  his 
old  age— [Mr.  Trent  "  universally  beloved."]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
York.     VoL  19,  C.  c.  131.     Origiuah     3-5  folios. 

Enclosing  Gov'r  Burnet's  speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
Sept.  27,  1723. 

[Printed  iu  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  700.  Wm.  Trent  was  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Trenton,  and  from  him  did  the  town  receive  its  name.  See  field's 
Provincial  Courts,  pp.  105,  106.] 

1723--2G. 

An   account   of   the   receipts   and    disbursements   of  the 

Treasury  for  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  from  the  year 
1723,  (Dec.)  to  1726,  (Oct.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol 
3,  E.  26.     Original.     30  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  19,  1726. 

1723. 

Dec.  23.  Report  of  Mr.  Richard  West  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
giving  his  opinion  upon  several  Acts  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  the 
year  1722.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  50.  Original. 
13  folios. 

Dec.  24.  Letter  from  Mr.  Rich'd  West  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
—  Giving  his  opinion  upon  several  Acts  of  New  Jersey  Assembly, 
passed  in  1719.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  VoL  3,  E.  46. 
Original.     12  folios. 

Congratulatory  address  of   the   Governor,    Council    and 

Representatives  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  upon  the  discovery  of 


128  WILLIAM    BURNET   GOVERNOR.  [1723 

the  late  conspiracy.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  West  Indies.  Yol.  7.  Orig- 
inal.    8  folios. 

Duplicate  copy  presented  February  1722-24,  is  in  S.  P.'O.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  385. 

[This  Avas  what  Hume  calls  a  "  pretended  conspiracy"  to  seize  the  bank  and 
exchequer,  proclaim  the  Pretender,  &c.] 

A  scheme  showing  the  method  of  issuing  and  sinking  bills 

of  credit  for  forty  thousand  pounds,  made  current  in  New  Jersey  by 
an  Act  of  the  tenth  of  this  present  Majesty,  Anno  1723.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  20.     Draft.     12  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
May  12,  1724. 

1T23--24. 

Jan.  7.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  alteration  of  the  present  Constitu- 
tion of  tlie  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  as  proposed  by  Gov'r  Hunter 
in  his  letter  to  the  Board,  of  1  Aug.,  1721,  and  enclosing  a  draft  of 
the  additional  instruction  for  that  purpose.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  128.     Entry.     13  folio.s. 

Jan.  23.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  7th  of  Jan.,  approving  the  draft  of  in- 
structions for  Gov'r  Burnet,  on  the  subject  of  the  alteration  of  the 
present  Constitution  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  16.     Copy.     3  folios. 

[Feb.  25.  London.  Robert  Hunter  to  James  Alexander — Ex- 
pecting a  strenuous  opposition  when  it  comes — Wishes  more  and 
stronger  reasons  for  the  New  Jersey  paper  bill,  in  order  to  secure 
the  approval  of  the  Minister.* — his  commission  (as  Att'y  General) 
had  passed.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

March  9.  Letter  from  Lord  Carteret  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
requesting  a  report  of  their  opinion  on  what  methods  should  be 
adopted  for  the  better  government  of  all  the  Colonies  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  50.  Original.  2  folios. 
1^24. 

May  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Transmits  five  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Nov.,  1723 
— observations  upon  "  an  Act  for  an  additional  support  of  this  Gov- 
ernment, and  making  current  forty  thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  cred- 
it, for  that  and  other  purposes  therein  mentioned  " — the  necessity  of 
such  an  Act — officers  ill-paid — scarcity  of  silver — the  people  cut 
their  Spanish  gold  into  small  bits,  and  sometimes  ^their  rings  and 
ear-rings — no  foreign  trade,  and  the  people  of  New  Jersey  in  deal- 
ing with  N.  York  or  Pennsylvania  receive  only  paper  bills — gold  and 
silver  is  saved  to  send  to  England  for  goods — the  benefit  of  a  paper 
currency — good  credit  of  New  York  bills — reasons  of  the  discredit 
of  Carolina  bills,  and  the  fall  of  the  bills  in  New  England — remarks 
upon  the  Governor's  instructions  about  the  revenue — acc't  of  the  tax 


1724.]  WILLIAM    BURMET    GOVEHNOK.  129 

raised — the  mode  of  sinking  the  bills — remarks  upon  the  payment 
of  taxes  in  grain  or  produce — general  advantages  of  such  a  bill — 
ill  consequences  upon  the  disallowance  of  such  a  bill — a  scheme  to 
explain  the  design  of  the  said  Act  is  enclosed — also  further  reasons 
for  passing  the  Act.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  19. 
Original.     40  folios. 

Enclosures.  A  scheme  showing  the  method  of  issuing  and  ap- 
plying, &c.,  and  the  following. 

(May  12.)  Further  reasons  for  passing  an  Act  of  New  Jersey, 
entitled  "  An  Act  for  an  additional  support  of  Grovernment,  making 
current  forty  thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  credit,  for  that  and  other 
purposes  therein  mentioned."  S.  P.  0.  Board  of  Trade.  N.  Jer- 
sey.    Vol  3,  E.  21.     Draft.     9  folios. 

June  4.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  King,  enclosing 
for  his  Majesty's  approbation  drafts  of  an  additional  instruction  to 
the  Governors  in  America,  against  passing  any  Acts  for  laying  duties 
on  European  goods  imported  in  English  vessels.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  17.     Entry.     4  folios. 

July  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  communicating  the  opinion  of  the  Att.  and  Sol. 
Generals,  (see  1723,  Nov.  30,)  that  only  the  base  and  not  the  royal 
mines  are  conveyed  to  the  Proprietors  of  New  Jersey  by  their  char- 
ter.    S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  14,  p.  134.     Entry.'     2  folios. 

July  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Rich'd 
West,  Esq.,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  three  Acts  passed  by  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  in  Nov.,  1723,  viz..  An  Act  for  an  addition- 
al support  of  the  Government,  &c. — an  Act  concerning  the  duties 
of  the  Commissioners  appointed  to  manage  the  loan  offices,  and  an 
Act  for  the  more  effectual  putting  in  execution  an  Act  for  regulating 
of  fences.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  135.  En- 
try.    2  folios. 

Aug.  22.  Windsor.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  against 
passing  Acts  relating  to  the  duties  upon  European  goods  imported 
in  English  vessels,  and  directing  same  to  be  prepared  for  the  King's 
signature.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  53.  At- 
tested copy.     3  folios. 

Memorandum — That  Lewis  Morris,  Sen'r,  the  late  Chief 

Justice  of  New  York,  be  made   Governor  of  New  Jersey,  and  that 
Mr.  Clark  be  the  L't  Gov'r  of  New  York.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  7.     Draft.     1  folio. 
1721-25. 

Jan.  2.     New  York.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  recommending  Mr.  Robert  Lettice  Hooper  to  be  Chief  Jus- 
9 


130  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR,  [1725. 

tice  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Wm.  Trent, 
deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  22.  Original. 
1  folio. 

N.  B.     Similar  letter  was  written  by  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Seci', 
of  State.     See  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  7. 

[ Letter  from  (Chas.  Dunster  ?)  to  one  of  the  Proprietors 

in  England — Had  delivered  his  letter  of  introduction  to  Gov'r  Bur- 
net— and  dined  with  him  frequently — speaks  in  high  terms  of  the 
Governor,  and  condemns  the  proceedings  of  George  Willocks,  An- 
drew Hamilton,  (of  Pennsylvania,)  and  their  party — Hamilton  the 
best  lawyer  in  America — had  gone  with  Willocks  to  England — re- 
fers to  Peter  Sonmans,  James  Alexander,  and  others — copy  in  the 
handwriting  of  Alexander.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Jan.  25.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords  of  the 
Treasury,  relative  to  a  petition  of  the  importers  and  dealers  in  tar, 
&c.,  praying  a  recommendation  to  Parliament  for  certain  methods  to 
make  tar  in  the  Plantations,  and  for  a  continuation  of  rewards  and 
premiums  on  the  importation  of  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  21.     Entry.     20  folios. 

1725. 

[Aug.  Will  of  Jeremiah  Basse.  Contemporaneous  copy. 
Whitehead  MSS. 

Printed  in  part  in  "  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,"  p.  157.] 

Sept.  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  three  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey  in  Nov.,  1723,  viz.,  an  Act  for  an  additional  sup- 
port of  the  Government — an  Act  concerning  the  duties  of  the  Com- 
missioners appointed  to  manage  the  loan  offices,  and  an  Act  for  the 
more  effectual  putting  in  execution  an  Act  for  regulating  of  fences. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  14,  p.  187.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Oct.  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Gov'r 
Burnet — The  Board  desire  his  punctual  compliance  with  the  instruc- 
tions to  transmit  regularly  copies  of  public  papers — desire  to  have 
answers  to  the  following  queries,  viz  :  accounts  of  receipts  and  pay- 
ments, &c., — number  of  planters,  &c., — account  of  ordnance  stores 
— a  map  of  each  Province — account  of  all  courts — the  wants  and 
defects  of  each  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  61, 
p.  380.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col,  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  763.] 

Nov.  24.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  were 
unanimous — six  Acts  passed  in  Aug.  last  are  sent  for  confirmation, 
i.  e.  an  Act  for  the  further  support  of  the  Government  for  five  years, 
(this  Act  was  an  additional  one  to  the  Act  passed  in  1720) — an  Act 


1725.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  131 

to  lay  a  duty  on  wheat,  &c. — an  act  to  ascertain  the  size  of  casks — 
an  Act  for  the  better  regulation  of  elections — an  Act  concerning  the 
appointment  of  the  Loan  Commissioners,  and  an  Act  prescribing  the 
forms  of  declaration  of  fidelity,  &e., — observations  upon  the  said 
Act — minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly,  and  other  papers  transmit- 
ted. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  7.  Duplicate.  20  folios. 
Transmitted  in  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Seer,  of  State, 
of  the  same  date. 

[Printed  in  New  York   CoL  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  7G6.] 

Dec.  11.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  respect- 
ing the  three  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  referred  to  him 
the  27th  September,  1725,  leaving  the  two  first  Acts  to  the  decision 
of  the  Board,  and  offering  no  objection  to  the  confirming  of  the  third. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  23.  Original.  5  folios. 
1725-26. 

Jan.  20.  Letter  from  Mr.  G.  Gray  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Proposals  to  prevent  the  outrages  of  the  savages,  by  cutting  a  path 
through  the  woods  on  the  back  of  all  the  Colonies  in  America.  S. 
P.  0.;  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  68.     Orig'l.     20  folios. 

Feb.  8.  Letter  from  Mr.  Gray  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  with  fur- 
ther additions  to  his  proposals  of  20th  Jan.,  concerning  the  security 
of  the  Colonies  against  the  Indians.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  10,  L.  69.     Original.     16  folios. 

1726. 

June  2.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Answers  several  queries  sent  him  by  the  Board,  Oct.  1, 
1725 — he  will  send  the  accounts  of  the  receipts  and  disbursements 
of  New  Jersey — the  people  of  New  Jersey  (being  generally  of  a 
New  England  extraction,  and  thereby  enthusiasts)  would  consider 
the  taking  the  number  of  planters,  &c.,  as  a  repetition  of  the  sin 
David  committed  in  numbering  the  people — he  will  give  directions 
to  the  Surveyor  of  New  Jersey  to  make  a  map  of  that  Province — 
New  York  affairs.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  7.  Dupli- 
cate.    20  folios. 

Transmitted  in  a  letter  fi'om  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Seer,  of  State 
of  the  same  date. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  777.] 

June  24.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  six  Acts  passed  at 
New  Jersey  the  23d  of  Aug.,  1725.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  14,  p.  142.     Entry.     3  folios. 

June  28.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Burnet — The  subject  of  the  probable  discovery  of  silver  and  gold 
mines  in  New  Jersey,  contained  in  Gov'r  Burnet's  letter  to  Lord 
Carteret,  of  12  Dec,  1722,  was  considered,  and  the  Attorney  and 


182  WILLIAM    BURNET    GOVERNOR.  [1726. 

Solicitor  Generals'  opinion  thereupon  transmitted — the  Board  does 
not  approve  the  Act  for  an  additional  support  of  this  [New  Jer- 
sey] Government,  and  making  current  £-40.000  in  bills  of  credit, 
&c.,  but  let  it  lie  by  probationary — the  Board,  with  some  concern, 
observe  that  Gov'r  Burnet  had  broken  into  the  appropriation  of  this 
Act,  and  took  away  from  the  sinking  fund  the  first  year's  interest, 
and  considers  it  a  bad  precedent — desire  to  have  the  annual  charge 
and  income  transmitted  to  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  .14,  p.  137.     Entry.     9  folios. 

July  5.  Kensington.  Order  in  Council,  ordering  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governor 
of  New  Jersey,  requiring  him  to  suspend  execution  in  eases  of  ap- 
peal to  the  King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  69. 
Original.     6  folios. 

[July  23.  Proclamation  of  Gov'r  Burnet  against  the  exercise 
of  any  authority  by  Peter  Sonmans,  as  Receiver  of  the  Proprietary 
quit  rents.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

July  28.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gover- 
nors in  America,  ab't  suspending  the  execution  of  judgments  or  de- 
crees in  cases  of  appeals  to  His  Majesty. 

Repr.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant'n  Gen'l.  Vol.  39,  p.  32.  En- 
try. 3  folios.  Instr.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14, 
p.  141.     Entry.     4  folios. 

August  9.  Kensington.  Order  in  Council  approving  the 
draft  of  a  commission,  relative  to  the  spiritual  jurisdiction  of  the 
Bishop  of  London  over  the  Churches  in  all  the  Colonies  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B-  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  70.  Attested  copy. 
11  folios. 

Oct.  14.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — New  York  affairs — "  There  has  been  no  session  of  the 
Assembly  held  in  New  Jersey  this  year,  but  early  in  the  spring  I 
(Gov'r)  am  to  meet  them" — the  Naval  Offi'r's  acc'ts  are  sent.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  and  W.  Indies.     Vol.  7.     Duplicate — Extract.     1  folio. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  781 ;  but  the  above  extract  is 
all  that  refers  to  New  Jersey.] 

Dec.  1.  New  York.  Certificate  signed  by  21  merchants  of  New 
York,  to  the  effect,  that  the  New  Jersey  paper  money  is  preferable  to 
New  York  paper  currency,  and  after  a  gradual  rise,  it  is  now  com- 
monly at  a  premium  of  6d,  9d,  or  12d  in  the  pound.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  27.  ^Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  19,  172G. 

Dec.  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Certificate  signed  by  Andr'w  John- 
ston, Mich.  Kearney,  Aaron  Putland,  Feuwick  Lyell,   Chas.  Dun- 


1726.]  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  133 

ster,  Joseph  Bonnel,  Win.  Williamson,  Saml  Ailing,  J.  Stevens, 
Henry  Neale,  Alex.  Mackdowall,  Jos.  Ogden,  J  Cooper,  and  Ebene- 
zer  Lyon,  merch'ts  of  Perth  Amboy,  to  the  effect,  that  the  New 
Jersey  paper  currency  is  upon  a  par  with  the  currency  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  at  a  premium  in  New  York,  and  that  gold  may  be  had  at 
5  or  6  per  cent,  discount.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3, 
E.  28.  Original.  4  folios. 
Enclosed  in  the  following. 

Dec.  19.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade— Keceived  thS  Board's  letter  of  the  28th  June  last,  and 
desires  to  have  the  King's  orders  how  he  is  to  act  with  regard  to  the 
undertakers  to  discover  the  supposed  mines  of  gold  and  silver  in  New 
Jersey — sends  answers  to  the  Board's  objection  against  an  Act  of 
New  Jersey  passed  in  1725,  for  the  support  of  that  Government — 
sends  certificates  of  the  present  value  of  the  Bills  of  New  Jersey — 
further  observations  on  the  above  Act — sends  the  Treasurer's  Ac- 
counts— recommends  Mr.  Cornelius  Van  Home  to  be  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  David  Lyell,  deceased.  S.  P  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  24.     Original.     21  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing,  and  Treasurer's  of  the  Western  Division 
of  New  Jersey  account,  1720-1725.  Treasurer's  of  the  Eastern 
Division  of  New  Jersey  account,  1723-1726. 

[Printed  in  N.  y'  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  809.] 

Dec.  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  the  accounts  about  the  importation  of  negroes  to 
East  New  Jersey — there  are  few,  if  any,  imported  in  West  N.  Jersey 
—New  York  affairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  20,  D.  d. 
27.     Original.      (Extract.)      1  folio. 

Enclosing  the  following. 

[Printed  in  New  York  CoL  Docts.,  VoLV.  p.  810 ;  but  table  not  given.] 

Dec.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  An  account  of  what  negroes  appears 
by  the  Custom  House  books  to  have  bsen  imported  into  the  Eastern 
Division  of  New  Jersey,  from  the  20th  July,  1698  to  the  22d  Dec, 
1726.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  29.  Original. 
8  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

Account  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 

distinguishing  their  age,  sex,  and  colour,  taken  in  the  year  1726. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     (Bundle.)     Original.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  full  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  819  ;  and  see  "  Contribu- 
tions to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  158.]  ^ 

1726--2T. 

Feb.  8.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  an  additional  instruction  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  requir- 
ing him  to  suspend  execution  in  cases  of  Appeal,  and  directing  same 


134  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  [1727. 

to  be  prepared  for  the  King's  signature.   S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  72.     Attested  copy.     3  folios. 

Feb.  23.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Mr.  Cornelius  Van  Home  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  David  Lyell,  deceased. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  144.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Burnet — If  the  proposals  be  made  for  working  the  mines  in  New 
Jersey,  the  Board  will  lay  the  same  before  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury 
— the  Certificates  about  the  advance  of  the  N.  Jersey  paper  money 
was  considered,  but  the  Board  cannot  alter  their  opinion  as  to  the 
Bill — Mr.  Cornelius  Van  Home  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  145. 
Entry.     5  folios. 

March  16.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Scrope — Transmits 
draft  of  a  Bill  for  the  more  effectual  preservation  of  His  Maj'ty's 
woods  in  the  Plantations — suggests  whether  some  provision  should 
not  be  made  in  said  Bill  to  check  the  Surveyor  in  the  granting  of 
licences.     S.  P.  0.,  B.   T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.   37.     Entry. 

5  folios. 

[March  23.  Additional  instructions  from  the  King  to  Gov'r 
Burnet,  relative  to  suspension  of  executions  in  cases  where  appeals 
were  admitted  to  the  Privy  Council.  OriginaL  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

1727. 

March  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  copy  of  the  King's  Commission  to  the 
Bishop  of  London,  to  exercise  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  in  the 
Plantations,  and  requesting  same  may  be  communicated  to  the  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Jersey  and  the  other  Governors  in  America.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  71.     Original     25  folios. 

May  3.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  an  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  in  accordance  "with  the  enclosed  petition  from  the  Bishop  of 
London,  praying  that  all  laws  against  blasphemy,  adultery,  swearing, 
drunkenness,  &c.,  be  vigorously  put  in  force.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.   10,  L.  73.     Original.      17  folios. 

May  9.  New  York.  An  account  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  distinguishing  their  age,  sex,  and  color,  taken  in 
the  year  1726,  (transmitted  to  the  Board  by  Gov'r  Burnet  in  his 
letter  of  the  above  date,  which  letter  treats  entirely  about  New  York 
affairs.)     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     VoL  3,  E.  32.     Original 

6  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  818,     See  June  2(3,  172G.] 


1727.]  WILLIAM   BURNET    GOVERNOR.  135 

May  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  (Seer. 
Popple) — Sends  the  account  of  the  inhabitants  of  New  Jersey — the 
Map  is  not  yetj  ready — the  Surveyors  say  it  is  very  difficult  to  make 
any  thing  of  an  exact  one — is  sorry  that  the  interest  money  arising 
from  the  paper  credit  in  New  Jersey  cannot  be  applied  to  the  cur- 
rent service.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  33. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  820.] 

May  31.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  23d  of  Feb.  last,  appointing  Mr. 
Cornelius  Van  Home  to  be  of  the  New  Jersey  Council.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  31.     Copy.     2  folios. 

June  G.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  drafts  of 
instructions  to  the  Governors  in  America,  relating  to  the  laws  about 
blasphemy,  profaneness,  &c. — (these  additional  instructions  were  in- 
corporated in  the  general  instructions  to  the  first  Governors  ap- 
pointed by  George  the  2d.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant'u  Gen'l.  Vol. 
39,  p.  40.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  17.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  the  drafts  of  proclamations  for  proclaiming 
King  Geo.  2d  in  the  several  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  41.     Entry.     5  folios. 

June  26.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  iu  America,  enclosing  orders  from  the  Privy 
Council  for  proclaiming  the  King,  and  proclamations  for  continuing 
all  officers  iu  their  respective  places,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant'u 
Gen'l.     Vol.  39,  p.  47.     Entry.    3  folios. 

June  26.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Burchet — Will  de- 
liver the  enclosed  packets  to  the  Governors  in  the  Plantations  for 
proclaiming  King  George  2d  in  America,  to  the  Captains  of  the  ves- 
sels appointed  for  carrying  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  39,  p.  46.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  30.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — No  applications  for  working  the  mines  of  gold  and  silver 
in  New  Jersey  have  been  made — desires  permission  to  apply  the  in- 
terest money  from  the  bills  to  the  use  of  the  Government — observa- 
tions on  this  subject.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E. 
30.     Original.     7  folios. 

June  30.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  (Sec. 
Popple) — Hopes  to  prevail  with  the  Board  to  let  the  interest  money 
arising  from  the  paper  credit  in  New' Jersey  to  be  applied  to  the 
current  service — the  members  of  the  N.  Jersey  Assembly  are  uneasy 
at  the  thought  of  meeting  at  their  own  costs — sends  the  Naval  Offi- 
cers' accounts. 

On  the  other  side,  a  P.  S.,  dated  28th  Aug.  1727,  states— that 


136  WILLIAM    EUKNET   GOVERNOE.  [1727. 

upon  certain  news  of  the  late  King's  death,  he  proclaimed  his  pres- 
ent Majesty  in  both  Provinces.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  3,  E.  34.     Original.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  822.] 

July  11.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Gov- 
ernors of  the  Plantations  in  America,  enclosing  proclamations  for 
continuing  all  Oificers  in  their  respective  places  until  the  King's 
pleasure,  and  requesting  them  to  make  the  same  public.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.   39,  p.  49      Entry.     2  folios. 

August  23.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  King,  proposing  that  new  Great  Seals  be  prepared  and 
sent  to  His  Majesty's  several  Colonies  and  Plantations  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  39,  p.  50.     Entry.     1  folio. 

August  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  desiring  that  all  commissions,  orders,  or  instruc- 
tions, which  pass  the  Secretary's  Ofl&ce,  relating  to  the  Plantations, 
may  be  communicated  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  39,  p.  50.     Entry.     1  folio. 

August  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Lord  Viscount  Townshend,  with  a  representation  to  the  King,  and 
enclosing  the  drafts  of  commissions  for  John  Montgomerie,  Esq.,  to 
be  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Letter  &  Rep.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  61,  p.  409.  Entry.  3  folios.  Comm'n 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  149.     Entry.     60  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  823.] 

[August  26.  New  York.  Governor  Burnet  to  the  Duke  of 
Newcastle  and  Lords  of  Trade — Had  proclaimed  the  accession  of 
George  2d  at  Perth  Amboy  the  day  before  "  with  the  usual 
solemnity." 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  825,  827.] 

August  31.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governoi's  in  the  American  Plantations,  desiring  the  Minutes 
of  the  Councils  and  Assemblies,  as  likewise  the  Acts  passed  there, 
may  be  abstracted  in  the  margins,  pursuant  to  instructions.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  39,  p.  51.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Sept.  28.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  a  draft  of  instructions,  and  of  those  which 
relate  to  the  Acts  of  Trade  for  the  Government  of  New  Jersey,  and 
giving  reasons  for  some  few  alterations  in  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  109.  Entry.  Representation.  14  folios. 
General  Instructions.     210  folios. 

For  instructions  relating  to  the  Acts  of  Trade,  see  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  York,  V.  62,  p.  74. 

Sept.   20.     Kensington.     Order  in   Council  directing  that  new 


1727.]  WILLIAir   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  137 

Seals  be  prepared  and  sent  to  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  for  the 
sealing  of  all  public  instruments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  10,  L.  76.     Original.     3  folios. 

Oct.  2.  St.  James'.  Warrant  from  King  George  II.  to  John 
Hollos,  Gent,  engraver  of  Seals,  to  make  new  Seals  for  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey,  according  to  the  directions  he  will  receive  from  the 
Lords  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  79. 
Copy.     2  folios. 

Nov.  8.  "Whitehall.  Eepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  the  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  to  the  Govern'rs  of  Jamaica,  New  York, 
and  New  Jersey,  relating  to  the  rights  of  the  Admiralty  and  pirates' 
effects.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen'l.  Vol.  39.  Entries.  Rep- 
resent, p.  52.     Instruct'ns  p.  244.     5  folios. 

Nov.  17.  Whitehall.  Warrant  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
John  RoUos,  His  Majesty's  seal-cutter,  to  prepare  new  Seals  for  the 
Plantations  in  America,  giving  their  several  descriptions.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.      Plant'n  Gen'l.     Vol.  39,  p.  53.     Entry  (Extract.)     1  folio. 

Nov.  22.  Letter  from  jNIr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Scrope,  requesting  the 
opinion  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  upon  the  draft  of  a  bill  re- 
lating to  His  Majesty's  woods  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  59.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Dec.  3.  Treasury  Chambers.  Letter  from  IMr.  Scrope  to  Mr. 
Popple,  to  acquaint  the  Board  of  Trade  that  the  King  has  appointed 
David  Dunbar  surveyor  of  woods  in  America,  in  the  room  of  Charles 
Burniston,  and  that  instructions  be  prepared  for  his  guidance.  S.  P.- 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol  10,  L.  83.     Original.     2  folios. 

Dec.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  an  additional  instruction  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  relative 
to  the  appointment  of  Robert  Byng,  Receiver  General  of  the  rights 
and  perquisites  of  the  Admiralty  with  respect  to  pirates  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  92.  Attested  copy.  8 
folios. 

Dec.  18.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  an  address  from  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
King,  by  their  agent,  Mr.  Le  Heup — is  informed  that  IMr.  Mont- 
gomerie  is  to  succeed  him — sends  copies  of  his  speech  to  the  Assem- 
bly of  New  Jersey,  and  their  address  to  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  35.     Duplicate.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  the  following,  and  Gov'r  Burnet's  speech  to  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  Dec.  9,  1727,  printed  in  the  Journal  of  the 
Gen'l  Assembly,  and  their  answer,  Dec.  13,  1727. 

(Dec.  18.)  New  Jersey.  Address  of  the  Gov'r,  Council  and 
General  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King — Condoling  upon  the 


138  WILLIAM   BURNET   GOVERNOR.  [1727. 

deatli  of  the  late  King,  and   congratulating   King   George  II.  upon 
his  accession  to  the  throne.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3, 
•E.  36.     Copy.     7  folios. 
Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

[Jan.  9  and  13.  Burlington.  Minutes  of  Council  relating  to 
the  dissolution  of  the  Assembly,  in  consequence  of  resolutions  in 
favor  of  a  Governor  distinct  from  N.  Y.     Cop}^     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Jan.  "A  modest  vindication  of  the  proceedings  of  the  last 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  on  their  resolves  touching  a  separate 
Governor  " — Presumed  to  have  been  written  by  James  Alexander. 
MS.  copy  in  J.  A's  handwriting.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  "  Collections"  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,  Vol.  IV.  pp.  IG,  18.] 

Feb.  7.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Scrope— The  draft  of 
instructions  for  Colonel  Dunbar,  appointed  Surveyor  General  of  His 
Majesty's  woods  in  America,  being  under  the  consideration  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  reminds  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury  of  a  bill  for 
the  more  effectual  preservation  of  said  woods.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  60.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Feb.  20.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Col.  Spotswoode,  requesting 
his  opinion  on  some  papers  relating  to  the  production  of  naval  stores 
in  America,  and  the  most  effectual  methods  for  carrying  out  same. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  62.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[Col.  (Alexander)  Spotswoode  had  been  Governor  of  Virginia  from  1710  to 
1722.] 

[Feb.  29.  Duke  of  New  Castle  to  Governor  Montgomerie,  di- 
recting the  issue  of  letters  patent  making  Robert  Lettice  Hooper 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS  ] 

March  7.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Fane,  for  his  opinion 
in  point  of  law  on  the  draft  of  a  bill  for  the  more  effectual  preser- 
vation of  His  Majesty's  woods  in  America,  and  for  encouraging  the 
importation  of  naval  stores  from  thence.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  64.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  20.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
King,  upon,  and  enclosing  the  draft  of  a  bill  for  the  better  and 
more  effectual  preservation  of  His  Majesty's  woods  in  America,  and 
for  the  encouragement  of  the  importation  of  naval  stores  from  thence. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  65.     Entry.     86  folios. 

[March  24.  Barbadoes.  Letter  from  David  Rycroft  to  Messrs. 
Parker  and  Johnston,  of  Amboy — Governor  Montgomerie  had 
sailed  thence  the  Friday  previous — congratulates  them  on  the  ap- 
pointment of  one  to  be  their  Governor ' "  whose  greatest  pleasure 
seems  to  be  in  doing  justice  to  all  mankind  " — had  taken  no   de- 


1728.]        JOHN  MONTGOMERIE  GOVERNOR.  13P 

pendents  -with  liim,  intending  to   confer  whatever  posts  of  honor  or 
profit  there  might  be  upon  gentlemen  of  the  Province.     Original. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 
1728. 

April  5.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Transmitting  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to  the 
Governor  of  New  Jersey — to  render  every  assistance  to  the  Sur- 
veyor General  of  the  Woods  and  his  deputies  in  fulfilling  their  duties. 
S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T.     P4ant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  97.     Entry.     5  folios. 

April  12.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  for  His  Majesty's  approbation  drafts  of  an 
additional  instruction  to  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations  in  Amer- 
ica, relative  to  the  alteration  in  the  prayers  for  the  royal  family.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  100.     Entry.     7  folios. 

May  6.  New  York  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Arrived  in  New  York  on  the  15th  of  April,  and 
published  his  commissions  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey  a  week  af- 
ter— dissolved  the  New  York  Assembly — GovV  Burnet  met  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  Dec.  last,  and  he  will  send  the  particu- 
lars to  the  Board  about  their  proceedings.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  7.     Duplicate.     5  folios. 

[For  Montgomerie's  instructions,  conimissiou,  &c.,  see  New  York  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  V.  pp.  832,  841.     This  despatch  will  be  found  in  the  same  volume,  p.  855.] 

May  7.  Burlington.  An  address  of  the  Chief  Justice,  [Thos. 
Farmar,]  second  judge,  [Peter  Bard,]  high  sheriff,  grand  jury,  prac- 
titioners of  the  law,  and  the  clerk  of  the  peace  at  a  supreme  court 
held  at  Burlington,  for  the  Western  Division  of  New  Jersey,  to 
King  George  II.,  congratulating  His  Majesty  upon  the  hopes  of  see- 
ing the  public  peace  i-estored,  professing  their  inviolable  fidelity,  and 
thanking  for  sending  John  Montgomerie,  Esq.,  to  be  their  Governor. 
(31  signatures.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  7.  Original. 
5  folios. 

[For  notice  of  Chief  Justice  Farraar  see  Field's  "  Provincial  Courts,"  and 
"  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History."] 

June  4.  AVhitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Scrope, 
enclosing  drafts  of  instructions  for  David  Dunbar,  appointed  sur- 
veyor of  the  King's  Avoods  in  America,  and  requesting  his  departure 
may  take  place  as  soon  as  possible.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  39,  p.  103.     Entry.     22  folios. 

June  6.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  instructions  to  the  Govei'nor  of  New  Jer- 
sey, for  restraining  the  importation  of  such  produce  of  French  man- 
ufacture as  may  interfere  with  the  British  trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  95.     Original.     5  folios. 

June  12.     St.  James'.     Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 


140  JOHN   MOKTGOMERIE    GOVERNOR.  [1728. 

of  an  instruction  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  relative  to  alter- 
ations in  the  prayers  for  the  royal  family,  and  directing  same  to  be 
prepared  for  the  King's  signature.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gren, 
Vol.  10,  L.  97.     Attested  copy.     2  folios. 

June  12.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  draft  of  ad- 
ditional instructions  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  directing  him 
to  be  aiding  and  assisting  to  His  Majesty's  Surveyor  General  of  the 
Woods  and  his  deputies  in  the  execution  of  their  offices.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L,  99.     Attested  copy.     3  folios. 

July  3.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Burnet  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Received  His  Majesty's  commissions  and  instructions  for 
the  two  Governments  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  New  Hampshire, 
and  is  preparing  to  go  to  Boston — Col.  Montgomerie  relieved  him 
in  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey  Governments — gives  a  particular 
account  of  the  twelve  public  and  one  private  Acts  passed  in  New 
Jersey  ill  1727-28 — encloses  certificates  to  prove  that  the  N.  Jersey 
paper  money  increased  in  value.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol. 
3,  E.  42  and  43.     Originals.     30  folios. 

Besides  the  certificates,  there  are  the  following  enclosures  : 
1698-99,  (March  13.)  An  Act  of  the  rights  and  privileges  of  the 
inhabitants  of  E.  New  Jersey.  1664-65,  Feb.  10.  Concessions 
and  agreements  of  the  Lords  Proprietors. 

Aug.  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  Gov'r  Burnet's  letter  of  the  3d  July,  Acts 
of  Assembly  and  the  Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey — the  Acts 
and  the  Minutes  are  not  abstracted  in  the  margin  as  ordered,  but  it 
will  ever  be  done  in  future — hopes  the  Gov'r  Burnet's  arguments 
are  sufficient  to  allow  5  per  cent,  interest  of  the  Jersey  bills  to  be 
applied  for  the  support  of  that  Government — New  York  affairs.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  7.     Duplicate.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  858.] 

(Sept.  ?)  The  King's  license  to  Ralph  Gulston,  of  London, 
merchant  conti-actor  to  the  officers  of  the  navy,  to  cut  and  fell  trees 
in  certain  Provinces  in  America,  including  New  Jersey,  during  the 
years  1728,  29,  30  &  31.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  20. 
Draft.     14  folios. 

Nov.  6.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  names  of  persons  fit  to  be  inserted  in  the 
commission  for  trying  pirates  taken  in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  0  , 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol  39,  p.  111.     Entry.     9  folios. 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Popple  to  Francis 
Fane,  Esq.,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  twelve  Acts  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  in  1727-28,  (see  Gov'r  Burnet's  letter  of  3  July,  1728.)  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  250.     Entry.     8  folios. 

Nov.  14.     The  memorial  from  Mr.  James  Smith,  Secretary  of 


1728.]  JOHN   MONTGOMERIP]   GOVERNOR,  l4l 

the  Province  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  complaining 
of  two  Acts  passed 'there  in  1727,  prejudicial  to  bis  office  in  respect 
of  his  fees,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  44. 
Original.     4  folios. 

Nov.  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Montgomerie — Several  of  the  New  Jersey  Acts  are  sent  to 
Mr.  Fane,  one  of  His  Majesty's  Council  at  law  for  his  opinion  there- 
upon— the  Board  considered  Mr.  Burnet's  reasons  for  having  given 
his  assent  to  the  "  Act  for  appropriating  a  part  of  the  interest  mo- 
ney, &c.," — observation  upon  the  last  clause  of  this  Act,  and  unless 
that  clause  is  repealed  the  Act  will  be  disallowed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  York.     Vol.  62,  p.  121.     Entry.     9  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  870.] 

Nov.  27.  Letter  from  Mr.  Keith  to  Mr.  Popple,  on  the  manu- 
facture of  silk,  linen  and  wool  in  the  several  Colonies  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  103,  104.  Original. 
14  folios. 

Nov.  28.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Coxe — His  brother  having  in  1719,  Dec.  8,  entered  a  caveat  against 
an  Act  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  running  the  division 
line  between  the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions  of  that  Province, 
and  for  preventing  disputes  and  preserving  the  rights  of  the  Proprie- 
tors and  persons  claiming  under  them  " — he  is  desired  to  appear  be- 
fore them,  and  to  offer  what  he  may  have  against  the  said  Act.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  253.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  30.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Requests  that  the  royal  assent  to  the  triennial  and 
Quakers'  Act  be  delayed  till  it  is  known  how  the  Assembly  behaves 
■when  he  meets  them  on  the  tenth  of  next  month  at  Burlington — 
New  York  affairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  l^ork.  A^ol.  20,  D.  d. 
83.     Original.     (Extract.)     1  folio. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  871.] 

Dec.  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  Council,  relative  to  the  projects  which  have  been  carried 
on  in  His  Majesty's  Plantations  for  promoting  silk,  linen  or  woollen 
manufactures.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  136. 
Entry.     16  folios. 

Dec.  5.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1719,  for  run- 
ning the  partition  line  between  the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions, 
for  His  Majesty's  confirmation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  14,  p.  254.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  Townshend  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  enclosing,  for  their  Lordship's  consideration,  ob- 
servations by  Sir  William  Keith,  on  the  present  state  of  the  Colo- 


142  JOHN   MONTGOMERIE   GOVERNOR.  [1728. 

nies  in  America  with  respect  to  the  interests  of  Great  Britain.     S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  10,  L.  105.     Original.     65  folios. 

Dec.  18.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Governor  Montgomerie  to 
the  Duke  of  Newcastle — Has  received  additional  instructions  re- 
lating to  the  Surveyor  General  of  the  "Woods,  and  the  form  of  prayer 
for  the  royal  family — encloses  his  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  con- 
taining an  account  of  affairs  in  New  Jersey — Col.  Biggs,  captain  of 
a  company,  dead,  has  ordered  Bich.  Biggs  to  succeed  him.  S.  P. 
0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12,  p.  1.  Original.  3  folios. 
172§--29. 

Feb.  3.  Custom  House.  Account  of  the  quantity  of  pitch,  tar, 
rozen  and  turpentine,  imported  from  the  Plantations  in  America 
from  1721  to  1727.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  10,  L.  109. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[Feb.  14.  Beceiver's  Office  for  Greenwich  Hospital,  on  Tower 
Hill.  W.  Young  and  Wm.  Allic  to  Gov'r  Montgomerie,  transmit- 
ting acc't  directing  the  collection  of  six  pence  per  month  from  sea- 
men for  Greenwich  Hospital.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

March  2.  Letter  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  an- 
swer to  the  letter  of  Mr.  Seer.  Popple,  of  13  Nov.  1728,  giving  his 
opinion  in  point  of  law  upon  twelve  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in 
1727-28.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol  3,  E.  48.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

March  4.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Bichard  Partridge,  agent  for  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  desiring  confirma- 
tion of  an  "  Act  for  confirming  conveyances  of  lands,  &c.,"  passed 
in  New  Jersey  in  March,  1713-14,  and  five  other  Acts  passed  in 
1727-28.  S.  P.  ^0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  47.  Orig- 
inal.    4  folios. 

[For  notices  of  Richard  Partridge  see  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  46,  &c. 
"  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  pp.  114,  116.] 

March  13.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr.  Fran- 
cis Fane — Desiring  his  opinion  upon  "  an  x\ct  for  confirming  convey- 
ances of  lands,  &c.,"  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  March,  1713-14.      S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  256.     Entry.     1  folio. 
1729. 

April  1.  Letter  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  an- 
swer to  Mr.  Popple's  letter  of  the  14th  of  March,  giving  his  opin- 
ion upon  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey,  in  March,  1713-14.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  49.     Original.     2  folios. 

April  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  GovV  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Met  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  December — 
the  Quakers  were  quite  "  unadvisable  and  ungovernable,"  being 
elated  with  the  triennial  Act  passed  during  the  last  session — singu- 
lar resolves  made  by  the  Assembly,  to  be  seen  in  their  Minutes — 
they  offered  no  address  to  the  King — by  the  advice  of  the   Council 


1729.]  JOHN   MONTGOMERIE    GOVERNOR.  143 

he  dissolved  the  Assembly — the  Quakers  do  not  deserve  His  Majes- 
ty's assent  to  the  bill  passed  at  the  session  in  1727,  in  their  favor — 
the  Quakers  were  always  insolent  and  troublesome — the  triennial 
Act  ought  not  to  be  confirmed,  as  it  will  set  an  example  to  N.  York 
to  do  the  like — he  will  move  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  repeal 
the  last  clause  of  the  "  Act  for  appropriating  a  part  of  the  interest 
money  paid,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  E.  52. 
Original.     11  folios. 

[Soe  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Monns,"  p.  16,  for  circumstances  leading  to  the  dissolu- 
tion of  tlie  Assembly,  and  Smith's  N.  J.,  p.  420.] 

May  22.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council,  (the  Queen  present,) 
confirming  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  March, 
1718-19,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  running  and  ascertaining  the  line  of 
partition  or  division  between  the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions  of 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  3,  E.  51.     Copy.     6  folios. 

[May  24.  A  Case  drawn  from  the  will  of  Thomas  Hart,  (one 
of  the  twenty-foar  Proprietai'ies  of  East  Jersey,)  laid  before  Sir 
Philip  Yorke,  Attorney  General,  with  his  answer.  Copy.  White- 
head MSS.] 

[See  P.  Kearney's  opinion,  Sept.  2,  1766,  and  Peter  Bard's 
opinion.  May  1,  1786.]  * 

May  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Francis  Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  several  Acts  passed  in  New 
Jersey  in  1713  and  1727-28.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
11,  p.  257.     Entry.     6  folios. 

June  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lowndes  to  Mr.  Popple,  enclosing  a 
letter  from  Sir  William  Keith,  in  confirmation  of  the  facts  repre- 
sented by  the  merchants  in  their  memorial  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
touching  pot-ashes,  and  proposing  that  a  number  of  persons  well- 
skilled  in  producing  .same,  be  sent  to  all  the  Colonies  in  America. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  5.     Original.     7  folios. 

July  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Montgomerie — The  Board  are  of  opinion  that  His  Majesty's  sub- 
jects, especially  when  they  are  legally  met  in  Assembly,  should  not 
be  discouraged  from  applying  to  the  Crown  by  address,  (this  was 
said  with  reference  to  the  endeavors  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  confer  with  the  Council  upon  the  best  method  of  obtaining  a 
separate  Governor) — the  Board  does  not  see  the  reason  for  repealing 
the  Quakers'  Act,  but  the  triennial  Act  cannot  be  allowed — they  ex- 
pect to  hear  soon  about  the  repealing  of  the  last  clause  of  the  "  Act 
for  appi'opriating  a  part  of  the  interest  money,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  259.     Entry.     7  folios. 

July  29.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lowndes  to  Mr.  Popple,  transmitting 
a  memorial  signed  by  several  merchants,  praying  that  encouragement 


144  JOHN    MONTGOMEHIE    GOVERNOK.  [1729. 

be  given  to  the  Colonies  in   America   to   produce  pot-aslies.     S.   P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  34.     Original.     6  folios. 

July  30.  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Daniel  Horsmanden  to  Mr. 
Henry  Parsons — Requests  his  good  offices  in  endeavoring  to  obtain 
the  Attorney  Generalship  of  the  New  Jerseys — Mr.  Smith,  the 
present  Att.  Gen'l,  is  not  bred  to  the  law.  S.  P.  O.  Am.  &  West 
Indies.     Vol.  385.      Original.     2  folios. 

[Horsmanden  became  afterwards  a  Judge  of  tlie  Supreme  Court  in  New  York, 
and  from  his  connection  witli  the  Negro  Plot  and  other  causes,  a  prominent  indi- 
vidual in  that  Province.] 

Auff.  2.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  orders  of  the  Board  contained  in  their  letter 
of  the  20th  Nov.,  1728,  shall  be  fulfilled,  and  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  shall  be  moved  to  repeal  the  last  clause  of  their  "  Act  for 
appropriating  a  part  of  the  interest  money,  &c.," — arguments  in  fa- 
vor of  the  clause,  answering  point  by  point  every  objection  con- 
tained in  the  above-named  letter  of  the  20th  of  Nov., — should  there- 
peal  of  this  clause  be  insisted  upon,  the  Government  of  New  Jersey 
will  in  all  probability  remain  unsupported  from  Sept.,  1730,  when 
the  present  revenue  expires,  to  Sept.,  1736.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  53.  Original.  48  folios. 
'      [Printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  Y,  p.  889  to  894.] 

[Sept.  15.  Letter  from  Peter  Bard  to  James  Alexander — Had 
been  to  Burlington  to  make  enquiry  about  the  claim  to  the  Island 
(the  title  of  which  was  presumed  to  be  in  Gov'r  Hunter)  set  up  by 
the  inhabitants  of  the  town — does  not  think  their  claim  a  valid  one 
— based  upon  a  lease  from  Sir  Edward  Audros  to  llobert  Stacy  for 
seven  years,  bearing  date  Nov.  14th,  1678  ;  and  a  minute  in  the 
town  book,  that  George  Hutchinson  and  llobert  Stacy  had  conveyed 
to  the  town  for  ever — but  no  deeds  were  to  be  found — an  agreement 
entered  into  by  a  number  of  the  inhabitants,  to  pay  the  expense  of 
maintaining  their  claim — they  had  taken  possession.  Orig'l.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  19.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  instructions  to  the  Governors  in  America,  to  aid 
and  assist  the  receivers  in  their  respective  Governments,  in  collect- 
ino'  sixpence  per  month  from  seamen's  wages  for  the  Koyal  Hospital 
at  Greenwich — enclosing  printed  copy  of  instructions  from  the  Hos- 
pital Commissioners  to  their  receivers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  7.     Original.     30  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  the 
Governors  in  America,  enclosing  queries  for  their  particular  answer 
relative  to  their  respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  152.     Entry.     10  folios. 

Dec.   18.     Whitehall.      Order  in  Council   enclosing  a  petition 


1729.]  JOHN    MONTGOMERIE   GOVERNOR.  145 

from  Thomas  Coram,  relative  to  the  fisheries  in  America,  and  direct- 
ing the  Board  of  Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  an  instruction  to  the 
Governor  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  other  Governors,  in  accordance 
therewith.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  11,  M.  9.  Origi- 
nal.    9  folios. 

Dec.  30.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  for  His  Majesty's  approbation  drafts  of  an 
additional  instruction  to  the  several  Governors  in  America,  to  assist 
.the  receivers  of  6d.  per  month  from  seamen's  wages  for  Greenwich 
Hospital.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  157.  Entry: 
6  folios. 

1T29-30. 

Jan.  10.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Having  heard  that  some  of  the  New  Jersey  Acts  cannot  be  fii- 
vorably  reported  upon,  desires  the  Board  to  ftivor  him  witli  their  ob- 
jections, to  be  transmitted  to  New  Jersey  for  the  people's  answer 
thereto.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  3,  E.  56.     Original.    5  folios. 

[ "  Case  of  Gov'r  Hunter's  Island  in  Delaware   river  " — 

Draft  of  points'  prepared  by  James  Alexander — (1st)  the  right  of 
the  Proprietors  of  West  Jersey  to  lands  lying  East  of  the  middle  of 
the  channel  of  Delaware  river — (2d)  Matinicuuk  island,  containing 
about  3.50  acres,  thus  situated — (.3d)  warrant  of  survey  ordered  by 
the  Proprietors,  Jan.  23,  1710 — (4th)  was  so  surveyed,  and  (.5th) 
on  25th  and  26th  Jan.,  1710,  granted  to  Gov'r  Robert  Hunter — 
(6th)  Gov'r  Hunter  held  undisputed  possession  for  several  years — 
(7th)  in  consequence  of  an  opinion  given  by  the  Attorney  General, 
that  the  islands  in  the  Delaware  had  never  been  granted  by  the 
Crown,  the  inhabitants  of  Burlington  in  1729,  without  due  process 
of  law,  had  ousted  Gov'r  Hunter's  tenant.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[For  an  interesting  note  by  Dr.  O'Callaghan,  referring  to  Mr.  Alexander,  em- 
bodying important  dates  and  facts,  see  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  982.] 

Jan.  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  for  their  information  a  printed  copy 
of  a  commission  under  the  gi-eat  seal,  to  the  Bishop  of  London,  to 
exercise  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  in  the  Colonies  and  Plantations  in 
America,  bearing  date  the  29  of  April,  1728.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  10.     Original,  with  commission.     27  folios. 

[For  the  Commission  at  length  see  N.  Y.  CoL  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  849.] 

Feb.  5.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Privy  Council,  enclosing  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to  the 
Govei'nor  of  New  Jersey,  for  putting  a  stop  for  the  future  to  his 
laying  any  claim  to  the  produce  of  whales,  under  the  pretence  of 
their  being  royal  fish.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p. 
160.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Feb.  5.      Report  from   Mr.   Francis  Fane,  one  of  the  King's 
10 


146  JOHN   MONTGOMKRIE   GOVERNOR.  [1730. 

Council,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  their  letter  of  the  30 
of  May  last,  giving  his  opinion  upon  "  An  Act  for  shortening  the 
lawf-uits,  &c.,"  and  "  An  Act  for  acknowledging  deeds,  &c.," 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1713,  and  upon  "An  Act  for  shortening 
lawsuits  &c.,"  and  "  An  Act  for  acknowledging  deeds,  &c.,"  passed 
in  1728-29.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  50,  57. 
Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  17.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon 
m'x  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  August,  1725; 
Approving  the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  62. 
Original.     2  folios. 

March  11.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  A.  Popple  to  Juo.  Mont- 
gomerie,  Governor  of  Ncav  York  and  New  Jersey,  transmitting  draft 
of  an  instruction  to  prevent  his  appropriating  the  produce  of  whales, 
g.  P.  O.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  162.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  17.  Whitehall.  Eeport  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  King,  enclosing  for  His  Majesty's  approbation  drafts  of  an  ad- 
ditional instruction  to  the  several  Governors  in  America,  directing 
them  to  support  the  Bishop  of  London's  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction. 
S.  P.   0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol  39,  p.  165.     Entry.     5  folios. 

(March  17.  "  Ileceived.")  Observations  on  the  trade  of  Amer- 
ica submitted  to  the  I'oard  of  Trade,  by  Ilobert  Dinwiddle,  Collec- 
tor of  Customs  in  Bermuda.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.   Gen.     Vol. 

11,  M.  24.     Original.     16  folios. 
IT  30. 

April  7.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
House  of  Lords,  relative  to  the  proposals  for  furnishing  Great  Brit- 
ain with  naval  stores  from  the  Plantations,  and  to  the  establishments 
of  Governors  and  Governments,  the  variations,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  167,  219.  Entry,  (relative  to  New 
Jersey.)     28  folios. 

April  20.  St.  James.'  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  instructions  for  all  the  Governors  in  America,  re- 
quiring them  to  assist  the  officers  of  the  Vice  Admiralty  Courts 
within  their  Governments  in  the  legal  execution  of  their  respective 
employments  in  all  matters  that  may  properly  and  judicially  come 
under  their  cognizance.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M. 

12.  Original.     5  folios. 

■  April  20.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  instruc- 
tions laid  belwe  the  King  by  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Coun- 
cil, to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  (except  Leeward  Islands,  New 
England,  and  N.  &  S.  Carolina,)  directing  them  to  support  the 
Bishop  of  London  and  his  Commissaries  in  the  exercise  of  such  eccle- 
siastical jurisdiction  as  is  granted  to  them.  S-  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     \  ol.  11,  M.  15.     Copy.     3  folios. 


IToO.]        JOHN  MOXTGOMERIE  GOVERNOR.  147 

April  24.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Montgomerie — Notwithstanding  the  arguments  offered  in  his  letter 
of  the  '2d  of  August  last,  the  Uoard  cannot  alter  their  opinion,  and 
desire  speedy  repeal  of  the  last  clause  of  the  "  Act  for  appropriating 
a  part  of  the  interest  money,  &c.,"  otherwise  it  will  be  laid  before 
the  King  for  disallowance — they  hope  that  the  Courts  of  Chancery 
are  held — a  more  punctual  correspondence  is  desired.  S.  P.  0.,  13. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14.     Entry.     7  folios. 

May  2.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  an 
Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  an  Act  for  vesting  the 
right  of  election  of  representatives,  &c.,  in  the  county  of  Hunterdon, 
and  suspending  the  choice  of  the  town  of  Salem — approving  the  same. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  G3.     Original.     1  folio. 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — That  the  Grovernors  in  America  have  already  an  arti- 
cle in  their  instructions  requiring  them  to  render  every  assistance  to 
the  oJBicers  of  the  Vice  Admiralty  Courts  within  their  Governments. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  236.     Entry.     3  folios. 

May  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Mon^:gomerie  to  the 
Secretai'y  of  State — Received  orders  for  cessation  of  hostilities  and 
restitution  of  prizes  to  the  subjects  of  Spain  in  America,  which  orders 
will  be  punctually  obeyed — the  Proprietor  of  the  mines  in  New  Jer- 
sey are  very  unwilling  to  enter  into  any  contract,  but  when  his  ships 
arrive  in  England  with  the  ore,  the  English  Copper  Company  shall 
have  the  first  sight  of  it.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  and  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12, 
No.  6.     Original.     3  folios. 

May  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Is  desirous  of  having  his  conduct  approved — ■ 
he  publicly  declared,  that  if  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  a  duti- 
ful manner  would  address  His  Majesty  for  a  distinct  Governor,  he 
would  not  oppose  the  Council's  joining  with  them,  and  would  transmit 
their  address — he  dissolved  the  Assembly  because  they  mentioned  no 
application  or  address  to  the  King — the  revenue  expiring — met  the 
Assembly  on  the  7th  of  this  month — no  hopes  of  their  repealing  the 
law  for  applying  the  interest  money,  &c. — Mr.  Kinsey,  a  Quaker,  is 
chosen  Speaker — thanks  to  the  Board  for  having  suspended  Mr. 
Morris,  junior,  from  the  Council  Board  of  N.  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol  3,  E.  57.     Original.     10  folios. 

Enclosing  his  speech  to  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey,  and  their 
address,  May  7,  1730. 

[See  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris,"  pp.  15-18.] 

June  23.  AVindsor  Castle.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
to  the  Board  of  Trade — His  Majesty's  pleasure  that  an  exact  state- 
ment of  the  position,  &c.,  of  New  Jersey  and  the  other  Colonies  in 
America,  be  drawn  up  and  submitted  to  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  16.     Original.     2  folios.  (' 


148  JOHN    MONTGOMEKIE    GOVEKNOH.  [17o0. 

July  4.  Perth  Amboy.  Petition  of  the  representatives  of  New 
Jersey  to  the  King,  praying  for  a  separate  Governor — (signed  by 
John  Klnsey,  iunr.,  Speaker.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  Indies.  VoL 
12,  N.  7.     Original.     6  folios.     [See  Smith's  N.  J.,  p.  420.] 

Transmitted  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle — see  Gov'r  Montgome- 
rie's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  20th  November,  1730. 

July  80.  Letter  from  Mr.  Thomas  Smith  to  (the  Duke  of  New- 
castle,) praying  to  be  appointed  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  in  case  the 
petition  of  that  Assembly  for  a  separate  Government  be  granted. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  No.  8.     Original.     2  folios. 

August  13.  Whitehall.  Eeport  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  Privy  Council,  enclosing  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to 
Jno.  Montgomerie,  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  relating  to  His  Majes- 
ty's share  of  forfeitures  to  be  incurred  by  persons  destroying  the 
woods  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  237. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

[  Sept.  17.  Windsor.  Order  of  Council  approving  several  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  for  the  Governors  of  New  York,  New  Jer- 
sey, Nova  Scotia,  Massachusetts  Bay,  New  Hampshire,  Rhode 
Island  and  Connecticut,  relating  to  His  Majesty's  granting  to  the 
informer  his  share  of  all  the  penalties  inflicted  on  persons  convicted 
of  destroying  the  woods  in  America,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  11,  M.  20.     Copy.     3  folios. 

[Sept.  17.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  John  Parker  to  Rev. 
William  Skinner  of  Perth  Amboy,  describing  the  seals  of  the  cities 
of  Perth  Amboy  and  New  Brunswick,  and  asking  him  to  furnish  the 
mottoes  for  the  latter.      Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Sept.  17.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Rev.  Wm.  Skinner  to 
John  Parker,  furnishing  mottoes  for  the  seal  of  the  city  of  New 
Brunswick — "  Alma  sed  oequa,^''  "  Lceta  revertor,^^  the  devices  being 
a  sheaf  of  wheat,  with  a  pair  of  scales  weighing  a  barrel  of  flour  "  on 
y  dexter,"  and  a  boat  riding  at  anchor  before  the  town  "  on  the 
sinister."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  19.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge,  Agent  for  the  Province  of 
New  Jersey,  to  Mr.  Secretary  Popple,  enclosing  his  Memorial  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  praying  that  certain  Acts  paseed  in  that  Province 
in  1720  and  1727-28,  may  be  considered  and  reported  upon  to  the 
King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  54.  Original. 
3  folios. 

October  28.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  in  point  of  law,  whether  fines  imposed  by 
Acts  of  Parliament  for  offences  committed  in  the  Plantations  are  to 
be  recovered  there  in  sterling  money,  proclamation  money,  or  the  cur- 
rency of  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p. 
240.     Entry.     1  folio. 


1730.]  JOHN    MOXTGOMKKIE    GOVERNOR.  149 

Nov.  3.  Letter  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  answer 
to  one  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  of  the  28tli  of  October,  giving  bis 
opinion  on  the  fines  imposed  by  Acts  of  Parliament  for. offences  com- 
mitted in  the  Plantations,  that  the  same  be  paid  in  sterling  money. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  11,  M.  19.  Original.  2  fo- 
lios. 

Nov.  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Board's  letter  of  the  24tli  of  April  he  did  not 
receive  until  several  weeks  after  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  was 
adjourned — he  did  not  press  the  repeal  of  the  clause  about  the  dis- 
posal of  the  interest  money,  as  he  thought  that  what  was  represented 
to  the  Board  had  induced  them  to  alter  their  opinion — transmits  15 
Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  with  observations  upon  them 
— the  Assembly  address  His  Majesty  for  a  separate  Gov'ernment — he 
expect^some  addresses  against  it,  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  3,  E.  59. 

Nov.  30.  Letter  from  Francis  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Is 
of  opinion  that  fines  for  off"encos  committed  in  the  Colonies  in 
America,  which  are  imposed  by  English  Acts  of  Parliament,  should 
be  levied  in  sterling  money.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
11,  M.  19.     Original.     2  folios.     [Same  as  Nov.  3.] 

Dec.  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Sir  Philip 
Yorkeand  Chas.  Talbot,  Esqrs.,  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals,  de- 
siring their  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  whether  any  fine  or  recovery 
levied  in  England  will  cut  oflF  the  entail  of  lands  lying  in  the  Planta- 
tions in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  jj.  241. 
Entry.     1  folio. 

Dee.  15.  Letter  from  Sir  Ph.  Yorke  and  C.  Talbot,  Esqrs.,  Att. 
and  Sol.  Generals,  in  answer  to  the  letter  from  Seer.  Popple  of  the 
8th  of  December,  giving  their  opinion,  that  no  fine  levied,  or  recovery 
sufiercd  in  England  of  lands  lying  in  any  of  the  Plantations,  can  bar 
the  entail  of  such  lands,  unless  the  particular  Laws  or  Acts  of  As- 
sembly of  the  Plantation  where  such  lands  lie  have  provided  to  the 
contrary.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  11,  M.  21.  Orig'l. 
2  folios. 

[Dec.  21.  New  York.  Governor  Montgomerie  to  the  Duke  of 
Newcastle,  enclosing  a  copy  of  his  letter  of  20th  Nov.,  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Account  of  proceediugs  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  in 
reference  to  an  application  for  a  separate  Governor  from  New  York 
— trusting  to  "  His  Majesty's  goodness  and  his  Grace's  protection," 
hopes  he  will  be  safe  from  any  attempt  to  have  him  removed. 
Printed  in  N,  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  913.] 

[Dec.  21.  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  Secretai-y  Popple — Transmits 
proceedings  of  Assemblies  of  New  York  and  Xew  Jersey — if  he  had 


150  JOHN    MONTGOMERIE    GOVEHNOH.  [1781. 

not  given  his  assent  to  the  bill  directing  the  expenses  of  New  Jersey 
to  be  paid  out  of  the  interest  money,  the  Government  would  have 
been  in  as  great  confusion  as  New  England  was  in  the  height  of  the 
disputes  with  Gov'r  Burnet. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  913.] 

1730--31. 

[Jan.  4.  Island  of  Jamaica.  Kobcrt  Hunter  to  James  Alexan- 
der, relating  to  purchase  of  lands  at  Inians  Ferry  (now  New  Bruns- 
wick)— Would  like  to  take  five  or  sis  hundred  acres  at  a  reasonable 
rate — Colonel  Charlton  of  Jamaica  would  like  to  make  a  purchase 
also — wishes  to  be  written  to  on  the  subject.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.] 

[Jan.  18.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Mr.  Delafaye,  re- 
lating to  an  application  to  the  Crown  for  a  patent  for  Ma^nicunk 
Island,  in  behalf  of  Robert  Hunter.     Draft,     llutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Jan.  21.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter,  re- 
ferring to  various  business  matters — Plantations  on  the  north  side  of 
Raritan  River  had  risen  to  an  "extravagant  price,  even  to  the  rate 
of  3,  4,  or  £5  an  acre" — lands  much  subdivided,  so  that  few  have 
plantations  of  300  acres — had  been  offered  £1200  for  Hunter's  lot 
of  500  acres  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  altho'  it  had  on  it  neither 
house  nor  orchard,  and  was  not  at  all  improved.  Orig'l  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[See  "Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  155.] 

[Jan.  31.  London.  Ferdinand  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander, 
referring  to  various  matters  placed  in  his  charge — Description  of  Gov'r 
Montgomerie — had  heard  of  the  intention  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
York  to  appoint  another  Agent  instead  of  Mr.  Le  Heup — had  un- 
derstood that  Richard  Partridge  is  an  applicant  for  it — Mr.  Part- 
ridge a  Quaker  merchant — speaks  of  him  in  a  favorable  manner,  but 
advocates  his  own  appointment  for  reasons  stated — had  made  no  in- 
terest to  secure  the  nomination  from  the  Governor,  having  often  seen 
the  ill-effects  of  the  Colonies  appointing  Agents  named  by  the  Gov- 
ernors— such  Agents  are  paid  by  the  country,  but  act  only  for  the 
Governor.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Feb.  24.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  with  a  copy  of  Mr. 
Att.  and  Sol.  Generals'  letter  of  the  15th  December  last,  containing 
their  opinion  on  the  subject  of  fines  and  recoveries  passed  in  Eng- 
land, cutting  off  entails  of  lands  in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  242.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  20.  Perth  Aniboy.  John  Johnston  to  James  Alexan- 
der— Mr.    Kearney  (Philip)   is  to  take  Governor  Hunter's  house — 


1731.]  JOHN    MONTGOMERIE   GOVERNOK.  151 

pictures  and   prints  spoken  of  as  remaining  on  tlie  walls,  and  other 
furniture  locked  up — the  rent  to  be  £'25  per  annum  for  three  years. 
Original.     Ilutherfurd  MSS.] 
1731. 

[April  15.  Burlington.  Isaac  DeCow  to  Jas  Alexander,  giving 
the  result  of  an  election  for  a  Council  of  Proprietors  for  West  Jer- 
sey— The  inhabitants  of  Burlington  had  let  Matinicunk  Island  to 
parties  who  were  cuttins:  the  timber,  plowing,  &c.  Original,  iluth- 
erfurd MSS.] 

[May  20.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Eobert  Hunter,  in 
answer  to  his  of  27th  Jan. — No  land  obtainable  about  Inians  Ferry 
under  4,  5,  and  6  pounds  per  acre,  which  he  would  not  advise  hira 
to  pay — His  house  in  Amboy  leased  to  Mr.  Kearney — rents  falling 
considerably  in  New  York — recommends  the  purchase  of  a  tract  at 
Harsimus,  opposite  New  York,  belonging  to  jMr.  Kennedy,  contain- 
ing 400  acres,  with  house,  500  apple  trees,  27  cattle,  75  sheep,  horses, 
&c.,  the  whole  of  which  could  be  obtained  for  £8000 — lands  there 
commonly  sell  for  upwards  of  £20  per  acre.  Original  draft.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

[May  24.  Jamaica.  Robert  Hunter  to  Jas.  Alexander — 
Had  received  assurances  from  Mr.  Delafaye  thAt  he  would  take  care 
to  obtain  a  grant  of  confirmation  from  the  King  for  the  Burlington 
Island — thinks  he  might  obtain  on  eas}''  terras  the  house  and  grounds 
at  Burlington,  belonging  to  the  Society  for  propagating  the  Uospcl 
— had  heard  "  wonders  of  a  new  town  called  Brunswick,  at  Inians 
Ferry."     Original.     Ilutherfard  MSS.] 

June  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  of  several  Plantations  in  America,  desiring  from 
them  a  most  particular  account  of  any  laws  made,  manufactures  set 
up,  or  trade  carried  on  in  their  respective  Governments,  which  may 
affect  the  trade,  navigation,  and  manufactures  of  England,  in  order 
to  lay  the  same  before  the  House  of  Commons.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Genl.     Vol.  39,  p.  243.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  10.  Whitehall.  Bepresentatiou  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — The  new  Seal  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  having 
been  lost  in  its  passage,  they  desire  directions  that  another  Seal  may 
be  engraved.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  266. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

(June  10.)  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  Mr. 
Andrew  Drummond — That  the  Seal  of  New  Jersey  was  lost  when 
the  ship  was  cast  away  on  the  Western  Islands.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T, 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  55.     1  folio. 

June  16.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Popple  to 
Mr.  Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  15  Acts  passed  in  the  Assem- 
bly of  New  Jersey  in  1730.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol 
14,  p.  267.     Entry.     7  folios. 


152  JOHN    MONTGOMEHIE    GOVEKNOR.  [1731« 

[June  20.  New  York.  Gov'r  Montgomerie  to  Duke  of  Newcas- 
tle— A  vacancy  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — John  Hugg  dead — 
recommends  Doctor  John  Rodman  to  succeed  him — "  well  affected  to 
the  Government,  a  man  of  sense,  very  much  esteem'd,  and  has  a  good 
estate  in  the  Province." 

Trinted  in  N  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  919.  Tlfte  same  to  Lords  of  Trade,  p. 
920.     For  the  maiixier  of  Mr.  Hngg's  death,  see  Smith's  N.  Jersey,  p.  424.] 

June  23.  "Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  the  disallowance  of  three  Acts  passed  in  New 
Jersey,  viz  : — "  An  Act  for  shortening  law  suits" — "  An  Act  con- 
cerning the  acknowledging  and  registering  deeds,  &c." — and  "  An 
Act  for  frequent  meeting,  &c.,  of  the  General  Assembly."  S.  P.  0., 
^  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  270.     Entry.     8  folios. 

July  1.  Hampton  Court.  Order  of  Council,  that  the  chief  en- 
graver of  Seals  engrave  another  silver  Seal  after  the  same  draft  for 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  the  former  having  been  lost  at  sea.  S. 
P.  0.,B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  62.     Copy.     2  folios. 

July  7.  Whitehall.  Order  of  the  Committee  of  Council  refer- 
ring to  the  Board  a  Petition  of  Mr.  Partridge,  Agent  for  New  Jer- 
sey, desiring  the  confirmation  of  several  New  Jersey  Acts.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.  New  Jersey.  A^ol.  3,  E.  61.  Original,  (with  enclosure.  6 
folios.) 

July  14.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  king,  proposing  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  passed  in  New 
Jersey  in  Feb.  1727-28,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  appropriating  part  of 
the  interest  money  paid  into  the  Treasury  by  virtue  of  a  law  of  this 
Province  to  the  incidental  charges  of  this  Government,  and  for  sub- 
jecting the  residue  to  future  appropriations."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  274.     Entry.     9  folios. 

July  18.  Perth  Amboy.  Address  of  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey, signed  by  John  Anderson,  John  Hamilton,  John  Parker,  John 
Johnston,  Peter  Bard,  and  Ja.  Smith,  to  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  Presi- 
dent of  that  Council — A  historical  account  of  the  Govern't  of  New 
Jersey — the  inconvenience  of  a  Governor's  non-residence  in  the 
colony — desire  that  their  prayer  for  a  separate  Governor  may  be 
laid  before  the  principal  Secretary  of  State — [Gov'r  Montgomerie 
had  died  July  1st.]  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12,  No. 
15.     Original.     15  folios. 

Enclosed  in  following. 

July  19.  PerUi  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  Pres- 
ident of  the  Council  of  Ncav  Jersey,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  prin- 
cipal Secretary  of  State — Gov'r  Montgomerie  died  at  New  York  on 
the  1st  July,  at  four  in  the  morning— the  3d  of  this  month  Mr. 
Morris  received  the  Seal  and  papers  of  New  Jersey — transmits  the 
Council's  Address — the  difficulty  of  having  a  numerous  Council  or 


1731.]  LEWIS    MORRIS    TRKSIDENT    OF    COUNCIL.  158 

the  meeting  of  the  Assembly,  it  being  their  harvest  time — lie  will 
try  to  supply  several  civil  and  military  officers  which  are  now  want- 
ing in  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12,  No. 
Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing. 

[July  29.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter,  in 
answer  to  letter  of  May  24th — The  Society's  property  at  Burlington 
was  put  in  order  for  Gov'r  Montgomerie,  who  lived  in  it  the  winter 
of  1729-30,  during  the  sitting  of  the  Assembly,  and  then  occupied  by 
the  minister  of  the  parish — New  Brunswick  had  grown  very  rapidly 
and  so  had  the  country  back  of  it — "  a  lot  of  ground  in  New  Bruns- 
wick is  grown  to  near  as  great  a  price  as  so  much  ground  in  the  heart 
of  New  York" — sends  a  description  of  Hunter's  laud.  Original 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[August  5.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter, 
giving  a  particular  account  of  the  locality  and  advantages  of  Harsi- 
nius,  in  answer  to  inquiries  received  from  the  Governor.  Original 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Sept.  15.  London.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  enclosing  a  copy  of  the  Address  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey  to  their  president,  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  praying  that  their  de- 
sire of  having  a  separate  Governor  be  represented  to  the  King  in 
such  a  way,  that  he  would  be  pleased  to  gratify  them  therein.  S. 
P.O.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  No.  15.  a.      Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  pray- 
ing that  several  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1730,  may  be  laid 
before  the  King  for  confirmation,  particularly  that — "  To  enable  the 
inhabitants  of  the  said  colony  to  support  their  Gov'r,  discharge  their 
engagements  in  the  Loan  Office,  and  for  relieving  their  other  necessi- 
ties by  making  current  twenty  thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  credit," 
which  Act  was  not  to  be  in  force  till  it  has  had  the  Royal  assent. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.      Vol  3,  E.  64.     Original.     4  folios. 

Nov.  25.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  the  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  concerning  the  acknowl- 
edging and  registering  deeds  and  conveyances  of  land,  and  declaring 
how  the  estate  or  right  of  a  Feme  Covert  may  be  conveyed  or  extin- 
guished."    S.  P.  0.,B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  3,  E.  66.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Nov.  25.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  the  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  entitled  "An  Act  for  shortening  the  law 
suits  and  regulating  the  practice  and  practitioners  of  the  law  and 
other  officers."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  67.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

Nov.  25.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Court  disallowing  tlie  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  frequent  meeting 


loi  LKWIS    MORRIS   PRKSIDKNT   OF   COUNCIL.  [1731. 

and  calling  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  Province,  and  for  tho 
alternate  sitting  thereof"  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3, 
E.  68.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Nov.  29.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  requiring  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  the  draft  of  a  warrant  for  transmitting  to  and 
empowering  the  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey  to  make  use  of  the  new  Seal  pre- 
pared for  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  3, 
E.  63.     Original.     2  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Letter  from  Mr.  R.  Partridge  to  Mr.  Popple,  enclo- 
sing the  case  of  the  British  Northern  Colonies,  their  commerce, 
manufactures,  etc.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  11,  M.  29. 
Printed.     40  folios. 

Dec.  15.  Report  of  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  giving 
his  opinion  upon  fourteen  Acts  of  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in 
1730 — objecting  to  one  only,  i.  e.,  "  An  Act  imposing  a  duty  on 
persons  convicted  of  heinous  crimes,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  3,  E.  65.     Original.     7  folios. 

Dec.  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  Principal  Seer,  of  State,  with  the  draft  of  a  war- 
rant for  His  Majesty's  signature,  empowering  the  Gov'r  of  N.  Jersey 
to  use  the  new  seal  approved  by  His  MaJ9sty.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  277.     Entry.     6  folios. 

[Dec.  31.  Statement  of  lands  taken  up  in  East  Jersey,  for  ac- 
count of  AVilliam  Dockwra's  twenty-fourth  part.  Copy.  White- 
head MSS.] 

1731-32. 

Petition  of  James  Smith,  Esq.,  Secretary  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  praying  leave  of  absence  for  twelve  months, 
that  he  may  visit  England  for  the  re-establishment  of  his  health  and 
settlement  of  his  private  affairs.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  Indies. 
(Bundle.)     Original.     3  folios. 

Jan.  13.  Petition  from  the  master,  wardens,  and  assistants  of 
the  company  of  feltmakers  of  London  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  pray- 
ing that  the  inhabitants  of  the  Plantations  may  be  prevented  from 
wearing  or  selling  any  hats  but  what  are  made  in  England.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.      Vol.  11,  M.  32.      Original.     5  folios. 

(It  appears  from  the  subsequent  statistical  reports  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Houses  of  Parliament,  that  about  this  period  a  hat  jnaniifactt^ry  was  established  in 
New  Jersey,  and  for  this  reason  the  above  petition  was  noted.) 

Jan.  17.  London.  Memorial  of  Thomas  Coram  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  relating  to  the  laws,  manufactures  and  trade  of  the  several 
Colonies  in  America,  as  affecting  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  31.     Original.     25  folios. 

Feb.  3.     Whiteliall.      Order  in   Council,  directing  the   Board  of 


1732.1  LEWIS   MORRIS    I'KESIDENT    OF    t;orNCIL.  ^iu\ 

Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  an  instruction  to  tlic  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  forbidding  him  to  assent  to  any  laws  whereby  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  Province  may  obtain  greater  privileges  than  those  of 
Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  11,  M".  84. 
Original.      5  folios. 

Feb.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  a  representation  to  the  King,  with  the 
draft  of  a  commission  for  Col.  Wm.  Cosby  to  be  GovV  of  N.  York 
and  N.  Jersey — (the  commission  is  mutatis  mutandis  the  same  as 
Gov'r  Montgomerie's.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  14, 
p.  280.  Entry,  (without  commission.)  4  folios. 
[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  930,  &c.] 

Feb.  15.  Whitehall.  The  representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  House  of  Commons,  in  answer  to  their  address  to  the 
King,  of  the  5th  of  May,  and  the  15th  of  Jan.  last,  relating  to  laws 
made  in  the  Plantations,  manufactures  set  up,  and  trade  carried  ou 
there,  which  may  affect  the  trade,  navigation,  and  manufactures  of 
England.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Geu.  Vol.  39,  p.  253.  Entry, 
(touching  New  Jersey.)     4  folios. 

March  17.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  King,  recommending  for  approbation  the  £20,000  bills  of  credit 
Act,  and  an  Act  prescribing  the  forms  of  declaration  of  fidelity — and 
for  disallowance,  an  Act  imposing  a  duty  on  persons  convicted  of  hei- 
nous crimes — all  three  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  July,  1730.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  2S3.     Entry.     4  folios. 

1732. 

April  13.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallov.'ing  the  Act 
of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  July,  1730,  entitled  "  An  Act  imposing  a 
duty  on  persons  convicted  of  heinous  crimes,  and  to  prevent  poor 
and  impotent  persons  being  imported  into  this  Province  of  New  Jer- 
sey, and  for  ameifdmcnt  of  tlie  law  relating  to  servants."  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  70.     Copy.     3  folios. 

April  18.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  a  draft 
of  additional  instructions  to  all  the  Governors  in  His  Majesty's 
Plantations  in  America,  against  passing  any  laws  whereby  the  na- 
tives or  inhabitants  of  the  Plantations  may  be  put  on  a  more  advan- 
tageous footing  than  those  of  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T. 
Plant.   Gen.     Vol.  39,  p.  303.     Entry.     5  folios. 

April  28.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  a  draft  of  instructions  for  Col.  Cosby  as  Gov'r  of 
New  York  and  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  jersey.  Vol 
14,  p.  285.     Entry,  [with  instructions.]     230  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  93t.] 

[April,  1732  to  June,  1733.     Journal  of  ship  Catherine,  Jasper 


156  LEWIS   MORRIS   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  [1732 


Farmar,  commander,  during  a  voyage  to  and  from  the  coast  of  Af- 
rica, bringing  to  New  York  a  cargo  of  238  slaves,  19  liaviog  died 
on  the  way.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  4.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  confirming  the  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  July,  1730,  entitled  "  An  Act  the  better  to 
enable  the  inhabitants  of  this  Colony  to  support  Grovernment,  dis- 
charge their  engagements  in  the  loan  offices,  and  for  relieving  their 
other  necessities  by  making  current  twenty  thousand  pounds  in  bills 
of  credit."     S.  P.  0.,B.  T.     N.J.     Vol.  3,  E.  71.     Copy.    3  folios. 

May  4.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  confirming  the  Act 
passed  in  Ncav  Jersey  in  July,  1730,  entitled  "  An  Act  prescribing 
the  forms  of  declaration  of  fidelity,  the  effect  of  the  abjuration  oath 
and  affirmation,  instead  of  the  forms  heretofore  required  in  such 
cases,  and  for  repealing  the  former  Acts  iu  the  like  cases  made  and 
provided."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  3,  E.  72.  Copy. 
8  folios. 

May  4.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  instruction  to  the  Groveriior  in  N.  Jersey,  relative  to  the  enacting 
laws  more  favorable  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  Province  than  Great 
Britain,  and  directing  same  to  be  prepared  for  the  King's  signature. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    Plant  Gen.    Vol.  11,  M.  40.    Attested  copy.  4  folios. 

May  18.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  drafts 
of  instructions  for  Col.  Cosby,  as  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  N.  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  73.     Copy.     2  folios. 

June  2.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle — A  separate  Governor  in  New  Jersey  is  desired 
by  the  greatest  part  of  the  inhabitants,  but  Mr.  Morris  is  not  so 
sanguine  about  it — commercial  position  of  New  Jersey  with  regard 
to  New  York  and  Pennsylvania — the  people  would  like  to  have  the 
Gov'r  dependent  upon  them — difficulty  of  satisfying  both  divisions 
of  the  Province — want  of  councillors — Mr.  John  Hugg,  of  the  Wes- 
tern, and  Mr.  John  Johnston,  of  the  Eastern  division  are  dead,  and 
Mr.  John  "Wells,  of  the  Western  is  superannuated — Mr.  Morris  re- 
commends for  the  Council  for  the  Western  Division  Mr.  Thomas 
Lambert,  Mr.  John  Allen,  Mr.  John  Rodman,  Mr.  Mahlon  Stacy, 
Mr.  John  Dagworthy  and  Mr.  Richard  Smith — for  the  Eastern  Di- 
vision Mr.  Richard  Ashfield,  Mr.  Andrew  Johnston,  Mr.  William 
Provoost,  Mr.  John  Schuyler  an4  Gabriel  Stelle — the  militia  is  in  a 
very  bad  condition — cominissi(fhs  are  not  taken  up — Mr.  Morris  was 
told  that  he  was  to  be  appointed  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey — services 
done  by  him  in  eifecting  the  surrender.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  In- 
dies.    Vol.  12.     No.  19.     Original.     18  folios. 

June  1(3.  AVhitehall.  Circular  letter  from  tlie  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  (signed  by  Mr.  Seer.  Popple,)  de- 
siring from  them  an  account  of  any  laws  made,  manufactures  set  up, 


1732.]  WIT.LIAM   COSBY   GOVERNOR.  157 

or  trade  carried  on  in  tlieir  respective  Plantations  which  may  aifect 
the  trade,  navigation  and  manufactures  of  England,  pursuant  to  an 
address  from  the  House  of  Commons  to  the  Knig,  of  the  25th  of 
May  last.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  308.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

Aug.  26.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Hospital  at  Greenwich,  desiring  printed  copies 
of  the  instructions  given  to  their  deputy  receivers  in  America,  to  be 
annexed  to  Col.  Cosby's  instructions  as  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  N. 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  307.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

Oct.  9.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  write  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey  for  a  complete  state- 
ment of  the  revenue  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  41.      Orig'L     6  folios. 

[Oct.  26.  New  York.  Governor  Cosby  to  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle— Mr.  Smith,  Seer,  of  the  Jerseys,  ''  dyed  last  Tuesday,  was 
seven't  " — one  of  the  most  considerable  places  in  the  Province,  but 
only  brought  in  £450  (?  £45)  a  year — Mr.  Smith  had  been  Secretary 
fifteen  years — duties  performed  by  two  deputies,  one  for  the  Eastern 
and  one  for  the  Western  Di-^ision — the  Secretary  himself  generally 
living  in  Philadelphia — the  deputies  were  of  good  character,  and  he 
had  continued  them  in  office  under  his  son  "  Billy,"  upon  whom  he 
had  bestowed  the  Secretaryship  until  his  Grace's  pleasure  should  be 
known — Secretaries  and  their  deputies  disposed  to  think  themselves 
independent  of  the  Governors  in  the  Colonies—"  My  Lord  Augus- 
tus is  with  me,"  &c., — had  sent  to  the  Duchess  a  live  beaver. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  936.  Governor  Cosby's  wife  was 
Grace,  daughter  of  Lord  Halifax.  He  had  notified  the  Lords  of  Trade  of  his  ar- 
rival, under  date  of  Sept.,  18     .] 

Dec.  18.  New  York,  Letter  from  Gov'r  Cosby  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Kecommends  Mr.  Provoost  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey — Mr.  James  Alexander,  member  of  the  New  York  and  New 
Jersey  Councils,  by  his  conduct  caiLses  great  uneasiness  to  Gov'r 
Cosby — prays  to  have  him  removed,  and  recommends  in  his  place 
Mr.  Joseph  Warrell  in  New  Jersey,  and  Capt.  Wm.  Dick  in  New 
York — there  are  three  other  vacancies  in  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey, 
but  he  will  defer  recommending  any  one  until  he  meets  the  Assembly 
of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  22,  E.  e.  9. 
Original.     8  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  938,  and  see  p.  942,  and  Vol.  VI.,  p. 
21 ;  letter  to  ITnder  Secretary  De  La  Faye,  in  which  he  further  alludes  to  Mr. 
Alexander  in  disparaging  terms.] 

Feb.  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  House  of  Commons,  in  answer  to  their  address  to  the   King,  of 


158  WILLIAM    COSBY    GOVERNOR.  [1 78S. 

the  25tli  of  May,  1732,  with  regard  to  the  laws,  trade  and  nianufac- 
turos  of  tlie  Plantations,  which  may  affect  the  trade,  &c.,  of  Great 
Britain,  and  as  regards  the  instructions  to  the  several  Governors, 
about  their  taking  or  not  taking  any  sums  of  money  by  way  of  pres- 
ent or  salary,  from  the  inhabitants  of  their  respective  Governments. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  39,  p.  313.  Entry,  (about  N. 
Jersey.)     10  folios. 

March  2.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Kinjj,  recommending  Mr.  Wm.  Provoost  to  be  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  John  Hugg,  deceased.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  3G7.     Entry.     1  folio. 

[March  27.  Second  River,  (Belleville.)  Letter  from  Wm.  North 
to  James  Alexander,  complaining  of  the  Governor,  (Cosby,)  for  de- 
laying action  in  some  legal  cases  in  which  he  was  interested,  com- 
menting upon  his  character  and  attainments.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd  MS  S.J 

April  6.  Some  considerations  of  the  consequence  of  the  bill 
now  depending  in  the  House  of  Lords,  relating  to  the  dispute  of  the 
trade  of  the  British  Colonies  in  America,  in  a  letter  to  a  Noble 
Lord,  by  a  person  familiarly  acquainted  with  the  English,  French, 
and  Dutch  settlements  on  the  Continent,  also  on  the  West  India 
Islands,  by  Philo-Americus.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
12,  N.  24.     Printed.     4  pages  extra  folio — about  30  folios. 

April  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Cosby  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — The  conduct  of  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  as  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Province  of  New  York,  and  the  causes  why  Gov'r  Cosby  re- 
moved him  from  that  office.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  22, 
E.  e.  19.     Copy.     GO  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Lewis  Morris,"  p.  10.  There  is  a  long  despatch  of  the 
same  cliaructer  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  dated  May  3d,  1733,  printed  in  the  N. 
York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  942,  and  see  Vol.  JL  pp.  8,  21,  &c.] 

[May  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  J,  De  Cow  to  James  Alex- 
ander— Had  heard  that  the  Assembly  had  addressed  the  Governor, 
expressing  their  opinion  that  all  officers  should  reside  in  the  Prov- 
ince.    Original.     Ruthcrfurd  MSST] 

May  10.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Mr.  Wm. 
Provoost  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  3,  E.  74.     Copy.     3  folios. 

[May  29.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferdinand  John 
Pans — New  York  afiairs — unpopularity  of  the  Governor — refers 
to  a  letter  sent,  which  shows  "  how  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations, 
as  the  Craftsman  says,  Ei7ig  it  abroad."  Original  draft.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.J 

,      June  26.     Caveat  from  Mr.  Paris,  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Lewis  Mor- 


1733.]  WILLIAM   COSBY   GOVERNOR.  159 

ris,  Chief  Justice  of  New  York,  and  PresiJent  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  against  his  being  removed  or  suspended  from  his  em- 
ployments without  hearing.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York  Vol.  22, 
E.  e.  15.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  requiring  a  certificate  to  be  transmit- 
ted with  each  private  Act,  that  the  same  has  passed  the  forms  re- 
quired by  their  instructions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
40,  p.  1.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Aug.  7.  Custom  House,  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Carkcsse 
to  31r.  Seer.  Popple,  enclosing  the  names  of  the  Surveyors  General 
of  the  Customs  in  America,  with  a  list  of  the  Islands,  Provinces,  or 
Colonies  comprehended  in  their  respective  districts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  Jl,  M.  44.     Original  2  folios. 

Aug.  8.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  Council,  with  drafts  of  an  additional  instruction  to  the 
Governors  in  America,  for  admitting  the  Surveyors  General  of  the 
Customs  to  be  Councillors  Extraordinary.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  4.     Entry.     .5  folios. 

Aug.  8.  Additional  instructions  to  Gov'r  Cosby — John  Poa- 
grum,  Esq.,  appointed  Surveyor  General  in  the  Northern  Districts, 
and  that  he  and  his  successors  are  to  sit  in  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey 
as  Council  Extraordinary — the  Surveyors  General  cannot  take  upon 
themselves  the  administration  of  the  Province,  but  it  shall  devolve 
upon  the  Councillor  in  ordinary  next  in  seniority  to  the  Surveyor 
General — copies  of  all  Acts,  &c.,  which  bear  any  relation  to  the 
Surveyor's  offices  are  to  be  delivered  to  him  free  of  expense,  and  he 
may  peruse  the  same  at  the  public  offices  without  any  fee  or  reward. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  371.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Aug.  27.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  complaining  of  Gov'r  Cosby,  for  having  removed 
him  from  the  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  New  York,  and  enclosing 
several  papers  in  vindication  of  his  conduct  while  in  that  office.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  22,  E.  e.  10,  17  and  18.  Original 
letter  and  printed  papers.     125  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  V.  p.  9.51.] 

Nov.  29.  St.  Jame-s'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  N.  Jersey,  defining  the  privileges 
of  the  Surveyors  General  of  the  Customs  in  that  Province,  and  di- 
recting that  same  be  prepared  for  the  King's  signature.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.   Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  45.     Attested  copy.     5  folios. 

Dec.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Treasury,  recommending  Mr.  Henry  Popple's  map  of 
the  British  Empire  as  one  fit  to  be  sent  to  the  several  Plantations  at 
the  expense  of  the  Crown.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
40,  p.  (3.     Entry.     2  folios. 


160  WILLIAM   COSBY    GOVERNOR.  [1734. 

[Dec.  1733  to  March,  1734.  Journal  of  ship  Catherine,  Jasper 
Farniar,  commander,  during  a  voyage  from  Amboy  to  Madeira  and 
back.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Sec.  MSS.] 

1733--34. 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  spiritual  and  temporal  in  Parliament,  pursuant  to  their 
address  to  the  King,  of  the  13th  of  June,  1733,  relating  to  laws, 
manufactures  and  trade  in  the  British  Plantations  in  America,  which 
may  have  aftccted  the  trade,  navigation  and  manufactures  in  England 
— (a  very  interesting  document,  being  an  account  of  all  the  Colo- 
nies, describing  their  peculiar  privileges,  laws,  manufactures,  t&c.) 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.   Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  7.     J:ntry.     185  folios. 

1Y34. 

April  G.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  the  address  of  the  House  of  Peers 
to  the  King,  of  the  5th  April,  desiring  the  Board  to  revise  and  con- 
sider during  the  recess  of  Parliament,  the  several  proposals  that  n^ay 
at  any  time  have  been  laid  before  them,  relating  to  the  encourage- 
ments to  engage  the  inhabitants  to  cultivate  the  naval  stores,  and  to 
lay  their  observations  before  their  Lordships.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  1.     Original.     4  folios. 

May  30.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  desiring  their  opinion  what  further  en- 
couragements may  be  jiecessary  to  engage  the  inhabitants  of  the  re- 
spective Colonies  in  the  cultivation  of  naval  stores.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  72.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  17.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Cosby  to  the  Board  of 
Trade. — Sends  six  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Aug.,  1733 — re- 
commended to  the  Assembly  not  to  pass  another  money  Act  so  soon, 
but  there  being  a  great  want  of  paper  money  he  gave  his  assent — 
Thomas  Farmar,  John  Rodman  and  Richard  Smith,  Esqrs.,  are  re- 
commended to  fill  up  the  A^acaucies  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  1.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

Aug.  7.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Cosby  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Re- 
commending Mr.  John  Schuyler  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey 
in  the  room  of  Mr.  Peter  Bard,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  11.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Mr.  Pcliuyler  was  of  Second  lliver,  (Belleville,)  Essex  County,  the  owner  of 
the  copper  mines  there.  Allinson  (Laws,  p.  385,)  gives  him  the  credit  of  erecting 
the  causeway  across  the  swamps,  meadows,  &c.,  between  Newark  and  New  York, 
"  at  a  very  great  expense."] 

Aug.  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  six  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  in  Aug.,  1733,  viz :  "  An  Act  for  the  better  enabling  of 
creditors  to  recover  their  just  debts,  &c., — "  An  Act  for  appropria- 


1734.]  WILLIAM   COSBY    GOVERNOR.  161 

ting  part  of  the  interest  money,  &c.," — "  An  Act  for  the  relief,  &c., 
of  prisoners  for  debt " — "  An  x\ct  for  the  further  support  of  the 
Government  " — "  An  Act  for  the  better  enforcing  an  ordinance 
made  for  establishing  fees,  and  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the 
law" — and  "  An  Act  for  making  forty  thousand  pounds  in  bills  of 
credit."     S.  P.  0.,B.T.     N.J.     Vol.  14,  p.  368.     Entry.     ,3  folios. 

Oct.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  desiring  regular  trans- 
mission of  accounts  of  all  receipts  and  payments  of  public  money. 
S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  76.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Nov.  1.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade's  consideration  the  petition  of  Bristol  merchants,  (93  sig- 
natures,) in  which  they  complain  of  a  clause  in  the  Act  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Aug.,  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for 
the  better  support  of  the  Government,"  whereby  a  duty  of  forty 
shillings  per  ton  is  laid  on  all  copper  ore  exported  from  thence  not 
directly  for  Great  Britain.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  P. 

4.  Order,  original.     Pet'n  copy.     6  folios. 

Nov.  1.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade's  consideration,  a  petition  signed  by  48  Bristol  merchants,  to 
the  King,  praying  to  repeal  the  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
passed  in  Aug.,  1733,  entitled  an  Act  for  the  making  of  forty  thou- 
sand pounds  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey, 
Vol.  4,  F.  5.     Order,  original.     Pefn  copy.     4  folios. 

[Nov.  30.  Memorandum  of  information  received  from  David 
Donaldson  Dunster,  about  to  sail  for  England,  relative  to  improper 
appointments  by  the  Governor — offices  sold,  &c.  Original.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Dec.  3.  Letter  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Mr. 
Paris  attended  upon  him,  and  oifered  many  objections  against  the  Act 
of  New  Jersey  passed  in  August,  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  bet- 
ter enforcing  an  ordinance  made  for  establishing  fees,  and  for  regulating 
the  practice  of  the  law" — the  Agent  of  New  Jersey  did  not  defend 
the  said  Act — the  objections  are  enclosed  for  the  Board's  considera- 
tion— (the  "  objections"  are  numerous,  and  the  reasoning  elaborate — 
the  paper  is  valuable,  as  it  gives  good  idea  of  the  state  of  jurispru- 
dence in  New  Jersey  at  that  period.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  4,  F.  3.     Original.     40  folios. 

Dec.  7.  Petition  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Ferd. 
John  Paris,  on  behalf  of  James  Alexander,  John  Chambers,  William 
Smith,  Joseph  Murray,  and  Abraham  Lodge,  Esqrs.,  of  N.  J.,  praying 
for  a  Report  against  the  Act  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  that  Prov- 
ince in  1733,  entiled  "  An  Act  for  the  better  enforcing  an  ordinance 
made  for  establishing  fees  and  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law." 

5.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  2.     Original.     3  folios. 

11 


!i62  ^VILLIAM   COSBY   GOVERNOR.  [173J:. 

[Dec.  7.  ^ew  York.  Gov.  Cosby  to  the  Lords  of  Trade,  recom- 
mending Col.  Thomas  Farmar,  Doctor  John  Eodman,  and  Richard 
Smith,  as  Councillors  for  New  Jersey,  to  supjily  the  vacancies  occa- 
sioned by  the  death  of  John  Johnston,  John  Parker,  and  James 
Smith,  deceased — Having  recommended  the  removal  of  Lewis  Mor- 
ris, asks  for  the  appointment  of  Robert  Lettice  Hooper  in  his  place. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  24.] 

Dec.  20.  "Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  for  disallowance  of  the  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in 
Aug.  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  better  enforcing  an  ordinance 
"made  for  establishing  fees  and  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law." 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  369.     Entry.     2  folios. 

1734-35. 

Jan.  8.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Oxenford  to  (Mr. 
Popple,)  enclosing  an  account  of  the  quantities  of  pitch,  tar,^and 
turpentine,  imported  from  the  several  Colonies  in  America  from  the 
year  1729  to  1733.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  12,  N.  5. 
Original     12  folios. 

[Jan.  13.  Burlington.  J.  DeCow  to  James  Alexander — Tract 
called  "  Pamphilia,"  on  the  Delaware,  Salem  county,  had  been  pur- 
chased by  Clement  Hall,  of  the  widow  Grant,  formerly  the  wife  of 
John  Jewell,  to  whom  it  had  been  bequeathed  by  her  husband — 
tract  said  to  contain  22,800,*'but  the  surveys  were  less  by  2000  acres 
—  (see  1699.)     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  21.     London.     Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander  and 
others,  explaining  why  his  bill  for  attending  to  the  repeal  of  the  New 
Jersey  Act  about  fees  should  have  been  so  large.     Orig'l.     Ruther- 
furd MSS.] 
1735. 

April  3.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  the  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  August,  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the 
better  enforcing  an  ordinance  made  for  establishing  fees  and  for 
regulating  the  practice  of  the  law."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  4,  F.  6.     Copy.     3  folios. 

May  5.  Report  of  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon  the 
New  Jersey  Act  for  making  £40,000  in  bills  of  credit,  offering  no 
objection  to  it.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  8. 
Original.     1  folio. 

May  14.  Report  of  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon  the 
Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  August,  1733,  entitled 
<  An  Act  for  the  further  support  of  the  Government,"  offering  no 
objection  to  it  in  point  of  law,  and  leaving  the  arguments  of  the 
Bristol  merchants  against  it  to  the  Board's  consideration.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  9.     Original     3  folios. 


1735.]  WILLIAM    COSBY   GOVERNOR.  163 

May  28.  Report  from  ^Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon 
three  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  1733,  approving 
the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  6-1.  Original. 
2  folios. 

June  17.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  desiring  to  be  iuformed  (in  order  to 
lay  the  same  before  the  House  of  Parliam't)  what  laws  were  in  force 
on  the  25th  March,  1731,  and  what  laws  have  been  since  passed  in 
their  respective  Governments,  by  which  any  duties  are  laid  on  the 
Trade  and  shipping  of  England;  also  what  are  the  duties  on  the  im- 
portation and  exportation  of  negroes,  wines,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  121.     Entry.     3  folios. 

N.  B. — The  Acts  and  Laws  above  required  were  laid  before  the 
Parliament  20th  Feb.,  1735-36. 

July  4.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
praying  they  would  be  pleased  to  consider  and  report  to  the  King 
upon  New  Jersey  Act  for  making  £40,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.     4,  F.  7.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Aug.  1  and  29.  Chelsea,  England.  Lewis  Morris  (afterward 
Gov'r)  to  Lewis  Morris,  junr.,  at  Jlorrisania — The  West  Jersey  So- 
ciety wish  all  their  books  and  papers,  excepting  bonds,  sent  to  Eng- 
land, describes  them,  and  gives  particular  directions  respecting  sev- 
eral papers — Wishes  special  enquiries  to  be  made  respecting  the  tract 
known  as  "  Pamphilia" — whether  "  one  Hall"  had  become  the  pur- 
chaser of  it,  and  from  whom — endeavors  to  be  made  to  "  intimidate 
every  one  from  buying  or  getting  possession" — public  notice  to  be 
given  that  the  widow  Jewell's  title  is  defective,  &c. — (see  1699  (?) 
and  Jan.  13,  1734-35.)     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

August  6.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  Mr.  Secretary  Pop- 
ple, ofiering  arguments  in  support  of  the  xict  of  New  Jersey  passed 
in  Aug.,  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  further  support  of  the  Gov- 
ernment," laying  on  a  duty  on  copper  ore  exported  to  the  other 
Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  10.  Orig- 
inal.    4  folios. 

August  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Bur- 
chet — That  drafts  of  such  commissions  and  instructions  as  are  neces- 
sary to  be  given  to  private  ships  of  war  by  the  Governors  in  America, 
may  be  transmitted  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  124.     Entry.     4  folios. 

August.  13.  The  arguments  presented  by  Mr.  Partridge  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  in  support  of  the  5  clauses  in  the  New  Jersey  Act 
passed  in  Aug.  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  making  £40,000  in  bills 
of  credit,"  and  objected  to  by  Mr.  John  Sharpe,  Solicitor,  in  behalf 
of  several  merchants  of  Bristol.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  4,  F.  12.     Original.     27  folios. 


164  WILLIAM   COSBY    GOVERNOR.  [1735. 

August  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Lords  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  upon  a  New 
Jersey  Act  passed  in  Aug.  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  better 
support  of  that  Government,"  recommending  to  sufier  it  to  lie  by  for 
the  present,  and  that  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  may  be  directed  to 
move  the  General  Assembly,  to  re-enact  the  several  clauses  of  this 
Act  with  the  exception  of  one,  which  imposes  a  duty  of  40s.  per  ton 
upon  copper  ore  exported  from  New  Jersey  to  the  Plantations.  S. 
'  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  378.     Entry.     6  folios. 

August  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Queen — Peter  Bard,  John  Johnston,  John  Parker, 
and  James  kSmith,  Esqrs.,  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  being  dead, 
John  Sclmyler,  Thomas  Farmar,  John  Rodman,  and  Richard  Smith, 
Esqrs.,  are  recommended  to  supply  the  vacant  places  in  the  said 
Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  381.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

Sept.  26.     Letter  from  Mr.  John   Sharpe,  Agent  to  the  Bristol 
merchants,  to  Mr.  Secretary  Popple,  enclosing  reasons  against  an  Act 
\  passed  in  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  on  the  16th  Aug.,  1733,  for 

making  £10,000  in  bills  of  credit,  being  an  answer  to  Mr.  Partridge's 
arguments  (see  1735,  Aug.  13)  in  favor  of  it.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  13.     Original.     18  folios. 

[Oct.  1.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Col.  John  Hamilton 
at  Perth  Amboy,  advising  him  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  Proprietors 
of  East  Jersey,  [to  devise  measures  to  stop  the  proceedings  of  the 
Elizabethtown  people  in  extending  their  bounds,  and  granting  lands 
(with  answer  dated  Oct.  17th,  calling  the  meeting  on  3d  Tuesday  of 
November.)     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.J 

Oct.  14.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple,  en- 
closing a  reply  to  Mr.  John  Sharpens  reasons  (see  1735,  Sept.  26) 
against  the  New  Jersey  Act  of  1733  for  making  £40,000  in  bills  of 
credit,  and  desiring  that  the  said  Act  may  be  laid  before  the  King 
for  approbation.  _  8.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  14. 
Original.     60  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  submitting  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Aug.,  1733, 
for  appropriating  part  of  the  interest  money,  &c.,  for  His  Majesty's 
confirmation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  382. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  submitting  an' Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Aug.  1738, 
for  making  forty  thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  credit,  for  His  Majesty's 
confirmation.  _  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  383. 
Entiy.     2  folios. 

Nov.  21.     London.     Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 


1735.]  WILLIAM   COSBY    GOVERNOR.  165 

The  complaint  of  the  Gov'r  (Cosby)  against  Lewis  Morris  had  been 
heard,  and  the  reasons  for  removing  him  from  the  Chief  Justiceship 
(of  New  York)  declared  insufficient — complaints  had  been  made  of 
some  persons  against  Alexander,  Morris  and  Van  Dain,  of  disaflfection, 
&c..  remonstrances,  &e.,  had  been  presented  by  him  (Paris)  and  Col. 
Morris — in  Col.  Morris's  matter  the  Law  Lords  had  decided  that  a 
Governor's  letters  were  not  sufficient  authority  for  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  act  upon,  but  that  his  complaints  must  be  substantiated  by  proof 
— recommendations  as  to  the  course  to  be  pursued  in  preparing  an- 
swers to  the  complaint.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Extract  printed  in  Collections  of  the  Society,  Vol.  IV.  p.  26.  Copies  of 
Governor  Morris's  "  Case."  printed  as  submitted  to  the  Board,  are  in  Rutherfurd 
MSS.  and  Whitehead  MSS.] 

Nov.  26.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  confirming  an  Act 
of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  Aug.  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act 
for  appropriating  part  of  the  interest  money  paid  or  payable  into  the 
Treasury  to  the  incidental  charges  of  this  Government."  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  15.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Dec.  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Popple  to  Mr.  Burchet 
— That  the  Admiralty  will  send  to  the  Board  of  Trade  an  account 
of  the  number  of  ships  of  war  in  America,  their  strength,  and  where 
stationed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40,  p.  126.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

Dec.  18.  Whitehall  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Popple  to 
John  Willes,  Esq.,  Attorney  Gen'l,  and  Dudley  Ryder,  Esq.,  Sol. 
Gen'l,  desiring  their  answers  to  two  queries,  viz  : — "  w  lether,  in  any 
case,  the  Gov'r  caj  sit  and  vote  as  a  member  of  the  Council,"  and 
"  whether,  on  the  death  or  absence  of  a  Governor,  the  President  is 
capable  of  acting  and  voting  as  a  Councillor  during  the  time  he  acta 
as  Gov'r  and  represents  the  King."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T,.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  40,  p.  126.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[For  answers,  both  in  the  negative,  see  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  41  ] 
1735-36. 

Jan.  24.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  a  petition  (enclosed)  from  British  merchants  trading  to  the 
Colonies  in  America,  setting  forth  the  many  hardship.^  which  inter- 
fere with  their  trade  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
12,  N.  14.     Original.     66  folios. 

Feb.  20.  Account  of  the  laws  in  force  in  New  Jersey  on  the 
25th  March,  1731,  relating  to  the  duties  or  impositions  on  the  trade 
and  shipping  of  Great  Britain.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
40,  pp.  188,  211.     Entry.     5  folios. 

March  4.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  confirming  an  Act  of 
New  Jersey  passed  in  Aug.  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  making  forty 
thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  credit."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  4,  F.  16.     Copy.     4  folios. 


166       JOHN  ANDERSON — JOHN  HAMILTON  PltF.SIDENTS.    [1736. 

March  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Skinner  to  Sir 
William  Keith — Gov'r  Cosby  died  the  10th  of  March — the  people  of 
N.  Jersey  are  resolved  to  have  a  separate  Governor — desire  that  His 
Majesty  Avill  send  them  Sir  Wm.  Keith  for  their  Governor.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  40.     Original.     4  folios. 

March  18.  "Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  an  instruction  to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  to 
prevail  upon  the  Assembly  to  take  off  the  duty  on  copper  ore  ex- 
ported to  other  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
4,  F.  17.     OrigiDal.     6  folios. 

March  18.  Petition  of  the  President,  Council,  Speaker,  and 
Messrs.  Johnson,  Ilude,  and  Grover,  members  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  to  the  King,  praying  for  a  separate  Governor.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  86.     Original.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  following. 

March  19.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  John  Anderson, 
President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle, 
informing  him  of  the  death  of  Gov'r  Cosby  on  the  10th  of  the  same 
month,  and  that  he  took  upon  him  the  administration  of  the  Gov- 
ernment—Sends two  Addresses  to  the  King  from  New  Jersey  pray- 
ing for  a  separate  Governor. 

N.  B. — Mr.  Anderson  died  on  the  28th  [27th  ?]  of  the  same  month, 
seventeen  days  [16  days  '?]  after  he  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the 
Government — [The  papers  of  the  day  make  him  to  have  held  the 
office  18  days.  He  is  called  "  a  gentleman  of  the  strictest  honor  and 
integrity,  justly  valued  and  lamented  by  all  his  acquaintances."]  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  35.     Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing  and  following  papers. 

March  19.  Perth  Amboy.  Petition  signed  by  twenty-two  of 
the  Grand  Jury  of  [Middlesex  county  at]  Perth  Amboy  to  the  King, 
praying  for  a  separate  Governor.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Voh  12,  p.  37.      Original     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing  [a  draft  of  this  petition  in  Whitehead  MSS.] 
1T30. 

April  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  John  Hamilton,  Esq., 
President  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — John  Anderson, 
Esq.,  late  President,  having  died,  the  administration  of  the  Province 
devolved  upon  him — the  want  of  Councillors  is  much  felt.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  23,      Original.     4  folios. 

Similar  letter  was  written  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.  See  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  38. 

[For  notice  of  Jolm  Humiltou,  see  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History," 
p.    1G8.] 

[April  10.  New  York.  B.  Ashfield  and  James  Alexander  to 
Col.  John  Hamilton,  President   of  New  Jersey,  congratulatipg  him 


1736.]         JOHN    HAMILTON   PRESIDENT  OF   COUNCIL.  167] 

on  his  accession  to  the  administration  of  the  Government  of  New 
Jersey,  and  suggesting  the  issuing  of  a  proclamation  concernino-  quit 
rents.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.j 

April  21.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  upon  a  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade,  relating  to  the  Governors  of  the  Colonies 
in  America  sitting  and  voting  as  members  of  their  respective  Coun- 
cils, directing  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General  to  reconsider  the 
case,  and  report  their  opinion  thereupon:  S.  P-  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  23.     Original.     4  folios. 

April  29.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  an  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  relative  to  alterations  in  the  prayers  for  the  Royal  Family. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  16.      Original.     3  folios. 

May  5.  Letter  from  Sir  William  Keith  to  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle, soliciting  to  be  appointed  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  39.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Sir  William  Keith  had  been  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  from  1717  to  1726, 
having  previou.sly  been  Surveyor  General  of  the  Customs  of  America.  Proud 
(Hist.  Penn.,  II.  p.  177)  says  he  was  "a  good  solicitor  of  popularity,"  possessing 
and  practising  those  arts  which  seldom  fail  to  please  the  populace  ;  but  in  Penn'a 
sacrificed  the  interest  of  the  Proprietor  thereby.  He  wrote  a  history  of  the  British 
Plantations  in  America,  the  first  part  of  which,  referring  to  Virginia,  was  printed 
in  1738.  It  is  not  knowu  that  any  more  was  published.  He  died  in  1749.  A 
miniature  sketch  of  him  by  John  Watson  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Editor.] 

(?)  Representation  and  petition  of  Sir  William  Keith,  Bart.,  to 
the  King,  praying  His  Majesty's  grant  of  a  Royal  Commission  ap- 
pointing him  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  which  Province  might  be  so 
improved  as  in  a  short  time  would  make  that  small  Government  a 
valuable  office  without  any  charge  or  expense  to  the  Crown.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     (Bundle.)     Original.     6  folios. 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Kino-,  enclosing;  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to  Mr. 
Hamilton,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Commander-in-Chief  of 
New  Jersey,  relative  to  alterations  in  the  prayers  for  the  Royal' 
Family.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40,  p.  220.  Entry 
7  folios. 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee,  with  the  draft  of  an  additional  instruction 
to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  relating  to  the  Act  levying  a  duty  on 
copper  ore.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  385.  En- 
try.    8  folios. 

May  24.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board's 
consideration  the  petition  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  New  Jersey,  met  at 
Amboy  March  19,  1735-36,  praying  to  have  a  separate  Governor. 
S.  P.  6.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  19.     Original.     8  folios. 

May  24.     Whitehall.     Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board's 


168  JOHN   HAMILTON    PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.         [1736. 

consideration  the  petition  of  tlic  President,  Council  and  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  for  a  separate  Governor.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  18.     Orig'l.     10  folios. 

May  24.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board'a 
consideration  the  petition  and  several  papers  therein  inclosed,  of 
Kichard  Partridge,  agent  for  New  Jersey,  praying  for  a  separate 
Gov'r  for  that  Province.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4, 
F.  20.     Original.     38  folios. 

June  2.  Bermuda.  Letter  from  Mr.  Dinwiddle  to  the  Board 
©f  Trade,  proposing  that  a  Surveyor  General  should  be  appointed,  to 
visit  all  the  Provinces  in  America,  and  report  accordingly,  and  of- 
fering to  undertake  the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
12,N.  18.     Original.     22  folios. 

June  16.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council,  directing  that  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  16  Aug.,  1733,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the 
better  support  of  that  Government,"  should  for  the  present  be  suf- 
fered to  lay  by  probationary.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
4,  F.  22.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Aug.  4.  Memorial  from  Sir  William  Keith,  Bart,  (ex-Gov'r  of 
Pennsylvania,)  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  offering  to  give  every  informa- 
tion as  regards  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  and  to  explain  most  of 
the  facts  contained  in  the  several  petitions  of  the  inhnbitants  of  that 
Province  for  a  separate  Governor.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey'. 
Vol.  4,  F.  18.     Original.     4  folios. 

Aug.  4.  Bough  draft  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
containing  arguments  in  favor  of  the  petitions  of  the  inhabitants  of 
New  Jersey  for  a  separate  Gov'r — Mr.  Partridge  and  Sir.  Wm. 
Keith  supported  the  petitions.  S.  P.  0.,B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
4,  F.  17,  18.     Ptough  draft.     5  folios. 

Aug.  5.  Reasons  why  a  separate  Governor  should  be  appointed 
for  New  Jersey,  and  ordered  constantly  to  reside  there,  as  well  as 
Councillors  and  all  other  officers — submitted  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
by  Mr.  Partridge,  agent  for  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  21.     Original.     8  folios. 

Aug.  5.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Committee  of  Privy  Council,  giving  their  opinion  that  a  separate 
Gov'r  for  New  Jersey  would  be  a  means  to  give  a  quicker  dispatch 
to  their  public  affairs,  to  increase  their  trade  and  number  of  people, 
and  very  much  advance  the  general  interest  of  the  Province.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  390.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Sept.  1.  Tower  St.  Letter  from  R.  Partridge  to  John  Cou- 
rand — Has  lodged  a  petition  at  the  Council  office  for  the  King,  re- 
lating to  some  disturbances  in  New  Jersey,  encloses  a  cop}^  for  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12,  p.  51. 
Original.     1  folio. 


1736.J         JOHN  HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  169 

[Oct.  15.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Col.  Jolm  Hamil- 
ton, Acting  President  of  New  Jersey — Communicating  his  opinion 
as  one  of  the  Council  in  favor  of  his  relinquishing  the  position  to 
Col.  Lewis  Morris,  as  the  oldest  Councillor.  See  Collections  of  the 
Society,  Vol.  IV.  pp.  27-29.  Original  Draft,  accompanied  by  a 
prior  draft  in  the  handwriting  of  Col.  Morris,  showing  him  to  have 
been  the  author  of  the  argument.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Minutes  of  Council  in  New  Jersey, 
showing  what  took  place  at  that  Board  on  the  day  when  Mr.  Morria 
demanded  the  administration  of  the  Government  of  that  Province. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  21.     Copy.     3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board,  of  5  Nov.,  1736. 

Oct,  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Representation  from  Mr.  Reading, 
Mr.  Van  Home,  Mr.  Provoost,  and  Mr.  Parmar,  Menibcrs  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  John  Hamilton,  Esq.,  President  of  the 
same,  giving  their  opinion  that  Mr.  Morris  has  forfeited  his  right  to 
the  administration  of  the  Government  of  that  Province  by  his  ab- 
sence, without  leave,  in  England.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
VoL  4,  F.  24.     Copy.     11  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Nov.  5,  1736. 

Oct.  22.  '  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Popple  to  Mr 
John  Hamilton,  President  of  New  Jersey — The  Board  do  not  doubt 
but  he  will  use  his  utmost  endeavours  to  preserve  the  peace  of  the 
Province — if  Mr.  John  Schuyler,  Mr.  Thomas  Farmar,  Mr.  John 
Rodman,  Mr.  Richard  Smith,  Jlr.  Robert  Lettice  Hooper,  and  Mr. 
Joseph  WarroU  will  not  take  the  proper  care  to  get  their  warrants 
for  Councillors  of  N.  Jersey,  passed  through  the  several  offices — the 
Board  would  be  obliged  to  recommend  others.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  392.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[Tlie  fees  were  very  heavy,  and  Councillors  sometimes  threw  the  exfiense  upon 
the  Governors  who  wanted  their  support.] 

Oct.  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — Upon  his  arrival  in  New  Jersey  he  found  Mr.  Ham- 
ilton in  the  administration  of  the  Governnsent — upon  a  claim  to  it 
being  made  by 'Mr.  Morris,  the  four  of  the  Council  advised  Mr. 
Hamilton  not  to  give  up  the  seals,  &c., — Mr.  Morris  brings  forward 
several  arguments  in  support  of  his  claim  to  the  administration,  an'd 
leaves  the  decision  of  it  to  the  King.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indiea. 
Vol.  12,  p.  29.     Original.     21  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Lewis  Morris,"  (Collections,  Vol.  IV.)  p.  27.] 

Oct.  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Proclamation  by  Mr.  Morris,  as 
President  of  New  Jersey,  directing  that  in  the  morning  and  eve- 
ning prayers,  a  certain  form  and  order  of  praying  for  the  royal  fam- 
ily to  be  observed,  in  pursuance  of  the  instructions  of  1  June,  1736, 
directed  to  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  24.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Nov.  5,  1736. 


170  JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT  OF   COUNCIL.  [178H. ' 

Oct.  25.  Perth  Araboy.  Proclaniation  of  Mr.  Morris,,  as  Pres- 
ident of  New  Jersey,  adjouming  the  Assembly  of  that  Province  to 
tlie  IGth  of  Nov.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  24. 
Copy.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Nov.  5,  1736. 

Oct.  25.  Perth  Aniboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton,  President 
of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle — Col. 
Lewis  Morris  demanded  the  seals,  &c.,  of  New  Jersey,  but  the  Coun- 
cil were  of  opinion  that  he  forfeited  his  claim  to  the  administration 
of  this  Province,  owing  to  his  absence  in  England — great  incon- 
venience experienced  from  the  insufficiency  of  the  number  of  Coun- 
cil and  their  distant  residence.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
12,  p.  48.     Orig'l.     5  folios. 

Oct.  29.  New  Brunswick.  Proclamation  by  John  Hamilton, 
Esq.,  President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  commanding  not  to 
pay  any  regard  or  obedience  to  the  pi-oclamations  of  Lewis  Morris, 
that  no  person  do  abet  him  with  respect  to  his  taking  upon  him  the 
administration  of  the  Government,  and  that  Judges,  Justices,  &c., 
cause  the  said  Lewis  Morris  to  be  apprehended  and  conveyed  to  the 
common  gaol — also,  ordering  a  certain  form  of  prayer  for  the  royal 
family  to  be  used  in  all  places  of  worship.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  23.     Broadside.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  following. 

(Nov.  1.  "  Received.")  Proposals  for  preventing  a  clandestine 
trade  in  the  several  Colonies  in  America,  lately  begun  there.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  19.     Original.     5  folios. 

Nov.  5.  Shrewsbury,  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Mr.  Lewis 
Morris  .to  the  Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Hamilton  and  the  Council  en- 
tered into  combination  not  to  deliver  to  him  tlie  seal  and  other  in- 
signia of  the  Government  of  New  Jersey,  on  account  of  his  absence 
in  England — he  issued  two  proclamations,  but  tliey  were  taken  down 
in  several  places — the  Province  is  very  much  divided,  but  he  will 
not  use  any  violence  to  obtain  the  Presidency,  but  will  leave  it  to 
the  King's  decision — enclosing  several  papers  to  explain  the  state  of 
things.     S.  P.  0.  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F."  24.     Original. 

4  folios. 

Enclosing  before-mentioned  papers. 

Nov.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton,  President 
of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board — Col.  Morris  claimed  the  administra- 
tion of  the  Government,  the  Council  were  of  opinion  that  he  for- 
feited a  right  to  it — great  inconvenience  is  felt  from  want  of  a  suffi- 
cient number  of  Councillors — it  is  necessary  that  members  of  the 
Council,  besides  being  Hesident,  should  have  good  estates  in  the 
Province.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  25.     Orig'l. 

5  folios. 

Enclosinff  the  foreffoins:. 


1736.]         JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL,  171 

Nov.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mi-.  Hamilton,  President 
of  the  Comicil  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle — Mr. 
Morris  continues  to  disturb  the  Government — by  the  advice  of  the 
Council  a  proclamation  was  issued  for  Mr.  Morris's  apprehension. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  49.     Origl.     2  folios. 

1736-37. 

Jan.  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  several  papers  from  Mr.  Hamilton  and 
Mr.  Morris,  relative  to  their  dispute  about  the  administration  of  the 
Government  of  N.  Jersey,  and  giving  their  opinion  that  Mr.  Morris 
has  forfeited  his  seat  in  the  Council  of  that  Province,  and  therefore 
his  demand  of  the  Government  from  Mr.  Hamilton  is  vei-y  improper. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  14,  p.  394.     Entry.     10  folios. 

Jan.  3L  London.  Petition  of  Kichard  Partridge,  agent  for 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey — That  violent  disputes  have  arisen  in 
the  Province  touching  the  right  of  Presidentship  and  Commander- 
in-Chief,  between  Col.  Lewis  31orris  and  Col.  John  Hamilton,  which 
threaten  great  confusion,  both  having  adjourned  the  Assembly  to 
ditlerent  days — hardships  of  being  without  a  separate  Governor, 
praying  that  as  they  are  an  independent  Province  they  may  have  a 
Governor  to  reside  among  them — humbly  prays  His  Majesty  to  take 
the  premises  into  His  Royal  consideration.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.      (Bundle.)      Original.     7  folios. 

Feb.  8.  Hackingsack,  Co'y  of  Bergen.  Proclamation  of  Lewis 
Morris,  Esq.,  adjourning  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  until  the  26 
of  April.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.J.     VoL4,  F.  27.     Origl    3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton  to  Mr.  Sccr.  Popple,  Nov. 
25,  1737. 
1737. 

March  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  Mr.  Seer.  Popple — Mr.  Mor- 
ris disturbs  the  peace  of  the  Government,  though  he  resides  in  the 
Province  of  New  York — sends  the  case  stated  between  Mr.  Morris 
and  himself,  in  order  to  be  laid  before  the  Board.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
N.  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  27.      Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosures.  Reasons  why  Mr.  Hamilton  is  rightfully  entitled 
to  the  Government  of  New  Jersey,  notwithstanding  the  claim  of  INIr. 
Morris.  18  folios.  Original  proclamation  of  Lewis  Morris,  Esq., 
adjourning  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  until  the  26  of  April.    3  folios. 

N.  B.  Similar  letter  was  written  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
bearing  the  same  date. 

April  15.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Carkesse  to  Mr. 
Popple,  enclosing  a  list  of  the  Collectors  of  Customs  in  America, 
including  N.  Jersey,  with  their  respective  districts,  &c.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  21.     Original     8  folios. 


172  JOHN  HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.         [1737. 

(April  18.  "  Received.")  Instructions  for  the  Governor  of  N. 
Jersey,  relating  to  the  Acts  of  Trade,  with  observations  thereon  by 
the  Commissioners  of  Customs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
12.     N.  22.     Draft.     116  folios. 

May  10.  (Secretary  of  State)  to  Gov'r  Belcher — To  counte- 
nance the  agents  of  Sir  T.  Prendergast  in  concluding  a  suit  between 
him  and  Mr.  Auchmuty,  still  pending  at  Boston,  though  long  since 
settled  in  England  in  Sir  T.  Prendergast's  favor.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     (Bundle.)     Orig'l  draft.     4  folios. 

[This  is  a  Massachusetts  Document.] 

June  IG.  The  case  of  the  British  Northern  Colonies  with  re- 
gard to  their  trade  with  the  sugar  Colonies — Presented  to  the  Board 
ofTradebyMr.  Wilks.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  12,  No. 
25.     Printed.     3  pp.  ex.  folio.     About  24  folios. 

Similar  copy  was  presented  to  the  Board  by  Mr.  John  Sharpe  in 
1731,  Dec.  20.     See  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  11,  M.  29. 

June  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  directing  the  draft  of  a  commission  and  instruc- 
tions to  be  prepared  for  Lord  Delaware  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  York  and 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  York.  Vol.  24,  F.  f.  53. 
Original.     1  folio. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  96.] 

June  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Hamilton,  President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  acquainting  him 
that  Lord  Delaware  is  appointed  Gov'r  of  New  York  and  New  Jer- 
se}^,  and  that  he  will  with  all  convenient  speed  set  out  for  his  Gov- 
ernment.    S.  P.  0.,B.  T.     N.J.     Vol.  14,  p.  399.     Entry.    1  folio. 

June  23.  Morrisania.  Letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Duke  of 
Newcastle — Sends  observations  on  Mr.  Hamilton's  "  reasons  for  de- 
taining seals,  «fcc.,"  of  the  Government  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  O. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  54.     Original.     1  folio. 

Enclosing  the  following. 

(June.)  Observations  on  the  reasons  given  by  Mr.  Hamilton'a 
advisers,  for  his  detaining  the  seals  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
after  the  demand  made  of  them  by  Lewis  Morris,  Esq.,  President  of 
the  Council  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Province  of  New  Jer- 
sey. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12,  p.  55.  Printed  copy. 
56  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

[July  6.  London.  Proclamation  of  the  West  Jersey  Society, 
of  their  intention  to  apply  to  Parliament  for  an  Act  vesting  their 
lands  in  Trustees,  for  the  purpose  of  sale,  &c.  Original  printed 
Broadside.     AVhitehead  MSS.J 

A  copy  also  in  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 


1737.]         JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  178 

Aug.  £4.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Mr.  Hamilton,  President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  with  que- 
ries as  the  soil,  commerce,  manufactures,  produce,  &c.,  of  that  Prov- 
ince. The  letter.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  400. 
Entry.  1  folio.  The  queries.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
39,  p.  153.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Nov.  24.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  an  additional  instruction  to  Lord 
Delaware,  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  relating  to  alterations  in  the  prayers 
for  the  royal  family.  S.  P.  O4B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  40,  p.  232. 
Entry.     7  folios. 

Nov.  29.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  approving  draft  of  an 
instruction  to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  relating  to  alterations  in  the 
prayers  for  the  royal  family.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
12,  N.  29.     j^ttested  copy.     8  folios. 

Dec.  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton,  President 
of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  Mr.  Sccr.  Popple— The  queries 
transmitted  on  the  24  of  Aug.  last  he  will  answer  soon — the  Coun- 
cillors are  so  much  occupied  that  Mr.  Hamilton  could  get  no  one  to 
attend  to  the  settling  of  the  boundary  question  between  Massa- 
chusetts and  New  Hampshire— the  Province  is  in  perfect  peace  and 
tranquillity.  S.  P.  0.,B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  29.  Orig- 
inal.    3  folios. 

173Y--38. 

Jan.  13.  Whitehall.-  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  communicating  to  them  the  King's  pleasure  in 
appointing  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  in  the 
room  of  the  Lord  Delaware.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T,  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
4,  F.  28.     Original.     1  folio. 

Jan.  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  a  representation  to  the  King,  with  the 
draft  of  commission  for  Lewis  Morris,  Sen.,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor  of 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  400.  En- 
try.    Letter.     1  folio.     Kept.  1  folio.     Com.  13  fohos. 

Feb.  15.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  the  representa- 
tion  from  the  Board  of- Trade,  of  the  25th  of  Jan.,  approving  a 
draft  of  the  commission  for  Lewis  Morris,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor  of 
N.  Jersey.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.J.     Vol.  4,  F.  30.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[Feb.  25.     Perth  Amboy.     John  Hamilton  to  James  Alexander 

Referring  to  the  proceedings  of  the  Elizabethtown  people  respect- 

inf  lauds no  disorder  committed — a  watch  upon  them  recommend- 
ed—" I  suppose  upon  the  news  of  the  Queen's  death  your  Court  goes 
into  mourning.  If  so,  I  beg  the  favor  of  Mrs.  Alexander  to  send 
me  five  and"  a  half  yards  of  her  best  black  cloth,  with  lining,  (either 


17-i  JOHX   HAMILTON    PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.         [1738. 

durants  or  shalloon, )  buttons,  mohair,  fustian,  and  all  fit  for  a  mourn- 
ing suit,  and  two  pair  of  breeches."     Original     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Mrs.  Alexander  carried  on  an  extensive  business  (far  those  days,)  in  her  own 
name.     See  Duer's  Life  of  Lord  Stirhng,  p.  6.] 

[March  17.  Commission  of  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  be  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey.     Certified  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. J 

1T3§. 

April  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  representation  to  the  King  with  the 
instructions  for  Lewis  Morris,  Esq>,  as  Governor  of  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  14,  p.  408.  Entry.  Letter.  1 
folio.     Ilepr.  8  folios.     Instr.     250  folios. 

May  27.  AN^hitehall.  Order  in  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  a  memorial  of  Henry  McCulloh,  touching  certain  proposals 
whereby  the  Colonies  in  America  might  become  of  greater  impor- 
tance to  Great  Britain,  and  the  revenue  be  increased.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  30.     Original.     54  folios. 

June  21.  Letter  from  Mr.  Wood  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  en- 
closing a  proposal  for  the  better  settling  and  peopling  the  Colonies 
in  America,  and  also  for  raising  corn.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  12,  N.  31.     Original.      18  folios. 

July  20.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
instructions  for  Lewis  Morris,  Esq.,  as  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  32.     Copy.     8  folios. 

[July  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Michael  Kearney  to  (Lewis  Morris?) 
— Some  excitement  caused  from  a  rumour  that  Captain  (Vincent) 
Pearse,  (Col.  Morris's  son-iu-law,)  was  at  Sandy  Hook,  just  arrived 
from  England — a  messenger  had  been  sent  down  to  inquire  if  such 
was  the  case,  and  if  "  the  Commission,"  (making  Morris  Governor,) 
had  been  brought  over — rejoicing  of  those  in  power,  on  learning  that 
the  report  was  imfounded — offers  his  house  as  a  residence  for  the 
Gov'r.     Original.     Kutherfurd  MSS.] 

Sept.  11.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Received  his  letters  patent,  and  published  them  at 
Perth  Amboy  on  the  29th  of  Aug.,  and  Burlington  few  days  after 
— new  writs  issued  for  the  Assembly — the  people  are  overjoyed  at 
having  a  separate  Governor — they  hope  to  establish  a  direct  tijade 
with  England.  S.  P.  0.,  B,  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  31.  Orig- 
inal.    4  folios. 

[For  memoir  and  papers  of  Governor  Morris,  see  Collections  of  the  Society,  Vol. 
rV.  It  was  thought  inmecess:iry  to  give  a  special  reference  to  all  the  papers  in 
the  possession  of  the  Hist.  Soc,  referring  to  Gov'r  Morris's  Administration,  as  the 
important  documents  are  printed  in  the  volume  referred  to.] 

Sept.  11.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle — Received  his  letters  patent  for  the  Government 


1788.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  175 

of  New  Jersey—  the  people  are  overjoyed  at  liaving  a  separate  Gov- 
ernor— thanks  the  King  for  the  honor  of  being  appointed  Governor. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  G2.     Original.     2  folios. 
Enclosing  the  following. 

(Sept.)  Address  of  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  to 
the  King — Giving  thanks  for  having  appointed  a  separate  Governor 
— they  hope  the  trade  and  commerce  will  flourish — acknowledge 
their  satisfaction  in  the  gentleman  appointed  to  be  their  Governor, 
for  his  known  justice,  integrity  and  impartiality — signed  by  John 
Hamilton,  Pres't  of  the  Council,  and  Joseph  Bonnel,  Speaker.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  61.     Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

Nov.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — Congratulate  him  upon  his  appointment — send  queries 
which  are  to  be  answered  once  a  year — list  of  the  Council  to  be  sent 
once  every  six  months.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15, 
p.  1.     Eutrj'.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  31.] 

May  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Thomas  Lowndes  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Hill — He  could  propose  a  method  to  regulate  paper  currency  in 
America — it  is  the  interest  of  the  Governors  to  keep  the  Board  in 
the  dark,  as  from  this  mysterious  part  of  commerce  the  Governors' 
most  beneficial  jobs  arise.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  12, 
N.  33.     Original.     2  folios. 

See  also  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Lowndes,  May  30,  1739.  Mr. 
Lowndes  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Jan.  14,  1740. 

May  26.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — An  answer  to  the  first  query  as  regards  the  longi- 
tude and  latitude  of  New  Jersey — one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey, 
Mr.  James  Alexander,  is  absent  at  New  York — Mr.  Robert  Let- 
tice  Hooper  of  the  Council,  and  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province,  is 
dead,  and  by  the  unanimous  recommendation  of  the  Council,  Gov'r 
Morris  appointed  Mr.  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  also  of  the  Council,  to 
be  Chief  Justice — John  Hamilton,  Esq.,  resigned  second  Judge's 
place — the  Got''r  appointed  the  late  Speaker  [Bonnel]  in  his  stead — 
Col.  Coxe,  the  third  Judge,  is  dead,  but  no  one  is  appointed  as  yet — 
several  public  papers  arc  forwarded — observations  upon  an  Act  for 
the  support  of  the  Government — the  insufficiency  of  the  Gov'r's*and 
othei;'  officers'  salaries — observations  upon  the  money  bills — observa- 
tion upon  an  Act  for  the  erecting  of  a  new  county  in  the  Western 
Division  called  Morris  County — little  or  no  gold  or  silver  money  in 
the  Province — a  list  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  with  the  distance 
of  their  habitations  from  Amboy  or  Burlington.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  34.     Original.     40  folios. 

Enclosures.  Gov'r  Morris's  speech  to  the  Council  and  Asembly. 
Printed  Broadside.     24  folios.    1738,  Oct  26.— The  Council  of  New 


176  LEWIS   MORKIS   GOVERNOR.  [1738. 

Jersey's  Address  to  Govt  Morris.  Broadside.  18  folios.  1738, 
Oct. — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey's  Address  to  Gov'r  Morris. 
Broadside.  13  folios.  1738,  Oct. — Gov'r  Morris's  Speech  to  the 
Assembly  of  N.  Jersey,  dissolving  them.  Broadside.  18  folios. 
1738,  March  15. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  47.] 

May  26.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  tho 
Duke  of  Newcastle — Sends  the  Act  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — 
the  difierence  between  the  Council  and  Assembly  about  the  disposal 
of  the  money — unwarrantable  conduct  of  the  Assembl}^ — they  are 
dissolved — observations  upon  some  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  142.     Original.     9  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris,"  p.  5L  Enclosures  are  the  same 
as  with  Gov'r  Morris's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  same  date.] 

May  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hamilton  to  tho 
Board  of  Trade — Gov'r  Morris,  at  the  time  of  publishing  his  com- 
mission, declared  that  he  was  void  of  all  resentments  to  any  person 
whatsoever — upon  Mr.  Hamilton  applying  for  his  salary,  Gov'r 
Morris  would  not  grant  it,  but  desired  that  he  should  pay  him  all 
the  salary  he  had  received  as  President  of  the  Council,  otherwise  he 
(the  Gov'r)  would  be  obliged  to  sue  him  for  it — solicits  protection 
from  the  Board.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  33. 
Orig'l.     5  folios. 

May  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Mr. 
Tho's  Lowndes,  in  answer  to  his  of  the  25th  inst.,  informing  him  that 
the  Board  are  ready  to  receive  the  proposed  method  to  regulate  pa- 
per currency  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40, 
p.  242.  P]ntry.  1  foli(?. 
.  See  1739,  May  25,  and  1739-40,  Jan.  14. 

June.  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Communicates  two  Addresses,  i.  e.,  from  the 
House  of  Lords  and  the  House  of  Commons,  requiring  a  statement 
of  the  paper  currency  in  the  American  Plantations,  and  desires  that 
the  necessary  accounts  be  prepared  and  laid  before  both  Houses  the 
next  Session.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  "Vk)!.  12,  N.  37. 
Original,  with  enclosures.     11  folios. 

^  July  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  enclosing  copies  of 
Addresses  of  the  Lords  and  Commons  (see  15th  June,  1739)  re- 
quiring a  state  of  the  paper  currency  in  the  above  Plantations.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Genl.     Vol.  40,  p.  244.     Entry.     1  folio. 

July  19.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  (of  the 
Board  of  Trade)  to  Mr.  Fane,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law, 
upon  nine  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  March 
1738-39.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  8.  Entry. 
4  folios. 


1738.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  177 

[Sept.  14.  Indian  Deed  to  Andrew  Lewis  Johnston  for  land  at 
the  "  Wading  Place,"  on  South  River,  Middlesex  County.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Oct.  4.  New  York.  Letter  frem  G-ov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Sends  the  Journals  of  Council  and  Assembly — misunder- 
standing between  the  Council  and  Assembly  on  account  of  the  con- 
ference demanded  by  the  former  on  the  subject  of  the  bill  for  the 
support  of  Government — observations  upon  it — the  present  Assem- 
bly will,  in  all  probability,  act  better — a  suggestion  was  made  that 
the  Grovernor's  and  the  Officers'  salaries  should  be  fixed  by  Act  of 
Parliament — Gov'r  Morris  does  not  approve  the  said  plan,  and 
thinks  it  impracticable.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F. 
35.      Original.     23  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Piipers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  58 ;  and  see  New  York  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  VI.  pp.  150  and  158,  for  Lieut.- Gov'r  Clarke's  comments  upon  some  of  the 
New  Jersey  legislation.] 

Oct.  10.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle^ 
Received  warrant  for  granting  letters  of  reprisals  against  the  Spaniards 
in  the  West  Indies,  but  is  at  a  loss  to  know  how  to  form  these  com- 
missions, and  under  what  Seal  to  give  them — sends  copies  of  Jour- 
nals of  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — in  consequence  of 
the  obstinate  misunderstanding  between  the  two  legislative  bodies, 
he  dissolved  the  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  12, 
p.  147.  Original  (with  the  enclosures.)  6  folios. 
[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  63.] 

Dec.  6.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  in  answer  to  the  Circular  Letter  of  the  5th  of  July  last, 
enclosing  a  report  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  upon  the  state  of  the 
paper  currency  in  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  4,  F.  36.  Original  (with  enclosure.)  13  folios. 
[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  71.] 

Dec.  31.     Report  from  Mr.    Fane  to  the    Board  of  Trade,  upon 
nine   Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  1738-39,  ap- 
proving the  same.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  65. 
Original.     7  folios. 
1739-40. 

Jan.  14.  Letter  from  Mr.  Tho's  Lowndes  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
enclosing  "  A  method  to  regulate  the  paper  currency  of  America, 
and  to  prevent  for  the  future  the  inconveniences  that  may  arise 
therefrom  to  the  commerce  of  Great  Britain."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  39.     Original.     8  folios. 

See  also  1739,  May  25,  and  1739,  May  30. 

March  7.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 

Morris — They  consider  the  conduct  of  the  people  of  New  Jersey  as 

ungrateful  for  having  thrown  so  many  difficulties  in  his  way — the 

misunderstanding  between  the  Council  and  Assembly  was  delibe- 

12 


178  LEWIS    MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1789. 

rated  upon,  and  the  Board  consider  the  Assembly  in  the  wrong — 
they  should  be  happy  to  hear  of  the  things  being  in  a  better  condi- 
tion. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  10.  Entry.  5 
folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov't  Morris,"  p.  84.] 

1740. 

March  27.  Whitehall,  Keport  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
House  of  Lords,  with  copies  of  papers  relating  to  the  paper  currency 
and  the  value  of  gold  and  silver  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  245.     Entry.     17  folios. 

March  27.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
House  of  Commons,  pursuant  to  their  Address  to  the  King  of  ISth 
June,  17B9,  enclosing  copies  of  papers  relating  to  the  paper  currency 
and  value  of  gold  and  silver  coin  in  the  American  Plantations.  S. 
P.  0.,B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  251.     Entry.     12iolios. 

April  15.  Whitehall.  List  of  papers  relating  to  the  value  of 
foreign  coin,  paper  money,  and  Acts  affecting  Trade  in  America, 
presented  to  the  House  of  Commons  in  pursuance  of  their  Address 
to  the  King  of  the  10th  instant.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
40,  p.  254.     Entry.     4  folios. 

March  &  x\pril.  State  of  the  paper  currency  in  the  British 
Plantations  in  America,  by  way  of  abstract  from  the  several  accounts 
returned  by  the  Governors  of  the  said  Plantations  to  the  Lords 
Commissioners  for  Trade  and  Plantations,  and  by  their  Lordships 
laid  before  both  Houses  of  Parl'm't  in  March  and  April,  1740.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  12,  N.  40.  Rough  draft  relating 
to  N.  Jersey.     4  folios. 

April  29.  A  computation  of  the  value  and  trade  of  the  British 
Empire  of  America,  containing  an  amount  of  trading  vessels  belong- 
ing to  each  Colony — The  value  of  those  vessels — an  account  of  ex- 
port and  import — and  the  number  of  fighting  men  in  each  Province, 
delivered  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Robert  Binwiddie.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  12,  N.  45.     Original.     33  folios. 

April  30.  Remarks  upon  the  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Com- 
mons about  paper  currency  in  Colonies,  showing  that  the  King's 
proclamation  and  orders  to  the  several  Governors  of  British  Planta- 
tions, in  consequence  of  the  Addresses  of  the  House,  would  be  very 
prejudicial,  and  tend  to  put  the  said  Plantations  into  great  confusion 
— (del'd  to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Partridge.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant 
Gen.     Vol.  13,  N.  47.     Rough  draft.     10  folios. 

May  20.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  desiring  their  opinion  what  will 
be  the  most  easy  and  effectual  manner  of  sinking  and  discharging 
bills  of  credit  with  the  least   prejudice  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 


1740.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  179 

Plantations,  and  interruption  of  the  commerce  of  Enirland.     S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  255.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  90.] 

May  21.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Grovernors  in  America,  desiring  to  have  a  complete  collection 
of  all  the  laws  which  have  been  made,  and  are  now  in  force  in  any  of 
the  British  Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  40,  p.  257.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  1.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council,  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  draft  of  instructions  to  the  Grovernors  in  America,  (includ- 
ing New  Jersey,)  relative  to  the  rates  of  foreign  coins  in  the  several 
Colonies,  and  forbidding  them  to  pass  any  Act  for  bills  of  credit  un- 
til approved  of  by  the  King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
13,  N.  46.     Original.     4  folios. 

July  9.  Whitehall.  Additional  instructions  to  the  Governors 
in  America — "  An  Act  for  ascertaining  the  rates  of  foreign  coins  in 
the  Plantations"  to  be  punctually  observed — not  to  give  assent  or  to 
pass  any  Act  whereby  bills  of  credit  may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  money, 
without  the  clause  that  the  said  Act  shall  be  approved  by  the  King. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  261.     Entry.     14  folios. 

July  31.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Clarkesse  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Hill,  informing  the  Board  of  Trade  that  one  Caspar  Wistar,  a 
Palatine,  established  a  glass  work  within  eight  miles  of  Salem,  in 
West  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Voh  4,  F.  37.  Orig'l. 
1  folio. 

[Caspar  Wistar  was  father  of  the  Professor  of  Anatomy,  Physician,  and  author 
of  several  professional  works,  who  subsequently  became  distinguished  in  Phila- 
delphia.] 

August  81.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — Three  companies  of  100  men  were  raised  in  New  Jer- 
sey— had  the  commissions  come  for  officers,  two  more  might  easily 
have  been  raised — the  Assembly  granted  £2,000  for  the  expedition 
against  the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W 
Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  229.     Original.     2  folios. 

[See  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris.] 

Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — Proceedings  of  the  Assembly  with  regard  to  the  ex- 
pedition against  the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies — the  number  of 
men  raised  for  the  said  expedition — the  grant  of  £2,000  by  the  As- 
sembly to  transport  the  forces,  &c. — the  cause  of  the  scarcity  of  cur- 
rency Ln  New  Jersey — the  state  of  the  two  divisions — an  account  of 
the  Quakers  in  the  Western  Division — an  account  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey — some  of  them  were  suspended  at  their  own  request,  and 
one  for  non-attendance — the  alternate  holding  of  the  Assembly 
at  Amboy  and  Burlington  proves  very  inconvenient  to  the  people 


180  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1740. 

and  ofl&cers — the   Order  of  the  Council  as  they  stand  in   rank — new 
members  for  the   Council  recommended.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  12,  p.  230.     Original.     40  folios. 
|[Printed  in  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  116.] 

Oct.  25.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  paid  no  attention  to  the  Board's  opinion 
expressed  in  their  letter  of  the  7th  of  March  last — the  new  Assembly 
comes  up  to  that  of  their  predecessors,  or  rather  exceeds  them — 
transmits  all  the  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  during  the  last  session, 
and  all  his  speeches  to  them  during  the  course  of  it — observations 
upon  the  Acts,  and  reasons  for  not  assenting  to  some  of  them — three 
Councillors  suspended,  Mr.  John  Willis  and  Mr.  Cornelius  Van  Home 
at  their  own  requests,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Provoost  for  not  attending  though 
summoned — Gov'r  Morris  admitted  Mr.  Peter  Baynton  to  sit  at  the 
Board — the  number  of  Council  and  the  rank  as  they  stand — Mr. 
Archibald  Home,  Mr.  John  Allen,  Mr.  Kichard  Ashfield,  and  Mr. 
Edward  Antill  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council — the  Assembly  find 
Amboy  and  Burlington  very  inconvenient  to  meet  at — left  to  Gov'r 
Morris  to  name  another  place  of  meeting.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  38.     Original.    22  folios  with  the  enclosures. 

Enclosures.  The  speech  of  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly. 
Printed.  25  folios.  (1740,  April  16.) — The  Assembly's  Address 
to  Gov'r  Morris.  Printed.  15  folios.  (1740,  April  16.)— Gov'r 
Morris's  proclamation  about  the  expedition  against  Spaniards.  6 
folios.  1740,  April  19. — Speeches  made,  and  a  letter  written  by 
Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  on  the  intended  expe- 
dition against  the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies.  Printed.  60 
folios.     1740,  June  26,  and  July  31. 

[Letter  Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  123.] 

Oct.  29.  Letter  from  Mr.  Thomlinson  to  Mr.  Hill,  enclosing  a 
scheme  relative  to  the  paper  currency  in  America,  where  it  will  be 
impossible  for  gold  and  silver  to  continue  a  medium  for  want  of  a 
staple.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  13,  N.  49.  Original. 
30  folios. 

1740-41. 

Jan.  3.  Trenton.  A  proclamation  by  Gov'r  Morris  for  regu- 
lating the  currency  of  foreign  coin  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
N.  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  45.     Broadside.     7  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Aug.  16,  1741. 

Jan.  21.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
House  of  Commons,  relative  to  the  bills  of  credit  in  America — The 
ill  effects  of  an  undue  issue — proposals  that  no  further  emittance  be 
allowed  without  the  King's  consent.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  40,  p.  269.     Entry.     22  folios. 


1741.]  LEWIS   MOREIS  GOVERNOE.  181 

Feb.  24.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  six  Acts  of  the  New 
Jersey  Assembly,  passed  31st  July,  1740 ;  and  upon  an  Act  the 
better  to  enable  creditors  to  obtain  satisfaction  of  their  recoveries 
against  their  debtors,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15, 
p.  12.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Feb.  24.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Mr.  Archibald  Home  to  be  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mi*.  Robert  Lettice  Hooper,  Esq., 
deceased.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  14.     Entry. 

1  folio. 
1T41. 

April  17.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  copies  of  two  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment, viz  : — An  Act  to  prohibit,  for  a  limited  time,  the  exportation  of 
corn,  &c. ;  and  an  Act  for  licensing  the  importation  of  victuals  into 
Scotland.     S.  P.O.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.      Vol.  40,  p.  276.     Entry. 

2  folios. 

April  23.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Mr. 
Archibald  Home  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  42.     Copy.     3  folios. 

[June  16.  Trenton.  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris  to  Daniel  Donaldson 
Dunster,  Perth  Amboy — Opinion  on  some  legal  points.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  22.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon 
seven  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  1740.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  66.     Original.     2  folios. 

August  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Lords  Justices,  enclosing  additional  instructions  to 
the  Governors  in  America,  relating  to  the  ensigns  to  be  worn  by 
ships  having  private  commissions,  or  bearing  letters  of  marque  or  re- 
prisal. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40,  p.  279.  Entry. 
6  folios. 

August  14.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — The  not  complete  success  of  the  arms  in  West  Indies 
will  at  present  render  it  more  difficult  to  raise  recruits  in  America 
— the  Assembly  do  not  give  so  much  aid  owing  to  its  being  com- 
posed mostly  of  Quakers — one  or  two  hundred  men  may  be  raised, 
provided  blank  commissions,  tents,  colours,  &c.,  are  sent.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  265.     Original.     5  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,  p.  131.] 

August  16.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  difficulty  of  obtaining  an  account  of  what  laws  have 
lyeen  passed  owing  to  the  offices  being  kept  in  two  places,  viz.,  Am- 
boy and  Burlington — during  the  sitting  of  the  Assembly  at  Burling- 


182  LEWIS   MOKRIS   GOVEKNOR.  [1741. 

ton,  an  old  chest  full  of  papers  belonging  to  that  office  was  discovered 
in  a  garret  of  a  house  hired  by  Gov'r  Morris  for  his  servants — an  ac- 
count of  the  tenor  and  anTount  of  bills  of  credit  current  in  New  Jer- 
sey will  shortly  be  forwarded — observations  upon  the  paper  currency 
— encloses  some  papers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F. 
43.     Original.     30  folios. 

Enclosing  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  and 
Lis  proclamation  for  regulating  the  currency,  Jan.  3,  1741. 

Aug.  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — Recommend  to  continue  the  same  vigorous  opposition  to  the 
unwarrantable  pretensions  of  the  Assembly — Mr.  Home  recom- 
mended to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — they  cannot  advise 
His  Majesty  to  alter  the  meetings  of  the  Assembly,  unless  in  con- 
junction with  Council  they  will  petition  for  it — a  particular  list  of 
the  Council  to  be  sent  every  six  months — the  usual  queries  sent  to 
him  to  be  answered.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  15. 
Entry.     15  folios. 

[Original  in  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS., — a  duplicate  in  Rutlierfurd  MSS.,  and 
printed  in  "Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  137.] 

[Sept.  16.  Perth  Amboy.  Fenwick  Lyell  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Asking  his  legal  advice  in  relation  to  the  estate  of  Ga- 
briel Stelle — involving  proceedings  of  Rev.  Wm.  Skinner,  of  Perth 
Amboy— estate  of  Geo.  Willocks,  &c.     Orig'l.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  4.  N.  Jersey.  Representation  from  the  Council  and  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey  to  Gov'r  Morris,  praying  for  an  encourage- 
ment .from  His  Majesty  for  the  making  of  iron.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
N.  Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  46,  47.     Original.     7  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Dec. 
16,  1741. 

[Dec.  3.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Elisha  Dobifte, 
Philadelphia,  recommending  an  application  to  Mr.  Hamilton,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Council  of  East  Jersey  Proprietors,  if  he  wishes  to  ob- 
tain the  copying  of  the  records,  which  is  in  contemplation — covering 
copies  of  previous  communications  on  the  subject.  Original  draft 
and  copies.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

See  Dec.  23,  1741. 

[The  Records  of  the  Eastern  Proprietors,  notwithstanding  the  surrender  of  the 
Government  in  1701,  continued  in  the  possession  of  their  Register  until  1715, 
when  James  Smith,  Secretary  of  the  Province,  was  appointed  Register,  the  effect 
not  b^ing  {breseen,  that  the  latter  office  would  become  lost  in  the  former,  and  that 
the  records,  the  possession  of  which  they  had  retained,  notwithstanding  the  exer- 
tion of  Lord  Cornbury  to  dispossess  them,  would  be  considered  the  property  of  the 
Province.  Such,  however,  was  the  result,  and  the  Proprietors,  experiencing  great 
inconvenience  in  consequence,  it  was  at  this  time  proposed  that  copies  should  be 
made  of  all  such  documents  as  referred  to  their  affairs,  for  their  exclusive  use.  the 
originals  remaining  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Province.  The  services  of  Mr. 
Dobree  and  John  Bartow  were  engaged,  and  the  copies  made  by  them  are  now  in 
the  Register's  office  at  Perth  Amboy,  and  the  originals  are  in  the  Secretary  of 
State's  office  at  Trenton.] 


1741.]  LEWIS    MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  183 

Dec  16.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — The  Acts,  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  votes  of  Assembly  are 
sent — the  Assembly  more  manageable — ill  precedent  of  the  New- 
York  Assembly  in  voting  not  to  raise  any  supplies — observations  on 
some  Acts  passed  the  last  Assembly  at  New  Jersey — Address  about 
making  iron,  recommended.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
4,  F.  46.     Original.     13  folios. 

Enclosing  1741,  Nov.  4. 
[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  139.] 

Dec.  16.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke  of 
Newcastle— Sends  the  Acts,  &c.  of  New  Jersey,  with  observations 
upon  them — bad  precedent  given  by  the  Assembly  of  New  York — 
address  from  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  concerning 
the  making  of  iron— Capt.  La  Vaux  was  in  New  Jersey  about  three 
years  since,  and  presented  Gov'r  Morris  with  an  engraved  map  of 
Surinam — it  was  reported  that  the  said  Capt.  La  Vaux  was  impris- 
oned in  the  Island  of  St.  Christopher  as  a  _  spy— bad  policy  of  send- 
ing recruiting  officers  into  the  neighbouring  Provinces.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  12,  p.  307.     Original.     11  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  142.] 

[Dec.  22.  New  York.  James  Alexander  and  R.  Ashfield  to 
Mr.  Pacheco,  London — Transmitting  a  copy  of  an  Act  of  the  As- 
sembly, (that  "  Regulating  purchases  of  land  from  the  Indians  "  in 
Cornbury's  time,)  which  had  gone  forward  for  the  approval  of  the 
Crown — the  services  of  Francis  Gasherie  to  be  obtained ;  if  not 
procurable,  those  of  Mr.  Partridge— the  usual  charge  for  confirming 
an  Act  had  risen  to  about  £50  sterling,  which  they  sent  therewith— 
wishes  books  to  be  obtained  for  the  copies  of  the  Proprietary  Rec- 
ords.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

From  some  cause  this  Act,  although  all-important  to  the  Proprietors,  had  never 
received  the  approval  of  the  Cro^vn.  See  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  CoUections,  Vol.  IV. 
p.  158.] 

[Dec.  23.  Philadelphia.  Elisha  Dobree  to  John  Hamilton, 
offering  to  engage  to  transcribe  the  Public  Records  in  the  Secreta- 
ry's office  at  Perth  Amboy— Accustomed  to  get  4s.  per  day,  writing 
from  nine  until  dark— or  he  would  copy  by  the  page.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1741—12. 

Jan.  7.  New  York.  James  Alexander  and  Richard  Ashfield  to 
John  Hamilton  at  Perth  Amboy— Referring  to  the  proposed  copy-, 
ing  of  the  Records  (see  1741,  Dec.  3;  and  Dec.  23)— the  services  of 
John  Bartow  to  be  secured  to  assist  Mr.  Dobree— opinion  expressed 
as  to  the  books  to  be  copied,  &c.,— had  sent  to  England  by  Bryant 
for  blank  books.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Bryant    was   a  successful  and    experienced  navigator   hetween  England  and 
America.     See  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,  p.  145.] 


184  LEWIS    MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1742. 

1742. 

April  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  upon  six  Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assem- 
bly, passed  the  1st  Nov.,  1741.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  15,  p.  22.     Entry.     3  folios. 

April  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  with  an  extract  of  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to 
them  and  the  Representation  from  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  N. 
Jersey,  about  making  iron,  in  order  to  be  laid  before  the  King.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  24.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  16.  The  memorial  of  Rodrigo  Pacheco  and  Richard  Par- 
tridge to  the  Board  of  Trade,  praying  that  an  Act  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  24  Nov.,  1703,  entitled  •'  An  Act  for  regulating  the  purcha- 
sing of  lands  from  the  Indians,"  may  be  laid  before  the  King  for  his 
confirmation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  47.  Origi- 
nal.    2  folios. 

July  30.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  upon 
six  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  1741,  approving 
the  same.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  5,  F.  67.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

Aug.  3.  Whitehall,  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov- 
Morris — The  observations  upon  all  the  Acts  of  Assembly  to  be  sent 
with  them — to  prevail  with  the  Assembly  to  provide  a  proper  house 
for  the  Records — to  take  care  for  the  punctual  sinking  of  outstand- 
ing bills,  and  to  give  from  time  to  time  an  account  of  what  number 
of  these  bills  are  paid  off  and  sunk — by  a  gentle  and  prudent  man- 
agement the  Quakers  may  be  prevailed  upon  to  provide  for  the  mi- 
litia— the  "  Act  to  prevent  any  action  under  £15  being  brought  into 
the  Supreme  Court,  is  respited,  being  laid  before  the  King  until  they 
hear  from  him  again  " — the  proposals  about  making  iron  are  laid  be- 
fore the  King — desire  copies  of  all  Minutes  and  Journals  from  1730 
to  1736,  and  the  Receiver  Greneral's  accounts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  25.     Entry.     12  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  149.] 

[Oct.  19  to  Nov.  5.  Memoranda  of  a  journey  from  Perth  Am- 
boy  to  Romopock,  and  round  by  Hackensack,  viewing  lands,  arrang- 
ing titles  with  settlers,  surveying,  &c.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

A  Mr.  Forman  one  of  the  party — the  expedition  apparently  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  Proprietors.] 

Oct.  Extracts  from  the  Minutes  and  Votes  of  the  House  of 
"Assembly  of  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  met  in  General  Assembly 
at  Burlington  on  Saturday,  the  16  of  Oct.,  1742.  Printed  by  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  by  order  of  Andrew  Johnston,  Esq.,  their  Speaker, 
to  which  are  added  some  notes  and  observations  upon  the  said  votes, 
also  the  Governor's  speech  to  the  Assembly  on  his  dissolving  of  them  ; 
and  the  letters  and  orders  mentioned  and  referred  to  in  the  Gover- 


1742.]  LEWIS   MOKRIS   GOVERNOR.  185 

nor's  speech.     S.  P.    0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  55.     A 
printed  pamphlet,  contaiuiug  56  12mo.  pages. 

[Dec.  6.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Messrs.  Pacheco  and 
Taverez,  London — Concerning  the  Act  for  regulating  the  purchases 
of  land  from  the  Indians — refuting  objections  against  its  confirma- 
tion in  consequence  of  presumed  informalities.  Original  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Dec.  6.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Chief  Justice  Mor- 
ris, of  New  Jersey — Referring  to  the  recommendation  of  Gov'r  Mor- 
ris, which  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  desired,  in  order  to  secure 
the  approbation  of  the  Ministry  to  the  Act  regulating  purchases  of 
land  from  the  Indians — asking  for  his  intervention  to  procure  the 
document.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Dec.  15.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — He  would  not  assent  to  some  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey — they  are  dissolved — proceedings  of  the  Assembly  during 
their  sitting — observations  upon  some  Acts  of  the  Assembly — owing 
to  the  change  of  residence  and  the  illness  of  his  son,  Gov'r  Morris 
could  not  answer  the  queries — writs  for  the  new  Assembly  are  about 
to  be  issued — the  inconsiderable  foreign  trade  of  New  Jersey — com- 
parative value  of  paper  currency  of  New  York,  New  England  and 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  18.  Orig- 
inal.    25  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  152.] 

Dec.  15.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke  of 
Newcastle — Assented  to  one  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  J.,  only,  viz. 
that  for  the  support  of  the  Government — by  granting  £500  to  the 
Gov'r  the  Assembly  believed  would  induce  him  to  assent  to  the  Act 
for  emission  of  £40,000  in  bills  of  credit — the  majority  of  the  Coun- 
cil are  very  much  under  the  influence  of  the  Assembly — proposes 
to  appoint  a  Lieut.  Gov'r.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  13, 
p.  1.     Original.     5  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  156.] 

[Dec.  20.  Trenton.  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris  to  the  Lords  of  Trade 
— Forwarding  a  memorial  of  the  East  Jersey  Proprietors,  asking  for 
the  royal  approval  of  the  Act  regulating  purchases  of  land  from  the 
Indians,  and  recommending  a  compliance  with  its  request.  Copy. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris."'  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  Vol.  IV. 
p.  158.] 

[Dec.  20.  Trenton.  Chief  Justice  Morris  to  James  Alexander 
— enclosing  above-mentioned  letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  Lords  of 
Trade — Had  sent  to  Mr.  Bartow,  the  Deputy  Secretary  at  Amboy, 
a  copy  of  the  Act  referred  to,  taken  from  the  printed  leaves,  with  a 
request  that  he  would  make  it  conform  to  the  original,  and  forward 
it.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 


186  LEWIS  MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1742. 

Dec.  20.  Trenton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — The  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey  de- 
sire to  have  recommended  an  Act  for  regulating  the  purchasing  of 
lands  from  the  Indians,  for  His  Majesty's  approbation — their  me- 
morial is  enclosed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  4,  F.  49. 
Orig'l.     Letter,  4  folios  ;  memorial,  12  folios — 16  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  158.] 

[Dec.  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Thos.  Bartow  to  James  Alexander 
— Transmits  the  printed  copy  of  the  Act  regulating  purchases  of 
land  from  the  Indians,  which  he  had  received  from  Chief  Justice 
Morris — the  original  Act  not  in  his  office,  he  had  not  therefore  been 
able  to  make  it  conform  therewith.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1T42--43. 

[Jan.  19.  Trenton.  Chief  Justice  Morris  to  James  Alexander 
—Had  been  surprised  to  hear  from  Mr.  Bartow  that  the  original  of 
the  Act  sent  to  him  (Dec.  20,  1742,)  was  not  in  his  office.  The  Gov- 
ernor thought  himself  ill-used  in  having  an  exemplification  tendered 
to  him  for  the  Seal  of  the  Province,  under  a  promise  that  it  should 
be  compared  with  the  original — when  the  original  was  not  to  be 
found,  and  the  sending  of  the  copy  to  England  with  his  or  the  Gov- 
ertior's  consent  improper — the  Governor  wishes  Mr.  Alexander's 
correspondent  to  be  written  to  not  to  present  either  his  letter  or  the 
exemplified  copy,  until  a  further  search  could  be  made,  or  he  would 
feel  obliged  to  make  known  to  the  Lords  of  Trade  the  circumstances 
of  the  case.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Jan.  24.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Chief  Justice  Mor- 
ris— In  answer  to  his  letter  of  Jan.  19th,  1743 — giving  his  views  as 
to  the  sufficiency  of  the  exemplification  of  the  printed  Act  sent  to 
England — but  he  had  requested  his  correspondents  not  to  cause  that 
or  Gov'r  Morris's  letter  to  be  delivered  until  further  orders — desires 
farther  search  to  be  made  for  the  original  Act,  and  if  not  found,  that 
the  Governor  would  consent  to  the  presentation  of  the  copy  already 
sent.     Orig'l  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Jan.  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Thos.  Hill  to  Wm.  Wood, 
Secretary  to  the  Commissioners  of  Customs,  enclosing  a  list  of  the 
ports  in  America  where  naval  officers  reside — which  includes  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40,  p.  282.  Entry. 
6  folios. 

March  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Fane, 
desiring  his  opinion  upon  two  New  Jersey  Acts,  viz.,  "  An  Act  for 
regulating  the  purchasing  of  land  from  the  Indians,"  passed  in  Nov., 
1703,  and  "  An  Act  for  the  support  of  the  Government,  '&c."  passed 
25  Nov.,  1742.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  29. 
Entry.     2  folios. 


1748,]  LEWIS    MORRIS    GOVERXOR.  187 

[April  15.  Affidavit  of  William  Bradford  before  Chief  Justice 
Morris — That  he  was  the  Queen's  printer  by  commission  from  Lord 
Cornbury,  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  Act  regulating  pur- 
chases of  land  from  the  Indians — and  that  the  said  Act  was  truly 
printed  by  him — and  that  subsequently  as  printer  for  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey,  he  reprinted  the  New  Jersey  laws,  the  first  law 
in  the  book  being  the  Act  aforesaid,  reprinted  from  the  first  impres- 
sion, &c.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

April  18.  Report^of  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  approv- 
ing two  Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  transmitted  to  him  by 
Mr.  Seer.  Hill  on  the  8th  of  March,  1742-43.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  4,  F.  51.     Original.     1  folio. 

June  9.  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Grov'r  Morris  has  com- 
menced a  suit  against  him  for  the  salary  received  as  President  of  the 
Province — desires  their  Lordships'  assistance.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  52.      Original.     4  folios. 

June  10.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Transmits  Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  other 
public  papers — the  new  Assembly  are  likely  to  be  better  than  the 
last — sends  answers  to  the  queries  received  from  the  Board  as  to 
the  situation,  trade,  manufactures,  produce,  &c.,  of  New  Jersey — 
Gov'r  Morris  for  the  last  two  months  suffers  inflammation  in  his  leg. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  53  and  54.  Original. 
Letter,  3  folios ;  answers,  75  folios ;  78  folioS. 

[Letter  printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  162.] 

[June  24.  London.  Messrs.  Pacheco  and  Taverez  to  Jas.  Al- 
exander— Had  received  his  letter  of  Jan.  24,  with  enclosures,  (let- 
ters from  and  to  Chief  Justice  Morris,)  but  after  action  had  been 
had  relative  to  the  Act  referred  to — gives  copy  of  Mr.  Paris's  let- 
ter, stating  that  after  a  report  had  been  received  from  their  Council 
in  favor  of  approving  the  Act,  the  Lords  of  Trade  had  agreed  not 
to  recommend  such  a  course,  but  to  suggest  to  the  Grovernor  the  pas- 
sage of  a  new  one,  in  consequence  of  the  long  time  which  had 
elapsed  since  its  passage — Mr.  Paris  does  not  agree  with  Mr.  Alex- 
ander, in  thinking  it  all  essential  to  have  it  confirmed — P.  and  T. 
much  grieved  at  the  course  of  events  connected  with  the  aS'air,  fear- 
ing it  might  prejudice  the  Lords  of  Trade  against  Mr.  A.  and  them- 
selves.    Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — His  conduct  with  regard  to  the  Assembly  approved — the 
Board  recommends  obtaining  another  Act  of  Assembly  relative  to 
the  purchase  of  lands  from  the  Indians,  to  allow  reasonable  time  to 
all  those  persons  who  in  ignorance  purchased  the  lands,  to  come  in 
and  take  out  licenses  and   confirmations  of  their  grants  from  the 


188  LEWIS    MORKIS    GOVERNOR.  [1743. 

Proprietors.     S.  P.  0.,   B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.   15^  p.  30.     En- 
try.    7  folios. 

[Printed  iu  "Pajjers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  163.] 

Aug.  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Gellibrand,  Deputy  Sec- 
retary to  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey— The  Board,  from  the  28th  of  March,  1736,  till 
Mr.  Morris  took  possession  of  the  Government,  looked  upon  him  to 
be  the  legal  President  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  32.  *  Entry.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  9.  Memorandum  of  what  took  place  between  James  Al- 
exander and  William  Smith,  (at  the  former's  house,  while  waiting  to 
take  "  a  glass  of  bitters  "  about  one  o'clock,)  in  presence  of  Messrs. 
Chambers  and  Murray — relative  to  the  taxing  of  costs  upon  Eliz- 
abethtown  cases — Smith  thinking  Mr.  Alexander  was  in  fault  in  not 
having  had  it  attended  to  at  previous  term,  and  Mr.  A.  retorting, 
placing  the  blame  on  Smith — "  I  told  Mr.  Smith  that  I  should  not 
enter  into  the  particulars  of  what  he  had  then  done,  but  I  would 
give  him  my  thoughts  in  general  of  what  he  had  done,  and  that  was, 
that  he  was  so  rude,  so  insolent  and  abusive  to  the  Chief  Justice,  to 
Mr.  Murray  and  to  me  upon  that  occasion,  that  he  deserved  to  have 
his  bones  broke — Mr.  Smith,  having  the  glass  in  his  hand,  said,  I 
shall  drink  none  of  your  wine — I  said,  you  may  let  it  alone  then." 
Original,  in  Mr.  Alexander's  handwriting.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  Fragment  in  handwriting  of  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  being 
a  copy  of  the  last  paragraph  to  a  paper  on  "  the  State  of  New  York 
on  Gov'r  Clinton's  arrival  there."     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Gov'r  Clinton  arrived  Sept.  20th.] 

[Nov.  16.  Solomon  Boyle  to  James  xVlexander — Had  been  to 
Elizabethtown  the  week  before,  and  been  informed  that  the  people  of 
that  place  and  the  people  of  Newark  had  come  to  a  written  agree- 
ment relative  to  their  boundary — the  Newarkers  to  join  in  "  sending 
home  against  the  Proprietors  " — but  "  Col.  Ogden  said  it  was  not 
finished,  and  that  none  of  the  Ogdens  would  agree  to  it " — the  chief 
persons,  Capt.  Wheeler,  Justice  Crane,  and  Justice  Ferrand — this 
course  caused  by  the  Proprietors  having  surveyed  some  part  of  the 
Indian  purchase  above  the  mountain."     Orig'l.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Dec.  12.  Newark.  David  Ogden  to  James  Alexander — Con- 
firming the  principal  items  of  intelligence  communicated  to  Mr.  Al- 
exander by  Solomon  Boyle,  (Nov.  16,  1743,)  and  giving  further  in- 
formation respecting  the  proposed  agreement  between  Newark  and 
Elizabethtown — "  Mr.  Fitch,  from  Norwalk,"  had  met  the  Elizabeth- 
town  committee,  and  left  with  them  a  petition  to  the  King  for  relief 
against  the  Proprietors,  with  which  they  were  much  pleased,  [see 
Aug.  21,  1744.] — Matthias  Hetfield  and  Stephen  Crane  had  been 
chosen  by  them  to  go  to  England  during  the  winter,  and  lay  it  be- 


1748.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  189 

fore  the  King — had  not  seen  it,  but  from  what  he  had  learned  he 
believed  they  1st,  stated  the  matters  in  controversy ;  2d,  that  no 
probability  existed  of  their  being  settled  in  the  ordinary  courts ;  3d, 
that  the  numerous  suits  pending  were  impoverishing  the  people,  and 
praying  to  have  the  case  heard  by  the  King,  or  by  Commissioners, 
and  if  the  latter,  that  they  might  be  appointed  from  New  England 
— had  sent  a  copy  of  Boyle's  letter  to  Mr.  Hampton,  at  Elizabeth- 
town,  requesting  him  to  forward  to  Mr.  Alexander  a  list  of  the 
Elizabethtown  Committee  for  the  previous  twenty  years.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1743--44. 

March  3.     Kingsbury.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends    the   Assembly   of   New   Jersey's   votes   and  his 
speeches — observations  upon  several  Acts   passed   there.     S.  P.   0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  57.     Duplicate.     13  folios. 
[Printed  in  "Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  181.] 

March  3.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  transmitted — ob- 
servations upon  the  said  Acts — the  Assembly's  conduct  towards 
Chief  Justice — they  would  do  nothing  for  the  defence  of  the  Prov- 
ince— sends  his  last  speech,  which  the  Assembly  omitted  to  print  in 
their  votes.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  13,  p.  21.  Du- 
plicate.    9  folios. 

[See  "Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  184.] 
1744. 

May  15.  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Received  Mr.  Gel- 
librand's  letter  of  the  23d  of  Aug.,  1743— Gov'r  Morris  given  no 
directions  about  bringing  the  trial  on.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  5,  F.  56.     Original.     1  folio. 

May  21.  New  York.  Postscript  to  the  New  York  Weekly 
Post-Boy,  containing  full  particulars  of  the  excommunication  of 
a  Chief  Justice  of  the  Lower  Counties  in  Pennsylvania  by  the  Qua- 
kers, for  having  expressed  himself  about  self-defence  as  lawful,  and 
pressed  it  as  necessary.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  13,  p. 
87.     Broadside.     11  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  following  letter. 

June  10.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Governor  Morris  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle — The  King's  declaration  of  war  against  France 
published  in  the  Province — the  Assembly  are  going  to  meet  on  the 
22d  June,  when  it  will  be  tried  to  prevail  upon  them  to  put  the  mi- 
litia into  some  better  condition  if  the  influence  of  the  Quakers  do 
not  prevent  it — the  Quakers  excommunicated  a  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Lower  Counties  in  Pennsylvania,  who  thought  self-defence  lawful — 
it  will  have  injurious  effects  upon  the  New  Jersey  people — encloses  an 


190  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1744. 

account  of  that  affair.  S.  P  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  13,  p. 
86.     Original.     3  folio's. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  191,  and  see  p.  192  for  an  explana- 
tion of  the  circumstances  referred  to.] 

June  11.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Transmits  several  Acts  and  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey — expects  an  opposition  from  the  Quakers  to  the  militia 
bill.     S.  P.  0.,B.  T.     N.Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  59.     Orig'l.    2  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  194.] 

Aug.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — Received  his  letter  of  the  10th  June,  1743 — it  is  hoped 
that  the  new  Assembly  will  behave  in  a  manner  more  satisfiictory  to 
him — sorry  to  hear  of  his  illness — received  his  letter  of  the  3d 
March,  1743-44.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  34. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[Printed in  "Papers  of  Gov.  Morris,"  p.  200.] 

[Aug.  20.  Decree  of  Court  of  Chancery  of  New  Jersey  under 
Royal  Provincial  Seal,  in  case  of  Daniel  Smith  vs.  the  Heirs  and 
Executors  of  Gabriel  Stelle  on  vellum.  Original  exemplification. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS  ] 

Aug.  21.  WhitehalL  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board's 
consideration,  copy  of  the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Elizabeth- 
ton,  (3U9  in  number,)  praying  that  His  Majesty  will  be  pleased  to 
hear  and  determine  a  controversy  arisen  between  them  and  several 
others,  calling  themselves  Proprietors  of  the  Province  of  N.  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  5,  F.  60.  Order,  original.  8 
folios.     Petition,  copy.     42  folios. 

[For  the  petition  referred  to  see  Elizabethtown  Bill  in  Chancery,  p.  121,  where 
it  appears  at  length  without  date,  and  the  above-mentioned  order  will  be  found 
printed  on  page  123  of  the  Bill.] 

Aug.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  copy  of  an  order  of 
Council  promising  encouragement  to  such  Protestants  as  shall  be 
willing  to  settle  on  the  Island  of  Rattan.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  295.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Sept.  26.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Mr. 
Fane,  desiring  his  opinion  in  point  of  law  upon  thirteen  Acts  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Nov.  and  Dec,  1743.  S.  P- 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  15,  p.  35.     Entry.     6  folios. 

[Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Samuel  Nevill  (Speaker,  &c.,)  to  James 
Alexander — The  Uz  parte  Bill  had  been  twice  read  in  the  House, 
and  met  with  some  warm  opposition,  in  consequence  of  a  presumed 
attempt  to  invalidate  Nichol's  Patent,  &c. — Had,  by  permission  of 
the  House,  spoken  on  the  subject,  and  set  the  matter  in  a  proper 


1744.]  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  191 

light — the  bill  was  to  lie  over  till  the  next  session,  and  to  be  pre- 
sented for  the  inspection  of  the  members — "  the  Elizabethtown  peti- 
tion to  His  Majesty  hath  been  read  in  our  House,  and  orders  are  to 
be  sent  to  the  Agent  not  to  intermeddle,  it  no  ways  concerning  the 
public."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

(December.)  Representation  from  the  Council  in  Assembly  met 
in  New  Jersey,  containing  reasons  for  rejecting  several  Acts,  and  a 
censure  upon  the  conduct  of  the  Assembly  in  relation  to  the  Militia 
Bill.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  69.  Printed. 
8  folio  pages. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Jan.  28,  1745. 

Philadelphia.  The  Speeches  of  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  House  of 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  at  Burlington  on  the  22d  of  June,  1744, 
with  the  Assembly's  Address  and  Message  to  the  Gov'r — to  which 
is  added  an  abstract  of  the  bill,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  settling  and 
better  regulation  of  the  Militia  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  and 
for  making  provision  in  cases  of  insurrection,  rebellion,  or  invasion," 
as  sent  down  from  the  Council  to  the  House  of  Assembly  upon  the 
30th  of  June,  and  some  observations  from  the  votes  of  the  Assembly. 
Printed  by  B.  Franklin,  1744.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
5,  F.  70.     Pamphlet  of  36  pages.     12mo. 

Enclosed  in  the  following. 

1744-45. 

Jan.  28.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  refuse  to  settle  Militia — he  dissolves  them 
— the  new  Assembly  as  bad  as  the  former,  whom  Gov'r  Morris  dis- 
solved the  8th  of  January,  1744-45 — the  Assembly's  proceedings 
before  their  dissolution — dispute  between  the  Gov'r  and  Assembly 
about  the  paper  money — the  Council  disapproved  the  Assembly's 
proceedings — the  state  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — observations 
on  paper  money  in  the  Plantations — the  manner  of  granting  the 
support  of  Govern't  in  New  Jersey —  the  unwarrantable  encroach- 
ments of  Assemblies  in  some  Plantations  are  pernicious — the  Assem- 
bly will  be  called  in  Spring  time.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  5,  F.  68.     Duplicate.     65  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  213,  &c.] 

N.  B. — Similar  letter  in  substance  was  written  by  Gov'r  Morris 
to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  28th  Jan.  1744-45.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  13,  p.  218. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  226.] 

Jan  31.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  Mr.  Part- 
ridge, Agent  for  New  Jersey — The  printed  copy  of  the  bill  to  be 
brought  in  Parliament  about  the  paper  money  was  shown  to  the  As- 
sembly, who  came  to  a  most  imprudent  vote  upon  it — sends  repre- 


192  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1745. 

sentation  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  to  him  on  the  state  of  the 
paper  money — the  Assembly  are  annoyed  at  the  said  representation 
— orders  of  the  Assembly  now  dissolved  or  of  an  Assembly  not  dis- 
solved are  not  the  orders  of  the  Government,  and  that  Mr.  Par- 
tridge, as  an  Agent,  ought  not  to  esteem  them  as  such.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  71.     Copy.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  following. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  229.] 

Feb.  1.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Mr.  Partridge  was  directed  by  the  late  Assembly  to  appear 
against  the  bill  to  be  brought  into  Parliament  with  relation  to  the 
paper  currency,  but  he  has  no  such  orders  from  the  Government  of 
New  Jersey — *Edward  Antill,  *James  Hude,  *Andrew  Johnston, 
John  Coxe,  Peter  Kemble,  and  Tho's  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  recommended 
to  be  of  the  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5, 
F.  7L     Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

[*  P'or  information  respecting  these  geutleaien,  see  "  Contributions  to  Hist,  of 
Perth  Amboy,"  &c.,  pp.  227,  37-1,  72,  &c.,  &c.] 

[March  14.  (K.)  Deed  from  the  Indians  confirmatory  of  a  prior 
deed  to  John  Low,  Samuel  Harrison,  Nathaniel  Wheeler  and  others, 
for  a  tract  of  land  lying  between  the  Passaic  River  and  the  top  of  the 
first  mountain,  which  prior  deed  bore  date  some  time  in  March, 
1701-2,  and  "  was  lost  by  fire  in  the  house  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Pierson 
of  Newark,  providentially  burnt  the  seventh  day  of  March,  1744-45." 
Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  1747.] 

March  15.  Report  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon 
eight  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  Nov.  and 
December,  1743,  approving  the  same — (the  other  five  were  reported 
upon  the  1st  Sept.  1746.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5, 
F.  61.  Original.  4  folios. 
1745. 

April  11.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  instructions  for  the  Governors  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey — 
exhorting  them  to  afibrd  all  the  assistance  in  their  power  to  the 
Province  of  Nova  Scotia,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  their  own  safe- 
ty.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Ind.     Vol.  103.     Original.     3  folios. 

[April  18.  Answer  of  Assembly  to  Gov'r  Morris — Cotempora- 
neous  copy,  with  passages  underlined,  as  objectionable  to  the  Gov- 
ernor.    Whitehead  MSS.] 

See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  Vol.  IV.  p.  236-239.] 

[April  30.  ^  (Trenton.)  Chief  Justice  R.  H.  Morris  to  Ja's 
Alexander — Wishes  there  were  more  moderate  men  in  the  House  (of 
Assembly) — an  Address  agreed  upon  containing  many  things  that 
had  better  been  left  out— the  Governor  busy  in  preparing  an  answer 
— the  Militia  Bill  sent  to  the  Council  on   18th,  but  not  yet  acted 


1745.]  LEWIS   MORIUS   GOVERNOR,  193 

upon  for  want  of  a  quorum,  which  the  members  of  the  House  com- 
plain of  very  much — no  one  can  tell  the  issue  of  the  session — wishes 
Mr.  Alexander  to  come  to  Trenton — thinks  something  ought  to  be 
done  with  the  people  on  "  the  great  tract"  who  had  opposed  the  Pro- 
prietors' Surveyor,  &c.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  238.] 

[May  3.  Commission  from  Grovernor  Lewis  Morris  to  Elisha 
Parker  of  Perth  Amboy,  to  be  an  attorney-at-law.  Orig'l.  White- 
head MSS. 

See  "  Contributions  to  Hist.  Perth  Amboy,"  p.  130.] 

June  19.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices  of  England,  proposing  Edward  Antill,  James 
Hude,  and  Andrew  Johnston,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Fenwick  Lyell,  Peter  Baynton,  and  Archibald 
Home,  Esqrs.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15, 
p.  38.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  219,  220.  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey 
History,"  pp.  72,  85,  227,  374.] 

June  20.  "Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices,  proposing  Peter  Kemble,  John  Coxe,  and 
Thomas  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the 
room  of  Cornelius  Van  Home,  John  Schuyler,  and  John  Wills,  Esqrs., 
resigned.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  39.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

[See  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  220.] 

July  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — Several  letters  received — the  remarks  in  his  letter  of  the  3d 
of  March,  1743-44,  upon  several  Acts  passed  in  N.  Jersey  were  read 
and  considered — the  Board  are  much  sorry  to  find  so  little  disposi- 
tion in  the  Assembly  to  support  the  Grovern't,  or  to  take  measures 
for  the  defence  of  the  Province ;  also  that  there  are  diflferences  be- 
tween the  said  Assembly  and  the  Council — the  gentlemen  proposed 
for  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  are  recommended  to  the  King — to 
send  Naval  Officers'  accounts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
15,  p.  40.     Entry.     11  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  256.] 

[July  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Elisha  Parker  to  James  Alexander — 
Transmitting  names  for  insertion  among  the  defendants  in  the  Pro- 
prietors' Bill  in  Chancery  against  the  Elizabethtown  people,  (the 
thirteen  last  named  in  the  list  on  page  24  of  the  printed  bill,)  three 
of  them  "  say  they'd  make  no  scruple  of  killing  a  Proprietor  if  they 
were  to  be  hang'd  for  it."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Aug.  15.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Grov'r 
Morris — What  are   the  fees   demanded   in  the  Province — whether 
tables  of  the  fees  are  regularly  set  up  in  the  offices — Gov'r  Morris 
13 


^g\  LEWIS   MORRIS    GOVERNOR.  [17-15. 

ought  to  revise  and  regulate  the  said  fees.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  45.     Eutry.     2  folios. 

Aug.  15.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices  of  England  upon  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey 
in  December,  174.3,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  ascertaining  the  fees  to  be 
taken  by  the  several  officers  in  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey" — which  fees 
are  so  inconsiderable,  that  no  persons  of  character  or  reputation  will 
care  to  accept  of  employments  therein — propose  the  repeal  of  it — 
enclose  an  extract  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  that  Prov- 
ince in  relation  to  the  said  Act.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey 
Vol.  15,  p.  46.     Entry.     12  folios. 

[Aug.  Extract  from  Minutes  of  Supreme  Court,  August  term, 
1745.     Copy.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept.  18.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Edward 
Antill,  James  Hude,  and  Andrew  Johnston,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F. 
73.     Copy.     4  folios. 

[See  June  19,  1745.] 

Sept.  18.  Kensington.  Order  of  Ceuncil  appointing  Peter 
Kemble,  John  Coxe,  and  Thomas  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5, 
F,  74.     Copy.     4  folios. 

[See  June  20,  1745.] 

[Sept.  19.  Commission  to  Edward  Antill  to  be  one  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Fonwick  Lyell,  deceased. 
Certified  copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  pp.  220,  283.] 

[Sept.  20.  Commission  to  James  Hude  to  be  one  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Peter  Baynton,  deceased.  Certi- 
fied copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  21.  Commission  to  Andrew  Johnston  to  be  one  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Archibald  Home,  deceased. 
Certified  copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  23.  Commission  to  Peter  Kemble  to  be  one  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Cornelius  Van  Home,  resigned. 
Certified  copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  25.  Commission  to  Thomas  Leonard  to  be  one  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  John  Wills,  resigned.  Cer- 
tified copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  22.  Kingsbury.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  will  not  grant  a  support 
for  the  Grovernment,  unless  the  Grov'r  and  Council  give  assent  to  their 
bill  for  the  making  of  £40,000  paper  currency — the  last  "  support," 


1745.]  LEWIS    MORRIS    GOVERNOR.  195 

which  expired  in  Sept.  1714,  gave  so  small  salaries,  that  it  would 
hardly  defray  the  charges  of  attending  upon  those  officers — the  Gov- 
ernment has  been  without  any  support  from  September,  1744 — the 
Council  will  not  alter  their  reasons  for  i-efusing  their  assent  to  the 
above  bill — the  disputes  about  the  titles  to  the  lands — one  man  was 
imprisoned  for  trespass,  but  rescued  out  of  prison  by  force — they 
may  be  influenced  by  the  French  intrigues,  the  rioters  being  mostly 
Irish — sends  an  Act  of  Assembly  for  £2000  to  buy  provision  for  the 
forces  at  Cape  Breton — reasons  for  giving  assent  to  it — x\ndrew 
Johnston,  John  Coxe,  Peter  Kemble,  and  Tho's  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  re- 
commended to  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — James.  Alexander, 
Esq.,  of  the  Council,  is  a  man  of  considerable  interest  and  estate,  and 
one  of  the  best  lawyers,  but  he  resides  at  New  York — census  of  the 
Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  75.  Origi'l. 
13  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris,"  p.  279.] 

Similar  letter  was  written  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle.     See  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  13,  p.  309. 
[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  282.] 

An  account  of  the  number  of  people  in  the  Eastern  and  Western 
Division  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  taken  by  order  of  Gov'r 
Morris  in  the  year  1745 — showing  comparative  increase  and  decrease 
in  the  several  counties  since  the  year  1787-38.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  77.     Original.     12  folios.     • 

[See  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  282.  The  total  number  of  inhabitants  was 
61,403.] 

No\^  18.  (R.)  Copies  of  depositions  takeu  before  Joseph 
Bonnel,  Esq.,  by  John  Morris,  aged  79  years,  Abraham  van  Gieson, 
aged  80  years,  Michael  Vreelandt,  aged  81  years,  Cornelius  Dema- 
ress,  Samuel  Harrison,  John  Coudict,  Deacon  Samuel  Ailing,  Samuel 
Tompkins,  Francis  Spier,  Hendrick  Francisco,  Joseph  Biggs  and 
others,  relating  to  the  course  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  in 
obliging  them  to  re-purchase  their  lands  after  having  enjoyed  long 
and  peaceable  possession — The  views  of  the  Indians  as  to  the  rights 
of  the  Proprietors,  &c.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  17-17.] 

[Nov.  (R.)  A  list  of  rioters  indicted  in  Essex  County  Quarter 
Sessions,  and  removed  by  Certiorari  into  the  Supreme  Court  the  No- 
vember term  following  (Nehemiah  Baldwin,  Joseph  Pierson,  Daniel 
Williams,  Nathaniel  Williams,  Eleazer  Lawson,  Gamaliel  Clark.) 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  1717.] 

[Nov.  (R.)  A  list  of  rioters  in  Essex  County  returned  upon  a 
record  of  view,  filed  in  the  Supreme  Court  November  term- — (21 
in  number.)     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  1747.  ] 


196  LEWIS   MORRIS   GOVERNOR.  [1745, 

[Nov.     Extracts  from  Minutes   of  Supreme    Court,   November 
term.     Copy.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 
1745-46. 

New  York.  "  A  Brief  vindication  of  the  Purchassors  Against  the 
Proprietors  in  a  Christian  Manner" — A  smal  120mo.  pamphlet  of  48 
pages,  containing  arguments  in  favor  of  the  settlers,  interspersed  with 
religious  poetry — on  the  title  page,  the  following  note  is  written  in 
the  hand  of  Mr.  Ja's  Alexander  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  : — 
"  This  ought  to  have  been  with  papers  transmitted  in  December  and 
Feb.  last,  but  copies  could  not  then  be  got  at  New  York,  the  author 
having  carried  all  to  New  Jersey  for  sale  there."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol  5,  after  E.  93.     96  folios. 

[March.     Extract  from  Minutes  of  Supreme  Court,  March  term. 
Copy.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 
1T46. 

[May.  A  list  of  rioters  in  Essex  County  returned  upon  a  record 
of  view  (at  a  second  riot)  filed  in  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  May 
term  (44  in  number.)     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  docimients  laid  before  liis  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher  Nov. 
19,  1747.] 

May  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Morris — Desire  a  continuation  of  the  best  endeavours  to  quiet  the 
minds  of  the  people — commend  the  zeal  of  the  people  of  New  Jersey 
for  giving  £2000  towards  the  expedition  to  Cape  Breton.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  52.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Moms,"  p.  313.     The  despatch  did  not  reach  New 
Jersey  until  after  his  death,  which  occurred  21st  May.] 

June  24.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  an  Act  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  there 
in  Dec.  1743,  entitled  "  An  Act  concerning  acknowledging  deeds  in 
the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  and  declaring  how  the  estate  or  right  of 
a  Femme  Couverte  may  be  conveyed  or  extinguished" — Recommend- 
ing the  same  to  be  confirmed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
15,  p.  54.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  conveying  the  King's  commands  that  the  drafts  of 
a  commission  and  instruction  be  prepared  for  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq., 
as  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Gov'r  Morris,  deceased.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  78.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  24.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  with  a  representation  to  the  King,  with  the 
di'aft  of  a  commission  for  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  55. 
Entry.  Letter,  1  folio ;  Repr'n,  2  folios ;  Commis'rs,  50  do. :  53 
folios. 


1746.]         JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT  OF   COUNCIL.  19 

Aug.  7.  WhitehalL  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  the  petition  of  Mr.  Kichard  Partridge,  agent  for  New  Jersey, 
praying  in  behalf  of  the  said  Colony,  that  His  Majesty  would  grant 
an  order  of  leave  to  the  Gov'r  or  Commander-in-Chief  to  give  his 
assent  to  the  passing  of  an  Act  for  emitting  the  sum  of  £40,000  in 
bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  79. 
Original.     14  folios. 

[Aug.  11.  Newark.  Notice  of  Nath'l  Wheeler,  Samuel  Harri- 
son and  others,  to  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  stating  their  will- 
ingness to  appear  in  Court,  &c.,  to  test  their  rights — Complaining 
that  all  the  lawyers  of  note  in  New  Jersey  and  adjoining  Provinces 
had  been  engaged  against  them — requesting  that  one  attorney  might 
be  released  who  would  take  charge  of  their  case.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

The  copy  served  upon  Elisha  Parker,  one  of  the  Proprietors' 
Counsel. 

Printed  in  Appendix  to  BiU  in  Chancery,  p.  22.] 

[Aug.  ?  Memorandum  of  persons  who  appeared  before  John 
Eaton,  Pontius  Stelle,  Commissioners,  and  Andrew  Johnston,  Treas- 
urer of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  "  to  be  duly,  'listed  in 
His  Majesty's  service,  and  who  they  got  in  their  room."  Original. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Aug.  13.  Perth  Amboy.  Orders  of  Acting  Grovernor  John 
Hamilton  to  Captain  James  Parker,  to  hold  himself  in  readiness  to 
proceed  with  his  company  of  provincial  troops  to  Albany.  Original. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Aug.  18.  Perth  Amboy.  Orders  from  Acting  Governor  John 
Hamilton  to  Captain  James  Parker  to  muster  his  company  of  80 
men  on  the  22d  August,  ready  for  service.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Aug.  22.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
a  commission  for  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  to  be  His  Majesty's  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  83, 
[and  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  103.]     Copy.     2  folios. 

Aug.  22.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  confirming  an  Act  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  in  1743,  entitled  "  An  Act  concerning  acknowl- 
edging deeds  in  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  and  declaring  how  the 
estate  or  right  of  a  Femme  Convert  may  be  conveyed  or  extinguished." 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  84.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Aug.  23.  Perth  Amboy.  Commission  granted  and  signed  by 
President  Hamilton  of  New  Jersey  to  Nathaniel  Ware,  appointing 
him  Captain  of  a  company  of  100  men  by  him  raised  for  the  expedi- 
tion to  Canada.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  (Bundle.)  Orig'l. 
9  folios. 

Auo-.  23.     Perth  Amboy.     Commission  signed  by  John  Hamil- 


198  JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   OOUNCIL.         [1746. 

ton,  Esq.,  President  of  His  Majesty's  Council,  and  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  New  Jersey,  appointing  John  Dagworthy,  Esq.,  jun'r  Cap- 
tain of  a  company  of  100  men  raised  bv  liim  for  the  intended  expe- 
dition to  Canada.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  (Bundle.)  Orig'l. 
9  folios. 

[Aug.  29.  Perth  Amboy.  Orders  and  instructions  from  Acting 
Governor  John  Hamilton  to  Captain  James  Parker,  relative  to  the 
embarkation  of  his  company  for  Albany.      Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept  1.  Keport  from  Mr.  Fane  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  five 
Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  November,  1743,  ap- 
proving the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  80. 
Original.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  General  account  of  supplies  furnished  the  different  Cap- 
tains of  the  New  Jersey  troops  destined  to  the  northern  frontier. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Sept.  3.  Receipt  of  Captain  James  Parker  for  the  stores  sup- 
plied his  command.     Copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Nov.  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  a  representation  to  the  King,  with  the 
draft  of  instructions  for  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  as  Gov'r  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  77.  Entry. 
Letter,  1  folio ;  Repr'n,  6  folios ;  Inst'r'u,  250  folios  :  257  folios. 

[Dec.  8,  9,  10.— 1747,  March  18,  19,  May  6,  7,  8,  9,  11.  Min- 
utes of  tbe  Council  of  New  Jersey,  referring  to  the  riots — Informa- 
tion from  Col.  Schuyler,  relative  to  the  provincial  troops — the 
strength  of  the  different  companies — President  Hamilton's  Message 
to  the  Assembly — Acts  approved,  &c.  MS.  Copy.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.] 

Dec.  24.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Ja's  Alexander  and  R. 
Hunter  Morris,  Esqrs.,  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Upon  the  death  of  Governor  Morris,  the  ad- 
ministration devolved  upon  John  Hamilton,  Esq.,  who  being  ill, 
desired  them  to  write — 500  men  were  raised  in  New  Jersey 
and  sent  to  Albany — £10,000  were  lent  to  clothe  and  arm  the 
troops — riots  in  New  Jersey  on  account  of  the  disputed  title 
to  the  lands  in  the  Eastern  Division — the  Government  is  too 
weak  to  put  a  stop  to  them — the  infection  of  insubordination  is  daily 
spreading,  and  will  probably  soon  get  into  Pennsylvania  and  N. 
York,  which  may  affect  the  dependence  of  the  Plantations  on  the 
Crown — the  oificers  'of  the  Government  of  New  Jersey  have  been 
without  any  salaries  ever  since  Sept.  1744.  [See  letter  from  the 
same  gentlemen  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  dated  Dec.  23,  1746, 
printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  326.]  S.  P.O.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  81.      Original.     9  folios. 

Enclosing  the  following. 


1746.J         JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  199 

Dec.  24.  New  Jersey.  An  account  of  the  riots  at  Newark,  in 
the  County  of  Essex,  and  in  other  parts  of  New  Jersey,  signed  by 
Rob't  Hunter  Morris  and  Ja's  Alexander,  Esqrs.,  of  the  Council  of 
that  Province,  containing  about  70  folios — The  Weekly  New  York 
Post  Boys  for  Feb.  17,  1745-46,  May  19,  26,^1746,  giving  an  ac- 
count of  the  riots  in  N.  J.,  and  March  25,  1746,  the  state  of  the 
case  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  respecting  their  title 
to  the  lands  in  New  Jersey.  Printed.  Double  column,  folio  size. 
11  pages.     S.   P.   0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  81. 

All  enclosed  in  foregoing. 

[Doubtless  this  is  the  Document  printed  in  Appendix  to  Elizabethtown  Bill 
in  Chancery,  p.  1.  The  Post  Boys  of  May  19  &  26,  1746,  contained  Mr.  NeviU's 
speeches.] 

A  collection  of  papers  presented  to  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  New  Jersey  by  Nath.  Wheeler,  Samuel  Harrison,  Jonath.  Per- 
son, John  Condict,  Nath.  Canip,  Sam.  Baldwin  and  Mich.  Cooke, 
in  answer  to  the  "  state  of  the  case  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern 
Division,  respecting  their  title  to  the  lands  in  New  Jersey" — (See 
1746,  Dec.  24,  an  account  of  the  riots.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  5,  F.  86,  87.     Copies.     60  folios. 

Address  of  the  President  and  Council  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
King,  congratulating  him  upon  the  success  of  the  British  forces  un- 
der the  command  of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  13,  p.  311.     Original.     4  folios. 

1746--4T. 

[Jan.  27.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  Ja's  Alexander — 
Had  retained  the  Att.  and  Solic'r  Generals  for  the  East  Jersey 
Proprietors  against  Elizabethtown  people,  and  also  against  New 
York,  in  relation  to  the  boundary  line — Believes  no  alteration  has 
been  made  in  the  standing  instructions  to  the  Governors  of  Colonies 
relating  to  the  interest  in  the  soil — the  commission  to  Mv.  (Jona- 
than) Belcher  (to  be  Governor  of  New  Jersey)  had  been  lying  in  the 
Secretary  of  State's  office  many  months,  "  fee  bound" — five  blanks 
had  been  left  in  Mr.  Belcher's  commission  for  the  names  of  five 
Councillors,  under  the  supposition  that  the  gentlemen  appointed  in 
Sept.  1745  (see  p.  194)  did  not  desire  to  sit  as  Councillors,  inasmuch  as 
their  mandamuses  had  never  been  taken  out,  or  the  fees  (£22  2s.  6d. 
each)  paid — under  the  advice  of  the  Messrs.  Penn  had  taken  them 
out — paid  £110  12s.  6d.  for  them,  and  had  their  names  inserted  in 
the  commission — had  Mr.  Belcher  had  any  interest,  or  stood  well  at 
the  offices,  by  paying  the  fees  for  his  commission  he  might  have  had 
five  Councillors  put  in  of  his  own  selection — difficulties  in  the  way 
of  Mr.  Alexander's  name  being  presented  for  one  of  the  Council,  it 
having  just  been  discovered  that  he  had  not  been  named  in  Gov'r 
Morris's  instructions,  and  therefore,  from  1738  to  1746,  had  held  an 
anomalous  position,  presuming  that  he  was  of  the  Council,  when,  in 
reality,  he  was  not — to  bring  the  matter  up,  by  presenting  his  name, 


200  JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT  OF   COUNCIIi.         [1747. 

would  cause  inquiries  difficult  to  answer — Mr.  Belcher's  Council 
stood  as  suggested  by  Mr.  Alexander,  excepting  tbat  Charles  Read 
was  one  instead  of  himself,  he   having  been   recommended  by  Mr. 

Belcher,  as  well  as  Ebenezer  Large  and Shinn.    Original.    Ruth- 

erfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  10.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Had  discovered  that  the  omission  of  Mr.  Alexander's  name  in  Gov'r 
Morris's  instructions  (see  letter  Jan.  27, 1746-47)  arose  from  careless- 
ness of  the  Clerks  of  the  Board  of  Trade — had  brought  the  matter  in 
such  a  manner  before  that  body,  that  in  order  to  prevent  the  circum- 
stances being  detailed  in  a  petition  to  the  King,  they  had  sent  for 
the  ''  fee  bound"  commission  and  instructions  of  Mr.  Belcher,  "  tore 
the  first  sheet,  re-engrossed  it  with  your  name  in  its  place  amongst 
the  Councillors,  and  consequently  Charles  Read's  out" — Mr.  B.  of 
so  little  consequence  that  he  was  never  sent  for  or  spoken  to  on  the 
subject — does  not  know  when  he  will  be  able  to  pay  his  fees  and  ob- 
tain his  papers — in  these  proceedings  had  received  no  aid  from 
Messrs.  Mico,  Knapp  and  others  of  the  West  Jersey  Society,  whom 
he  had  found  as  "  ignorant,  cold,  and  unnatural  persons'*  as  he  had 
ever  spoken  to — Mr.  A.  must  not  depend  upon  them  for  any  assist- 
ance in  any  matter — had  not  communicated  with  Mr.  Belcher  about 
the  Province,  and  gives  his  reasons,  confidentially,  based  upon  the 
poor  opinion  entertained  of  him — treats  of  his  character  at  some 
length — Belcher  had  been  attempting,  inefiectually,  to  have  his  in- 
structions so  drawn  as  to  authorize  the  passage  of  paper  money  bills, 
irrespective  of  the  Royal  approval. 

Refers  in  a  postscript  to  a  suggestion  of  Gov'r  Morris's,  in  a  let- 
ter dated  Jan.  28,  1744-45,  which  he  had  seen — that  showed  the 
Lords  think  it  advisable  to  remove  Mr.  Alexander  from  the  Coun- 
cil on  account  of  his  non-residence — he  would  recommend  Richard 
Saltar  to  fill  the  vacancy.  See  "  Papers  of  Gov'r  Morris,"  p.  220. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Feb.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
instructions  for  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  Governor  of  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  85.     Copy.     7  folios. 

[Feb.  13.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Mr.  Belcher,  for  the  first  time  in  five  months,  had  called  at  the 
proper  office  to  inquire  about  his  papers,  and  deposited  £200  to  pay 
the  fees — supposition  that  the  money  had  been  obtained  through  the 
agency  of  his  brother-in-law  (Mr.  Richard  Partridge)  among  the 
Quakers  of  Yorkshire,  upon  representations  of  the  benefit  derived  by 
the  Quakers  in  Massachusetts  during  the  administration  of  Mr.  B. 
there,  and  what  might  be  expected  from  him  in  New  Jersey — would 
keep  the  ministers  in  mind  of  the  afiairs  of  New  Jersey  from  time 
to  time — "  if  you  can  help  or  succour  yourselves,  pray  do  immedi- 
ately, without  waiting  for  relief  from  him,  which  will  come  very  late, 


1747,]         JOHN   HAMILTON   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  201 

if  at  all" — if  sending  over  forces  was  desired,  he  did  not  think  their 
great  men  would  consent  to  it,  as  they  can  neither  spare  the  men  nor 
bear  the  expense.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Feb.  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Ja's  Alexander  and  R.  H. 
Morris,  Esqrs.,  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— Send  some  public  papers — great  numbers  of  the  rioters  had  a 
meeting  and  passed  a  law  against  the  cutting  of  timber — Samuel 
Nevill,  Esq.,  was  threatened  by  the  rioters.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  86.     Original.     3  folios. 

Feb.  17.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Alexander  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Transmits  the  copies  of  the 
Minutes  of  Council— Mr.  Morris  is  out  of  town.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  87.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Feb.  18.  Act  for  running  and  ascertaining  the  line  between 
New  Jersey  and  New  York,  passed  by  New  Jersey  Assembly.  Ex- 
emplified copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

March  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  enclosing  extract  from  Mr.  Alexander  and  Mr. 
Morris's  letter  of  the  24th  of  Dec.  1746,  upon  the  unsettled  state  of 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  152. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[March  18  and  19.  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — See 
1746,  Dec.  8,  9,  10.     MS.  Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1747. 

March  25.  London.  Thomas  Penn  to  James  Alexander — Had 
received  Mr.  A.'s  letter  of  21st  June,  just  after  losing  his  eldest 
brother — is  concerned  to  find  that  the  inhabitants  of  N.  J.  have 
dared,  in  so  open  a  manner,  to  trample  on  their  laws  and  civil  Gov't 
— from  Mr.  Nevill's  speeches  not  having  had  more  efi"ect,  thinks  the 
Assembly  must  be  "  very  ignorant,  or  worse" — had  had  several  con- 
versations with  Mr.  Belcher  on  the  subject,  who  seemed  uneasy  at 
the  opposition  to  the  King's  authority,  and  thought  the  Proprietors 
should  petition  for  "a  force"  to  be  sent  to  theProrince — apprehends 
that  on  the  arrival  of  the  Governor,  a  new  Assembly  will  be 
chosen,  composed  of  them  who  will  unite  with  him — he  seems  much 
to  desire  to  put  a  stop  to  the  irregular  proceedings — Mr.  Paris  com- 
mended for  his  diligence — his  brother's  lands  in  New  Jersey  were 
left,  by  will,  to  his  brother  Richard,  who  was  inclined  to  sell  them — 
if  a  good  offer  could  be  obtained,  would  be  disposed  to  sell  all  re- 
ceived through  their  father — Colonial  matters  not  attended  to  "  with- 
out being  solicited  as  a  private  cause."     Orig'l.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

March  25.  Perth  Amboy.  State  of  the  case  drawn  up  by  the 
Council  of  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  in 
behalf  of  themselves  and  the  rest  of  the  general  Proprietors  of  that 
Division,  respecting  their  claim  to  the  lands  there,  containing  also  a 


202  JOHN   HAMILTON   PHESIUENT   OF   COUNCIL.         [1747. 

narrative  of  all  the  proceediugs  from  17th  April,  1746,  to  Dec.  next, 
and  copies  of  several  representations,  letters,  affidavits,  &c.,  &c., 
with  regard  to  the  riots  in  the  county  of  Essex.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  after  F.  93. 

[Printed  in  Appendix  to  Elizabethtown  Bill  in  Chancery,  p.  13.] 

(?)  Account  of  the  State  of  America,  from  Piscataway  to  Caro- 
lina— The  weak  and  miserable  condition  of  fortification  and  defence, 
as  well  in  the  towns  and  ports  on  the  sea  coast  as  on  the  frontiers, 
towards  the  French  settlements  and  line  of  garrisons  from  Cape 
Breton  to  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.20.     Copy.     14  folios. 

(?)  [The  claim  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Newark,  in 
virtue  of  the  Indian  purchases  made  by  the  first  settlers  of  Newark 
in  1667,  stated  and  considered — Brief  of  opinion  probably  by  Elisha 
Parker.     Original  draft.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Perth  Amboy.  Charge  of  Judge  Nevill  to  the  Grand  Jury  of 
Middlesex  County.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[April  7.  Maidenhead.  Edmund  Bainbridge  to  Nathaniel  Camp, 
Newark — (Bainbridge  was  one  of  the  rioters  in  West  Jersey) — en- 
quiries as  to  the  progress  made  in  the  afi"airs  of  the  rioters  in  East 
Jersey,  &c. — (see  May  7,  1747.) 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VL  p.  344.] 

April  22.     Newark.     Letter  from  Mr.  David  Ogden  to ; 

enclosing  two  affidavits  respecting  the  riots  at  N.  Jersey — One  made 
by  Joseph  Dalrymple,  another  by  Tho's  Miller  and  Tho's  McCounell. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  after  F.  93.  Copies.  22 
folios. 

April  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  the  petition  of  Rich'd  Partridge,  agent  for  New 
Jersey,  praying  leave  for  the  Gov'r  of  that  Province  to  give  his  as- 
sent to  the  Act  for  issuing  £40,000  of  bills  of  credit,  (see  1746, 
Aug.  7,  Order  of  Council,)  giving  as  their  opinion,  that  as  Mr.  Par- 
tridge had  no  authority  from  the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey  to  make 
sucli  application,  they  see  no  reason  why  the  King  should  comply 
with  the  prayer.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  153. 
Entry.     10  folios. 

[May  6._  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Col.  Peter  Schuyler,  ob- 
jecting to  his  having  offered  full  pay  to  the  men  under  his  command, 
inasmuch  as  it  was  impossible  to  pay  all  the  forces  their  whole  pay- 
any  difference  in  the  pay  of  any  portion  must  occasion  disorder. 
Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VL  p.  363.  See  May  23d  and  May  30th.] 
[May  6,  7,  8,  9,  11.  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey- 
See  1746,  Dec.  9,  and  1747,  March  18.  MS.  Copy.  Ruther- 
furd MSS.] 


1747.]         JOHN   HAMILTON    PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  208 

[May  7.  Elizabethtown.  William  Chetwood  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  enclosing  a  letter  from  Edmund  Bainbridge  to  Nath'l  Camp, 
Newark,  "  calculated  to  inculcate  and  encourage  the  scheme  of  the 
rioters,"  which  he  had  found  open  on  a  table  in  one  of  his  rooms  a 
few  days  before — (see  April  7,  1747.) 
Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  345.] 

[May  8.  Name!?  of  the  men  composing  Captain  James  Parker's 
company  of  New  Jersey  troops,  with  the  amounts  paid  to  each. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  9.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  petition  of  Gov'r  Belcher,  praying 
that  if  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  do  not  settle  a  fixed  salary  on 
him  during  the  whole  time  of  his  Grovernment,  he  may  be  empowered 
to  give  his  assent  to  such  bills  as  shall  be  annually  passed  for  paying 
him  salary,  a  privilege  granted  to  the  Grov'r  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  on  a  like  occasion.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  5,  F. 
88.     Order,  original;   Pet'n,  copy  :   11  folios. 

May  10.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Ja's  Alexander  and  Mr. 
R.  H.  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade — The  internal  disorders  of  New 
Jersey  are  daily  increasing  with  the  number  of  rioters  and  riots,  and 
the  course  of  justice  is  at  a  stand — the  Assembly  is  called — Minutes 
of  Council  and  other  papers  are  sent.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  5,  F.  92.     Original.     3  folios.      ' 

[May  13.     Affidavit  of  Solomon  Boyle  before  Robert  H.  Morris 
relative  to  sundry  proceedings  of  the  rioters  in  Morris  County. 
Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  316.] 

[May  15.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Had  enquired,  from  time  to  time,  what  steps  had  been  taken  about 
the  riots — ^just  as  little  done  as  he  expected — "  We  are  to  have  a 
new  Parliament  next  year — we  have  a  double  war  to  carry  on  in 
Europe — we  have  a  stadtholder  just  elected  in  Holland,  and  many 
other  affairs  (near  home)  to  employ  our  great  men's  time  and 
thoughts."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

May  19.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  petition  of  Gov'r  Belcher,  praying 
to  have  two  or  three  months'  leave  of  absence  at  such  time  or  times 
as  may  necessarily  require  his  going  to  New  England,  and  he  may 
enjoy  the  full  amount  of  salary  which  becomes  due  during  such 
absence  from  the  Government.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  5,  F.  89.     Order,  original;  Pet'n,  copy:  6  folios. 

May  21.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Lords 
of  the  Committee  of  Council,  upon  the  petition  of  Gov'r  Belcher,  re- 
ferred to  them  by  Order  of  the  said  Council,  (see  1747,  May  9,) 
giving  it  as  their  opinion  that  there  is  no  reason  why  the  King  should 
alter  the  19th  and  26th  articles  of  his  instructions  to  the  said  Gov'r 


204  JOHN   HAMILTON    PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.         [17-i7. 

Belcher.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  157.     Entry. 

4  folios. 

[May  23.  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
— The  course  pursued  by  Col.  Peter  Schuyler  in  paying  the  New 
Jersey  troops  objected  to,  as  it  led  to  discontent  among  the  troops  of 
New  York — considers  Col.  Schuyler,  while  in  his  Government,  as 
under  his  command — his  course  consequently  subversive  of  dis- 
cipline. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VL  p.  349.] 

May  23.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Ja's  Alexander  and  Mr. 
Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade — The  state  of  ill  health  of  Mr.  Hamil- 
ton, the  President  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  increases  daily — 
send  copies  of  the  Minutes  of  Council  and  other  papers.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  91.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  26.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
John  Hamilton,  Presid't  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — The  letter 
from  Mr.  Alexander  and  Mr.  Morris  of  the  24th  Dec.  1746,  contain- 
ing an  account  of  the  riots  at  New  Jersey,  was  laid  before  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle — it  is  hoped  that  the  Legislature  has  put  a  stop  to 
those  riots — to  continue  to  give  frequent  accounts  of  the  state  of  the 
Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  159.  En- 
try.    3  folios. 

[The  original  in  the  Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

May  27.  Whitehall  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Mat- 
thew Lamb,  desiring  his  opinion  in  point  of  law  upon  an  Act  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  June,  1745,  entitled  "  An  Act 
for  applying  £2,000  interest  money,  now  in  the  Treasury,  (arising 
from  the   loans  of  the  bills  of  credit,)  for   His   Majesty's  service." 

5  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  161.     Entry.     1  folio. 

May  28.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  upon  the  petition  of 
Governor  Belcher,  referred  to  them  by  the  said  Council,  (see  1747, 
May  19,  Order  of  Council,)  giving  in  as  their  opinion  that  they  can- 
not recommend  to  the  King  to  comply  with  the  prayer  of  the  said 
Governor  Belcher.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p. 
162.     Entry.     9  folios. 

May  30.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Alexander  and  Mr. 
Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Hamilton's  (the  President,)  ill 
state  of  health  increases — copies  of  the  Minutes  of  Council,  and 
copies  of  four  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  during 
Mr.  Hamilton's  Administration,  for  raising  money  for  the  expedi- 
tion against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T,  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F. 
93.     Original.     2  folios. 

[May  30.  New  York.  Governor  Clinton  to  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle.    Postscript — Had  just  received  an  express  from  Albany — all 


1747.]  JOHN   READING   PRESIDENT   OF   COUNCIL,  205 

the  new  levies  in  a  state   of  mutiny  for   their  pay  in   full — growing 
out  of  the   payment  of  the   Jersey  troops,  by  Col.    Schuyler,  which 
was  contrary  to  his  orders  and  the  orders  Col.  S.  had  received  from 
the  President  of  New   Jersey.     (See  May  23d.) 
Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  351.] 

[May.  Persons  indicted  for  a  riot  in  Somerset  County  Quarter 
Sessions,  and  removed  into  the  Supreme  Court,  (Edmund  Baiubridge, 
John  Anderson,  Samuel  Price,  John  Baiubridge,  Jr.)     Butherfurd 

MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov.  Belcher,  Nov  19,  1747.] 

June  25.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Mr.  John  Beading,  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — On  the  17th  of 
June  Mr.  Hamilton,  President  of  the  Council,  and  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  New  Jersey,  died — the  Council  met,  and  Mr.  Beading  was 
sworn  into  the  administration  of  the  Grovernment — the  Province  is 
much  disturbed.  S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  96. 
Original.     2  folios. 

[July  18.  Perth  Amboy.  John  Deare  to  Bobert  H.  Morris, 
Chief  Justice — Account  of  the  breaking  open  of  the  Amboy  jail  by 
a  mob  of  150  persons,  and  the  rescue  of  John  Baiubridge  confined 
there.     Copy.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  22.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Bobert  Hunter 
Morris.  Extract — "  The  printer  finished  yesterday  the  printing  the 
Elizabethtown  Bill.  I  herewith  send  you  what  thereof  you  had  not 
before."     Original  draft.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  23.  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  the  Duke  of  Newcas- 
tle— In  consequence  of  the  mutinous  state  of  the  troops  at  Albany, 
had  been  obliged  to  draw  bills  for  their  payment  in  full.  See  May 
23d,  and  May  30th. 

[Prmted  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  358.] 

[July  25.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Nothing  done  in  relation  to  the  riots — more  difficult  than  formerly 
to  make  searches  in  the  papers  of  the  Board  of  Trade — several  pa- 
pers connected  with  the  surrender  of  the  Government  of  the  Prov- 
ince in  1701,  which  Mr.  A.  desired,  he  would  endeavor  to  obtain — 
apprehends  considerable  difficulty.     Original.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  28.  Tinton.  Bobert  Hunter  Morris  to  James  Alexan- 
der— Had  attended  meeting  of  Council  at  Amboy  the  week  before 
— affidavits  laid  before  them  relative  to  the  riot  at  Amboy — the 
Council  advised  the  calling  the  Assembly  together  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble— doubts  if  any  thing  effectual  can  be  done  to  stop  the  evil — Mr. 
Coxe,  Mr.  Alexander,  and  himself  appointed  to  draw  up  a  represen- 
tation of  the  state  of  the  Province,  to  be  laid  before  the  King — As 
Chief  Justice  it  would  be  his  duty  at  the  next  term  of  the  Supreme 
Court  to  charge  the  grand  jury  relative  to  the  riots — wishes  to  con- 


206  JOHN   KEADIXG   PRFSIDENT   OF   COUNCIL.  [1747. 

suit  Mr.  A.  as  to  what  sliould  be  said — suggestions  as  to  the  course 
to  be  pursued  in  the  Assembly — their  chief  dependence  upon  the 
Middlesex  members,  and  one  or  two  others,  whom  they  might  •  influ- 
ence to  keep  aloof  from  other  parties,  and  hold  the  balance  of  power 
— their  greatest  safety  in  their  strength  in  Council — an  opposition 
expected  when  the  new  Governor  should  arrive — Mr.  Coxe  and  him- 
self, in  conjunction  with  Mr.  A.,  had  been  requested  by  the  Presi- 
dent, (Mr.  Reading,)  to  prepare  his  speech  to  the  Assembly  for 
him,  but  leaves  it  to  Mr.  A.  to  attend  to — report  the  Partridge  had 
memorialized  the  Board  of  Trade  in  favor  of  a  special  instruction 
authorizing  paper  money — if  so,  it  might  occasion  the  removal  of 
Partridge  as  agent,  and  lead  to  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Paris. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  31.  Petition  of  Ferd.  John  Paris,  in  beh'alf  of  the  Pro- 
prietors of  East  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  asking  for  permis- 
sion to  obtain  from  their  office,  on  payment  of  the  usual  fees,  at- 
tested copies  of  documents  referring  to  a  remonstrance  and  petition 
presented  in  the  reign  of  William  III.,  in  the  name  of  the  inhabit- 
ants of  E.  Jersey  ;  and  to  the  answer  thereto,  to  be  used  in  the  Chan- 
cery suit  which  had  been  commenced  in  New  Jersey  in  1745,  (the 
Elizabethtown  case.)  Original  copy  in  Mr.  Paris's  writing.  Ruth- 
erfurd MSS.] 

July  31.  Petition  of  Ferd.  John  Paris,  on  behalf  of  the  Pro- 
prietors of  the  lands  in  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  praying  to  be  allowed  to  have  attested  copies  of 
several  papers  necessary  to  substantiate  their  title  to  the  said  lands. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  5,  F.  90.     Original.     13  folios. 

[See  1699,  1700,  probably  the  same  as  the  above.] 

[Aug.  "  An  ANSWER  to  the  Council  of  Proprietors'  two  Publica- 
tions :  Set  forth  at  Perth  Amhoy  the  2bth  March,  1746,  and  the  25th 
of  March,  1747.  As  also  some  Observations  on  Mr.  Nevil's  speech  to 
the  House  of  Assembly,  in  Relation  to  a  Petition  presented  to  the  House 
of  Assembly,  met  at  Trentown,  in  the  Province  of  Neio  Jersey,  in  May, 
1746."  Pamphlet,  18  pp.  Printed  by  Widow  Catharine  Zenger, 
at  the  printing  office  in  Stone  street.     Rutherfurd  Papers. 

This  pamphlet  is  in  answer  to  the  publications  of  the  Proprietors,  which  may 
be  found  printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  'Bill  in  Chanceiy,  and  is  reviewed  in  a 
document  by  Mr.  Alexander,  (the  original  draft  of  most  of  which  is  in  the  Ruther- 
furd MSS.,)  which  is  printed  in  the  same  Appendix,  p.  25 — from  which  the  pvu-port 
and  scope  of  this  "  Answer  "  caa  be  ascertained.  The  pamphlet  is  exceedingly 
rare,  the  only  other  copy  known  to  the  Editor  being  in  his  own  library.] 

[Aug.  List  of  persons  indicted  for  high  treason  (82  in  num- 
ber,) at  Amboy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  1747.] 

[Aug.     A  list  of  rioters  in   Middlesex   County  returned  upon  a 
record  of  view  filed  in  the  Supreme  Court,  (22  in  number,  there  be- 
ing about  150  in  all.)     This  was  the  Amboy  riot.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 
One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov.  Belcher,  Nov.  19,  1747.] 


1747.]         JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  207 

[1747,  July  23.  1748,  Feb.  19.  Minutes  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  concerning  the  traitors  and  rioters — Complete  with 
some  exceptions.     MSS.  Copy.     Rutherfuvd  MSS.J 

[(Aug.)  Perth  Amboy.  Elisha  Parker  to  James  Alexander, 
announcing  the  unexpected  arrival  of  Gov'r  Belcher — "  Came  to  the 
Hook  last  night  in  the  Scarborough  man-of-war,  and  landed  here 
from  the  barge  before  any  soul  in  town  knew  it " — sends  an  express 
to  acquaint  him  with  the  news.     Orig'l.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

The  Scarborough  arrived  at  New  York  Aug.  8,  IT-tT. 

Jonathan  Belcher  was  born  January  8,  1682.  His  father  was  Andrew 
Belcher,  who  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Jan.  19,  1647,  and  became  the  most  opulent 
merchant  of  his  time  in  Boston,  dying  Oct.  31,  1717,  aged  70.  Jonathan 
graduated  at  Harvard  in  1699.  After  travelling  six  years  in  Europe  he  returned 
to  Boston  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Gov.  Wm.  Partridge.  (She  died 
Oct.  6,  1736.)  After  having  been  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Assembly  and  of 
the  Council,  he  was  sent  to  England  as  Agent  of  the  Province  in  1729,  and  on 
29th  Nov.  of  the  same  year  was  appointed  Governor  of  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire.  He  arrived  at  Boston  with  his  commission  Aug.  10,  1730,  and  after 
a  troubled  administration  was  superseded  in  1741,  and  had  remained  in  England 
most  of  the  time  thereafter,  until  his  appointment  to  the  Government  of  New 
Jersey.] 

[Aug.  13.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Nothing  had  been  done  in  relation  to  the  riots  in  East  Jersey — he 
regrets  to  find  the  x\ssembly  so  little  disposed  to  assist  the  Govern- 
ment in  repressing  them,  and  fears  they  would  be  still  less  inclined 
to  do  so  after  the  arrival  of  the  new  Governor  (Belcher) — thinks  he 
will  pretend  to  be  in  the  Proprietors'  interest,  while  in  reality  favor- 
ing those  opposed  to  them — had  applied  for  the  papers  desired  to 
sustain  their  case — had  been  heard  upon  his  petition,  and  obtained 
permission  to  search  for  them — had  made  the  searches  and  sends  list 
of  the  papers — discusses  the  manner  of  their  verification — has  little 
expectation  that  the  subject  of  the  riots  will  be  taken  up  by  the 
Ministry.     Original,     liutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Aug.  20.  Morrisania.  Rob't  H.  Morris  to  James  Alexander, 
Burlington — Was  well  pleased  with  the  Governor's  (Belcher's,)  an- 
swers to  the  several  addresses  presented  to  him — Council  should 
press  the  matter  of  the  riots  until  something  effectual  is  done  for 
their  suppression — Governor  Clinton  had  taken  it  amiss  that  Mr. 
Belcher  had  not  notified  him  of  his  arrival — does  not  wish  a  misun- 
derstanding to  arise,  and  therefore  wishes  Mr.  B.  should  know  it 
was  expected  of  him — had  been  informed  by  Mr.  Ogden  that  some 
of  the  rioters  had  been  indicted  for  high  treason,  and  John  Low, 
one  of  them,  had  gone  to  Boston.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Low's  leaving  for  Boston  was  made  use  of  to  prejudice  the  cause  of  the  rioters. 
See  N.  York  Gazette  of  Oct.  12th,  1747,  for  a  letter  purporting  to  have  been 
found,  addj-essed  to  him  at  Boston.] 

Aug.  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Arrived  in  New  Jersey — on  the  10th  of  August  published 


208  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.        [l7-i7. 

his  Commission  at  Perth  Amboy — proposes  to  reside  in  Burlington 
— the  Province  is  in  great  confusion  from  riots  committed  in  several 
parts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  5,  F.  95.  Original. 
3  folios. 

Similar  letter  and  under  the  same  date  was  written  to  the  Seer. 
of  State,  the  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

[See  Belcher  Papers,  p.  22,  in  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.  Letter  to  Mrs.  Bodent, 
Sept.  16,  1747.] 

[Aug.  27.  Perth  Amboy.  Samuel  Nevil  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Sends  Minutes  of  the  Assembly,  principally  relating  to 
the  rioters,  with  the  addresses  and  the  Governor's  answer  for  publi- 
cation in  the  "  Post-Boy  " — did  not  include  the  names  of  the  Com- 
mittee to  whom  the  subject  was  referred,  as  the  rioters  might  tamper 
with  some  of  them.      Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Tliese  extracts  from  the  Minutes  were  pubUshed  in  the  Post-Boy  of  Aug.  31, 
with  the  Governor's  speech,  &c.] 

[Sept.  1.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  David  Ogden,  New- 
ark— Sends  Post-Boys  of  Aug.  17th  and  31st,  containing  matters 
relating  to  the  Gov'r  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — the  rioters  had 
addressed  the  Gov'r  at  Elizabethtown,  but  their  address  not  being 
signed  by  any  body  he  did  not  think  proper  to  receive  it — they  were 
to  wait  on  him  again — thinks  their  pretended  grievances  can  all  be 
shown  to  be  "  chiefly  either  things  false  in  fact,  or  things  just,  rea- 
sonable and  lawful  " — supjwses  "  Parson  Taylor  "  to  be  the  composer 
of  all  their  papers — wishes  he  had  sufllcient  evidence  of  it.  Orig'l 
draft.     Rutberfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  11.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  William  Smith — 
Sending  draft  of  a  certificate  for  the  adoption  of  Mr.  Smith,  refer- 
ring to  some  statements  of  the  rioters  respecting  him  in  their  publi- 
cation, with  notes  by  Mr.  Smith.     Orig'l  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bradbury, 
London — Refers  to  the  satisfaction  he  had  enjoyed  under  Jiis  min- 
istry for  three  years — had  arrived  at  his  Government  after  a  tedious 
passage  of  nearly  ten  weeks — received  by  the  people  with  all  possi- 
ble appearance  of  respect  and  satisfaction — was  putting  forward  the 
building  of  a  College,  as  he  found  them  "unlearn'd  and  impolite  " — 
desires  a  copy  of  a  sermon  he  had  heard  him  preach.  Draft.  Belcher 
Papers.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc] 

Original  draft  in  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Library. 

[Sept.  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  John  Belcher — In- 
forming him  of  his  arrival — "  a  fine  climate  and  a  plentifull  Coun- 
try, tho'  but  a  lean  Government," — refers  to  a  projected  College. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers. 

Similar  letter  of  same  date  to  Wm.  Belcher.] 

[Sept.  17.     Burlington.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton  of  New 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  209 

York — Thanking  him  for  his  civility  during  a  visit  to  New  York — 
wishes  there  could  be  found  out  some  way  of  reconciling  the  differ- 
ences between  Gov'r  Clinton  and  his  Assembly — had  lately  received 
information  of  two  privateers  off  the  Capes  of  Delaware,  which  had 
captured  two  pilot-boats  and  two  ships- — had  written  to  the  Lords  of 
the  Admiralty  in  relation  to  the  exposed  condition  of  the  coast,  and 
asks  the  Governor  to  do  the  same.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  De- 
lancy,  New  York — Thanking  him  for  the  attentions  he  had  received 
during  his  visit  to  New  York.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Captain  Jeffries,  ol 
the  Scarboro' — Thanking  him  for  his  attentions  on  the  voyage — 
"  the  sea  was  made  for  fishes  rather  than  for  man  " — his  estimate  of 
Capt.  Jeffries  as  a  commander — hopes  a  vessel  under  his  command 
caiTying  forty  guns,  may  be  placed  on  the  coast  for  its  protection — • 
had  written  to  Sir  Peter  Warren  in  his  behalf.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Sept.  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew,  at 
Boston — As  the  French  privateers  were  often  off  the  Capes  of  Dela- 
ware, articles  for  him  to  be  sent  to  the  care  of  Hon.  James  Hude, 
New  Brunswick,  consigned  to  Mr.  Vanbrugli  Livingston,  New  York, 
— "  if  the  coach  be  cased  it  will  be  safe  enough  upon  deck,  and  so 
the  chaise " — the  Speaker  and  all  the  New  York  Assembly  had 
called  upon  him  when  there,  to  congratulate  him  on  his  arrival.  Coj^y. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Committee  of  the 
West  Jersey  Society,  London — Announces  his  arrival,  informing 
them  of  the  pecuniary  circumstances  of  Col.  Lewis  Morris,  eldest 
son  and  executor  of  Gov'r  Morris,  who  resided  in  New  York — the 
rioters  in  the  Province  had  grown  very  numerous  and  defiant — the 
people  of  the  Province  in  a  poor  situation  for  educating  their  chil- 
dren— the  project  for  a  College  had  been  started  before  his  arrival, 
but  where  it  should  be  placed  a  matter  of  dispute  between  gentlemen 
of  East  and  West  Jersey — had  got  them  to  agree  upon  Princeton. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  21.  Philadelphia.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr. 
Oliver,  Boston — Was  attending  the  yearly  meeting  of  Friends — 
Philadelphia  "a  pretty  little  city" — "rather  more  than  half  the 
bigness  of  Boston,  stands  on  a  fine  river,  and  has  a  considerable 
trade.  The  town  is  at]  present  sickly  with  agues,  yellow  fever,  and 
other  ails,  and  the  doctors  told  me  the  sickness  rather  increases." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Sept.  21.     Lincoln's  Inn.     Report  from  Mr.  Lamb'to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  approving  the  Act  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  for 
applying  two  thousand  pounds  interest  money  now  in  the  Treasury, 
U 


210  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOE.  [1747. 

arising  from  the  loans  of  the  bills  of  credit  for  His  Majesty's  ser- 
vice."    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T     N.  J.     Vol.  5,  F.  94.     Orig'l.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  uncle,  Mr.  Cra- 
dock — Describes  the  location  of  his  house  at  Burlington — "  If  I  at 
any  time  exceeded  the  bounds  of  good  manners  among  my  friends  at 
your  house,  I  hope  they  will  attribute  it  to  the  sallies  of  my  natural 
temper,  for  I  never  had  any  other  design  than  to  make  myself  agree- 
able." (He  makes  a  similar  apology  in  letters  to  others  also.) 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  27,  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Par- 
tridge— Thanks  her  for  "  imploying  your  interest  -with  friends  to  as- 
sist in  procureing  what  I  now  injoye."  (See  1747,  Feb.  13.  F.  J. 
Paris.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge, 
London — Desires  him  to  forward  his  two  petitions,  (for  leave  of  ab- 
sence and  continuance  of  pay,)  that  he  may  go  to  see  his  children, 
and  recover  his  arrears  in  New  England — obliged  to  live  on  air,  and 
therefore  Partridge  must  not  draw  any  more  bills  upon  him — had 
been  to  Philadelphia,  and  talked  at  large  with  Mr.  Kinsey  in  bis 
favor — Kinsey  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province  and  Speaker  of  As- 
sembly, and  of  great  weight  both  there  and  in  New  Jersey — "  Pa- 
ris dogs  him  with  letters  to  get  you  out  and  to  jump  into  the  sad- 
dle himself,  but  he  answers  none  of  his  letters  " — advises  Partridge 
to  write  regularly  to  Kinsey,  and  Mr.  Richard  Smith,  Jr.,  should 
also  be  treated  with  all  respect — will  endeavor  to  get  the  £40,000 
currency  bill  passed,  but  "  the  grace  of  patience  "  must  be  cultiva- 
ted.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Lords  of  the  Ad- 
miralty— Requesting  that  a  ship  of  war  might  be  stationed  on  the 
Atlantic  Coast.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  29.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Chamberlayne — 
God  Almighty  governs  the  world  much  better  than  mortals  could — 
had  he  sailed  in  the  "  Warwick  "  he  would  have  stood  a  chance  of 
losing  his  head,  leg,  or  an  arm,  while  in  the  Scarboro'  he  had  come 
easily.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  30.  [R.]  Congratulatory  address  from  John  Low,  Ed- 
mund Bainbridge,  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  and  others,  "  the  Committees 
elected  to  represent  His  Majesty's  poor  oppressed  (yet  loyal  sub- 
jects,) inhabiting  in  several  counties,"  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  on  his  arri- 
val in  the  Province.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  and  Oct.  Documents  referring  to  the  arrest  and  prosecu- 
tion of  sundry  persons  for  passing  counterfeit  money  bills  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jerse}^     Copies.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher,  Nov.  19th,  1747.] 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  211 

[Oct.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Walley,  England 
— Desirous  of  giving  their  mutual  friend,  Mr.  Allen,  a  post  in  his 
Government,  but  he  must  be  patient — pities  and  forgives  his  ene- 
mies— the  people  ''  much  come  oif  from  their  former  rough  wayes  and  ^ 
manners,  and  in  many  parts  of  the  Province  show  a  great  desire  to 
Injoye  the  Gospel  in  its  purity  " — "  Princctown  "  fixed  upon  as  the 
site  of  the  College — such  a  nursery  of  religion  and  learning  much 
wanted — when  in  New  York  had  heard  Mr.  Whitfield  ]3reaeh  twice 
— "  the  same  seraphick  creature  he  ever  was."  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Oct.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer.  Willard,  at 
Boston — A  short  sketch  of  his  alFairs  since  he  had  parted  from  hinx 
three  and  a  half  years  before — his  voyage  to  Ireland — landing  at 
Kinsale — going  by  land  to  Dublin — meeting  his  son  on  the  way, 
whom  he  had  not  seen  for  thirteen  years — thence  in  the  King's 
yacht  to  Chester,  and  thence  by  land  to  London — his  interview  with 
the  Ministers — received  a  promise  of  another  appointment — the  N. 
Jersey  vacancy  the  first  that  occurred — had  orders  to  Capt.  Erskine, 
of  the  Warwick,  to  carry  him  to  Cape  Breton,  whence  x\dmiral 
Knowles  was  to  send  him  to  New  Jersey,  but  on  reaching  Ports- 
mouth, Sir  Peter  Warren  advised  him  to  wait  and  take  the  Scarbo- 
rough to  New  York — describes  the  country  and  his  domestic  ar- 
rangements— no  great  taste  or  spirit  for  religion — an  Episcopal  con- 
gregation and  two  of  Quakers  in  Burlington — meat  and  all  things 
publicly  sold  on  the  Lord's  day — as  Philadelphia  was  only  20  miles 
distant,  and  he  kept  his  "  coach  and  four,"  he  proposes  spending  the 
Lord's  day  often  there  with  his  friend  Mr.  Tennent  [Bev.  Wm.  Ten- 
nent] — was  in  hopes  the  riots  and  disorders  in  the  Province  would 
soon  cease,  as  many  of  the  principals  had  been  with  him  and  were 
very  submissive.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Pi-ince,  of 
Boston — Mr.  Whitfield  had  gone  to  Georgia — when  in  Philadelphia 
he  (3Ir.  W.)  had  received  £150  from  his  Boston  friends.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Capt.  Os- 
born — Congratulates  him  on  his  marriage  to  a  lady,  '  for  whom  he 
had  had  a  great  honour  for  about  forty  years  past ' — cannot  better 
describe  her  character  and  merit  than  he  would  find  recorded  in 
"  the  last  Chapter  of  Solomon's  Proverbs,  the  11th  verse  to  the  end." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Winslow,  at  Bos- 
ton— Had  been  waited  on  by  the  Committee  of  Rioters — thought 
"  the  sore  in  a  likely  way  to  be  healed  " — "  as  to  putting  strangers 
into  ofiice,  I  have  not  brought  one  person  with  me  for  that  purpose  " 
— had  not  seen  a  town  in  his  Government  having  200  dwellings — 
had  fixed  his  residenoe  in  Burlington,  which,  though  called  a  city, 


212  JONATHAN   BELCHER    GOVERNOR.  [1747. 

■was  only  a  village  of  170  bouses — allusion  to  Lis  friendly  advice  to 
him  to  marry.     Copy.     Belclier  Papers.] 

[Oct.  5.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Byles,  his  nephew,  at  Boston — 
Had  come  to  a  country  flowing  with  milk  and  honey — regrets  at  the 
death  of  his  friend  Dr.  Colman — wishes  for  his  family.  Copy, 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  5.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son-in-law,  Lyde — Exculpates 
himself  from  all  censure  for  having  neglected  his  daughter — did  not 
think  he  was  obliged  to  make  himself  a  slave  to  his  children,  be- 
cause of  their  imprudences,  to  the  last  hour  of  his  life — determined 
to  make  himself  as  quiet  and  easy  as  he  possibly  can.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Wendell— The 
Assembly  to  meet  on  17th  Oct., — promises  a  kind  reception  to  any 
Ministers  of  the  Dutch  churches  who  might  visit  him,  and  his  coun- 
tenance and  protection  on  all  occasions.     Co];)y.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  6.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mrs.  Colman — Letter 
of  condolence  on  the  death  of  her  husband.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Oct.  6.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  "  Thomas  Oxnard, 
Esq.,  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  North  America.  The  Right 
Worshipful  Master  Wardens  and  Fellows  of  the  Lodge  of  the  An- 
cient and  Honourable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  Bos- 
ton " — in  answer  to  their  address  congratulating  him  on  his  arrival 
at  his  Government.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Lynde,  Boston — 
His  lamentations  over  the  indebtedness  of  Massachusetts — possibly 
part  of  it  might  be  met  should  the  amount  expended  for  the  Cape 
Breton  Expedition  be  reimbursed,  '  New  England  'graven  on  the 
palms  of  his  hands,  and  when  he  forgot  her  his  tongue  would  cleave 
to  the  roof  of  his  mouth.'     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  7.  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Lords  of  Trade— Re- 
lating to  the  boundary  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey — 
It  did  not  appear  to  him  that  the  interest  of  the  Grown  or  of  the 
Province  in  general  ivas  in  any  icay  concerned  in  the  matter,  but 
only  the  patentees  of  the  lands  along  the  line — and  he  therefore 
would  not  trouble  their  lordships  with  the  affair,  leaving  it  to  those 
concerned  to  take  such  steps  as  they  shall  think  proper. 
Printed  iu  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  454.] 

[Oct.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Law,  of  Con- 
necticut— His  love  for  Connecticut — '  one  half  of  him  sprung  from 
its  soil' — proffers  of  service.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Williams— The 
season  too  far  advanced  for  any  expedition  to  Canada  that  year — 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  213 

had  had  frequent  conversations  with  Sir  Peter  Warren — the  Speaker 
of  House  of  Commons,  .&c.,  relative  to  character  and  extent  of  such 
an  expedition  as  was  required — necessary  that  it  should  winter  in 
the  Colonies,  to  inure  the  troops  to  the  climate — considers  the  re- 
duction of  Canada  a  most  important  measure,  and  the  Colonies 
should  cordially  unite  to  elfect  it — Crown  Point  might  be  taken  by 
the  Colonies  themselves  unaided.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Smith,  New  York 
— Had  received  a  lottery  scheme,  which  might  be  of  service  to  the 
College — "  what  went  in  the  newspapers  was  carefully  done."  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Eev.  Mr.  Pemberton^ 
New  York- -Thanks  him  for  tlie  attention  received  from  him  and 
Mrs.  Pembertou  when  in  New  York — wishes  him  to  come  to  Bur- 
lington prepared  to  lay  something  before  the  Assembly  "  for  the 
service  of  our  iufimt  College.  I  say  our  because  I  am  determined 
to  adopt  it  for  a  child,  and  to  do  every  thing  in  my  power  to  pro- 
mote and  establish  so  noble  an  undertaking."  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Oct.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Jonathan  Dickinson — 
The  Assembly  to  meet  at  Burlington  on  the  17th — Suggests  that 
Mr.  Pemberton  come  with  him,  and  that  they  be  prepared  to  say 
something  before  that  body  for  the  benefit  of  the  embryo  College, 
"  as  a  lottery  or  any  thing  else."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Andrew  John- 
ston, Amboy — Letter  sent  by  Mr.  Allen,  bound  to  Boston,  who  waB 
minded  to  pass  through  Amboy,  and  is  commended  to  Mr.  John- 
ston's respects  and  notice — acknowledges  the  receipt  of  wine  and 
other  things — Capt.  Stevens  must  be  patient  for  his  money  till  the 
next  month — -Hopes  the  Assembly  will  take  better  care  of  the  Gov- 
ernor than  at  the  previous  session.     Copy,     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Allen,  Boston — 
Sent  by  his  brother,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Allen,  who  had  been  with  him 
ten  days,  giving  him  an  opportunity  to  gain  a  better  knowledge  of 
both  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania — thought  him  qualified  "  for 
the  service  of  the  public,"  and  should  he  remove  to  the  province, 
as  he  intended  doing,  would  give  him  a  situation — He  (Belcher) 
looked  upon  Massachusetts  as  quite  bankrupt — "  a  common  fraud 
and  nuisance  " — "  the  contempt  of  all  the  Provinces  " — New  Jersey 
in  a  rising  flourishing  condition,  "  what  is  called  money  being  very 
like  it,  and  honestly  keeping  its  value  " — his  brother  advised  to  sell 
his  property  in  New  England  and  remove  to  New  Jersey.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Answer  of  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  ad- 
dress of  "  31i'.  Justice  Budd,  and  the  rest  of  the  Judges  and  Jus- 


214  JONATHAK  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1747. 

tices  of  Morris  County," — congratulates  him  on  his  arrival.     Copy. 
Belcher  Papers. 

[Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  James  Hude,  New 
Brunswick — Relative  to  the  forwarding  of  a  coach  and  chaise,  and 
other  things  which  had  arrived  at  New  Brunswick.  Coj^y.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Oct.  12.  Burlington.  GovV  Belcher  to  Mr.  Hopkins — Thank- 
ing him  for  a  parcel  of  counterfeits  of  the  New  Jersey  bills  of  credit. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  17.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
No  steps  taken  either  by  the  Secretary  of  State  or  Lords  of  Trade, 
relative  to  the  riots — had  obtained  the  copies  of  the  papers  referred 
to  in  his  previous  letters  (Aug.  17) — had  not  been  permitted  to  make 
copies  of  the  entries  on  the  Journals — had  obtained  the  services  of 
Captain  Waddell  to  compare  them  v/ith  the  originals,  and  thought  of 
Mr.  James  Hamilton  of  Penn'a  as  another,  in  order  to  their  proper 
verification  in  N.  Jersey — the  Board  had  not  received  any  advice 
from  the  Governor  (Belcher)  of  the  death  of  the  President  of  the 
Council,  (John  Hamilton,)  so  that  no  steps  could  be  taken  to  fill  the 
vacancy — Mr.  Salter  appears  to  have  been  mentioned  for  the  post — 
Mr.  Paris  cannot  tell  whether  this  appointment  would  be  approved 
or  not.     Orig'l.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Governors  Shirley 
and  Knowles — Had  received  by  express  that  morning  from  Gov'r 
Clinton  (of  New  York)  an  extract  from  a  letter  of  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle, which  he  would  obey — sundry  papers  relative  to  the  troojjs 
raised  in  N.  Jersey  would  be  forwarded  immediately — the  Province 
had  engaged  to  provide  provisions,  bounty  money  and  transportation, 
and  hatl  advanced  10,000  pounds  currency  for  purchasing  clothing, 
arms,  &c.,  which  they  expected  the  Crown  to  reimburse — the  advances 
to  the  men  on  account  of  their  pay  had  been  made  by  their  Colonel 
(Schuyler)  out  of  his  own  money — the  Colonel  had  been  written  to 
at  Albany  for  various  papers  relating  to  the  troops — the  Assembly 
would  meet  on  the  17th  November,  but  he  would  try  to  get  them  to- 
gether sooner,  and  recommend  their  furnishing  money  to  pay  off  the 
troops.     Copy.    'Belcher  Papers.] 

Oct.  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  IMr. 
Lamb,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  vipon  four  Acts  of  New 
Jersey,  i.e.,  "An  Act  for  making  current  £10,000  in  bills  of 
credit,"  "An  Act  to  encourage  the  enlisting  of  500  freemen,  &c.," 
passed  June  28th,  1746,  "  An  Act  to  make  current  £850  in  bills  of 
credit,  &c.,"  passed  1st  Nov.  1746,  and  an  "  Act  to  make  current 
£1000  in  bills  of  credit,  &c.,"  passed  3Iay  8th,  1747.  S.  P.  0. 
B.  T,     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  165.     Entry.     5  folios. 

[Oct.   23.      Burlington.     Governor   Belcher   to    Chief  Justice 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR,  215 

Morris,  thanking  him  for  the  loan  of  his  horses.     Copy.     Beleher 
Papers.] 

[Oct.  26.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Messrs.  Johnston  and 
Nevill — They  and  the  other  Commissioner,  Mr.  Lowe,  to  go  to  Bur- 
lington without  delay,  with  a  view  of  settling  their  accounts  of  dis- 
bursements, &c.,  for  the  troops  raised  in  New  Jersey — the  Crown's 
reimbursement  of  the  amount  advanced  depending  much  upon  their 
despatch.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  30.  Burlington.  Governor  Beleher  to  Governor  Clinton 
— Desires  that  Col.  Schuyler  should  come  to  Burlington  to  perfect 
his  accounts  relating  to  the  New  Jersey  troops — a  Mr.  Lewis  and 
another  person,  both  from  New  York,  had  applied  to  him  for  flags 
of  truce,  which  he  had  declined  granting,  presuming  that,  if  proper, 
Gov'r  Clinton  would  issue  them.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  30.— 1748,  Jan.  26  and  Feb.  10.  Boston.  James 
Turner  to  James  Alexander — Three  letters  referring  to  the  engrav- 
ing of  the  three  plates  for  the  ]\Iaps  in  Elizabethtown  Bill  in  Chan- 
cery.    Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Oct.  31.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Schuyler, 
urging  him  to  hasten  his  arrival  in  New  Jersey,  it  being  of  great  im- 
portance to  the  Province,  to  all  the  officers  and  men,  as  well  as  to 
himself,  (Col.  S.,)  that  his  accounts  should  be  settled.  Copy.  Bel- 
eher Papers.] 

[Nov.  (R.)  Petition  to  Governor  Belcher  from  inhabitants  of 
Saddle  River,  in  Bergen  county,  praying  for  relief  against  the  Pro- 
prietors of  East  Jersey,  signed  by  Magdalen  Valleau,  and  "  a  num- 
ber of  names  all  of  one  hand-writing."     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Nov.  7.  (R.)  Affidavits  of  Elisha  Gillett,  High  Sheriff,  and 
Isaac  Whitehead,  Keeper  of  the  Jail  at  Morristown,  of  the  circum- 
stances connected  with  the  rescue  froai  custody  of  James  Hampton 
on  10th  August,  and  from  Jail  on  the  2od  Sept.,  by  armed  men. 
Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

One  of  the  documents  laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher 
on  19th  Nov.  1747.] 

[Nov.  9.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Governor  Clinton — 
Desires  him  not  to  grant  marriage  licenses  or  registers  for  ships  to 
persons  residing  in  New  Jersey — He  should  never,  "  in  the  minutest 
affairs,  suffer  himself  to  play  the  Bishop  in  another  man's  diocese." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  9.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley— The 
Commissioners  appointed  to  furnish  the  provincial  troops  with  arms, 
clothing,  &c. — had  been  in  session  at  Burlington — the  amount  ex- 
pended was  found  to  be  £8748  7s.  4d.,  New  Jersey  currency — silver 
worth  9s.  3d.  per  ounce,  and  pistoles  27s.  in  New  Jersey  currency — 


216  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1747. 

the  paper  currency  of  New  England  so  depreciated,  that  it  took 
£1100  to  buy  £100  sterling,  whereas  £185  New  Jersey  currency 
would  do  the  same — in  New  York  currency,  £175  was  equal  to 
£100  sterling — Col.  Schuyler  had  arrived  that  morning  at  Burling- 
ton, and  he  had  directed  him  to  proceed  to  dismiss  the  troops  at 
once.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton — 
Letter  sent  by  Col.  Schuyler — wishes  Gov'r  C.  to  make  arrange- 
ments to  pay  the  New  Jersey  troops — having  more  than  an  equal 
claim  to  his  favor,  as  they  had  been  posted  along  the  frontier  of  his 
Government — believes  it  will  be  found  impracticable  to  obtain  a  loan 
to  the  Crown  from  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  for  the  purpose. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  12.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Lyde,  his 
son-in-law — Declines  to  accede  to  a  request  of  Mr.  Lyde  to  be  al- 
lowed to  occupy  his  place  at  Milton.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  13.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Pember- 
ton,  New  York — The  Assembly  to  meet  at  Burlington  on  the  17th, 
and  likely  to  have  a  gi-eat  deal  to  do — wishes  to  see  Mr.  P.,  relative 
to  the  college,  &c. — desires  him  to  bring  some  sermons  along  with 
him  "  for  the  entertainm«nt  of  the  public  on  Lord's  Days" — refers 
to  the  death  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Dickinson.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew  in 
Massachusetts — Recommends  him  to  treat  all  from  New  Jersey 
whom  he  may  meet  "  with  all  kindness  and  respect,  the  Quakers  es- 
pecially"— all  in  the  Province  behaved  to  him  as  to  a  common  head 
and  father — reference  to  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Lyde — inquiries  after 
the  condition  of  his  place  at  Milton,  particularly  the  "  two  cargoes 
of  trees"  sent  from  London,  which  cost  near  twenty  guineas — the 
nursery  of  walnuts,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  18.  (R.)  Petition  from  inhabitants  of  West  Jersey  to 
the  Governor,  complaining  of  the  injustice  shown  them  by  those 
claiming  their  lands,  and  that  it  was  impossible  for  them  to  obtain  a 
fair  and  impartial  trial,  their  Judges  being  interested,  asking  relief, 
&c.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Nov.  19.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher's  Message  to  the 
Council  and  Assembly — Refers  to  the  abandonment  of  the  expedi- 
tion against  Canada,  and  the  consequent  disbanding  of  the  troops — 
the  expectation  that  they  would  advance  the  funds  for  the  payment 
of  the  men — to  repress  rioting  and  disorder,  the  laws  should  be 
strengthened,  if  necessary — the  course  pursued  by  the  rioters  con- 
demned— measures  against  the  counterfeiters  recommended — Mr. 
Palmer,  President  of  Penn'a,  had  written  to  him  relative  to  the  bet- 
ter regulating  of  the  Delaware  pilots,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Petition  to  Governor  Belcher,  signed  by  Nath'l  Wheeler,  Joua- 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  217 

than  Pierson,  Jolm  Condiet,  Nathaniel  Camp,  Samuel  Harrison,  and 
Samuel  Baldwin,  &c.,  relative  to  their  implied  connection  with  riots 
and  disturbances,  and  asserting  their  loyalty,  &c.  Copy.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.] 

The  original  sent  by  the  Governor  to  the  Council,  Nov.  19tli, 
1747,  along  with  various  other  documents,  including  such  as  are  de- 
signated in  this  index  with  [E.] 

[Nov.  19.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  his  brothei'-in- 
law  Partridge — Bequests  his  assistance  in  obtaining  leave  of  absence 
to  visit  Massachusetts,  and  in  getting  through  a  petition  for  arrears 
of  pay — had  been  living  "  at  a  continual  expense''  for  more  than 
three  months — had  not  yet  received  any  thing  from  the  Province — 
"  they  have  hitherto  made  a  Chamelion  of  me" — the  Assembly  in 
session.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  20.  Complaints  of  Nathaniel  Wheeler,  Silas  Halsey,  Amos 
Roberts,  John  Gold,  Garret  Spier,  and  Hendrick  Bush,  sworn  to 
before  Amos  Williams,  Justice,  relating  to  the  alleged  encroach- 
ments of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  followed  by  a  general  state- 
ment of  grievances,  and  appeal  for  relief,  addressed  to  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher  Nov.  27,  1747.] 
Nov.  23.     Burlington.     Govt  Belcher  to  Madam  Pemberton, 
New    York — Letter    of  condolence    on    the  death  of  her  husband. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mrs.  Dr.  Graves,  Boston, 
lamenting  the  death  of  her  husband.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  26.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Oliver,  Boston — 
Did  not  think  an  intended  attack  upoii  Crown  Point  advisable — ru- 
moured that  it  originated  from  "  a  thirst  of  fame"  in  the  colony — 
considered  the  emission  of  paper  money,  as  pursued  in  Massachusetts, 
indicative  of  madness — "  Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead?  no  physician 
there" — no  one  to  act  the  Patriot,  and  save  the  country  ? — the  As- 
sembly had  been  sitting  two  days — hoped  the  two  Houses  would 
"  keep  sweet  between  themselves."     Copy.     Belcher  Papex-s.] 

[Nov.  27.  New  Bristol,  Penn'a.  Edmund  Bainbridge  and 
John  Anderson  to  Gov'r  Belcher  at  Burlington,  stating  their  wish 
to  be  allowed  to  pass  and  repass  to  their  respective  places  of  abode 
under  his  protection,  (there  being  warrants  out  for  their  arrest,)  and 
also  that  David  Brierly,  committed  to  Trenton  Jail,  might  be  ordered 
out.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Laid  before  his  Council  by  Gov'r  Belcher  the  same  day.] 

Dec.  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton — The  dis- 
couraging effect  of  not  paying  the  Jersey  troops,  and  paying  others 
for  less  service — fearful  that  the  Assembly  will  not  heed  his  recom- 
mendation to  pay  the  regiment  raised  in  New  Jersey — had  had  fresh 


211B  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1747. 

applications  for  flags  of  truce,  wliieh  he  had  declined,  and  the  parties 
had  applied  to  Pennsylvania,  Connecticut,  and  Khode  Island,  and 
readily  obtained  them.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  3,  Burlington.  James  Alexander  to  Joseph  Murray, 
New  York — Enquiring  into  the  circumstances  which  led  Lieut. 
Gov'r  Clarke,  who  succeeded  Governor  Cosby  in  New  York,  to 
abandon  the  practice  of  sitting  with  the  Council  in  their  legislative 
capacity — whether  by  order  of  Council,  and  if  so,  wishing  informa- 
tion as  to  its  purport.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Caused  by  a  declaration  by  Grov'r  Belcher  of  his  intention  to  sit 
with  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  founded  upon  the  practice  of  the 
Governors  prior  to  the  administration  of  Governor  Morris — he  sat, 
for  the  first  time,  on  1st  January,  1747-48.] 

[Dee.  Circulars  to  be  sent  to  some  members  of  the  Councils  or 
other  gentlemen,  of  Antigua,  Jamaica,  Barbadoes,  Virginia,  and 
South  Carolina,  relative  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Councils  of  those 
Colonies,  aiid  practice  of  the  Grovernors  as  to  sitting  with  them,  when 
acting  in  a  legislative  capacity.      Original  draft,     liutherfurd  MSS. 

Sent  to  Mr.  Joseph  Murray,  New  York,  for  adoption  or  amend- 
ment, and  to  bo  forwarded  by  him.] 

[Dec.  8.  Burlington.  Answer  of  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Ad- 
dress of  the  Council.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  12.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  (Richard)  Smith— Thanking  him 
for  the  hospitality  and  respect  received  from  him  and  his  family  since 
his  arrival  at  Burlington — having  succeeded  in  getting  his  house 
fitted  for  his  residence,  hopes  that  Mr.  Smith  would  use  it  as  his  own — 
had  made  the  acquaintance  of  "  the  great  ingenious  Penn  at  London" 
more  than  forty  years  ago — complimentary  terms  relative  to  the 
Quakers — "  was  the  more  inclined  to  come  to  this  Government,  in 
hopes  it  might  fall  in  my  power  to  serve  this  people,  especially 
called  Quakers."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  12.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Miss  Smith — 
Thanking  her  for  her  care  and  civility  while  one  of  her  family — re- 
fers to  the  death  of  her  mother,  and  the  satisfaction  it"must  be  to  her 
father  to  have  "  a  daughter  so  well  qualified  to  be  the  Mistress  and 
G-uide  of  the  affairs  of  his  family."     Copy.    Belcher  Papers.] 

Dec.  14.  Burlington.  Govt  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr.  Oliver, 
at  Boston — High  opinion  of  Rev.  David  Braiuard — had  moved  on 
the  4th  December  into  his  house  at  what  was  called  the  "  World's 
End" — a  very  retired  place,  "  where  none  but  such  as  have  business, 
or  my  particular  friends  come,  and  this  at  my  time  of  life  seems  very 
agreeable" — had  a  tolerable  good  collection  of  books — his  breakfast 
"  two  dishes  of  tea,  balm  and  sage" — his  dinner  plentiful — no  sup- 
per— in  bed  by  a  quarter  past  9,  and  out  of  it  by  sunrise — the  sit- 
tings of  the  Assembly  getting  along  quietly — the  Quakers  a  kind, 


1747.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  219 

grateful   sot   of  worthy,    honest  people — inquires   after  his  nephew 
Foje.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  1-1.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley, 
Massachusetts,  in  reference  to  the  New  Jersey  accounts  for  sup- 
plies to  the  troops  raised  in  the  Province,  &c.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Dee.  14.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Welles — He  ex- 
presses himself  willing  to  co-operate,  to  the  extent  of  his  power,  to 
advance  the  interests  of  the  northern  colonies — knew  nothing  of  the 
purpose  of  a  meeting  at  Middletown  (Con't  ?)  adverted  toby  Mr, 
Welles — if  expected  to  join  in  it,  the  Government  of  New  Jersey 
should  have  received  some  official  notification  or  invitation.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  15.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Col.  Alford,  of 
Massachusetts — Circumstances  leading  to  his  removal  from  Massa- 
chusetts growing  out  of  his  having  been  represented  as  a  friend  to 
"  the  villainous  plot  of  the  Laud-bank" — had  never  regretted  his  op- 
position to  it — comments  vipou  the  course  of  his  successor  (Governor 
Shirley)—  its  eifect  upon  exchange — Massachusetts  currency  worth- 
less— had  been  informed  that  several  families  from  Boston  intended 
to  remove  to  New  Jersey — describes  his  residence  at  Burlington. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  15.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Allen — No- 
tice of  the  death  of  Jonathan  Dickinson — the  Assembly  had  been 
sitting  28  days  in  peace  and  quiet — the  session  would  probably  be  a 
long  one — thought  he  should  spend  "  the  superstitious  holidays"  in 
Philadelphia.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  15.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  his  son-in-law  Mr. 
Lyde — Hopes  to  visit  Massachusetts  in  the  spring,  and  if  so,  intends 
to  spend  a  great  part  of  his  time  at  Milton — inquires  about  a 
"  tumult"  in  Massachusetts  on  17th  November.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Dec.  16.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley  of 
Massachusetts,  relating  to  the  support  of  the  troops  on  the  frontier 
— Does  not  agree  with  Gov'r  S.  in  thinking  the  expense  of  tents, 
batteaux,  implements,  &c., .  was  intended  to  be  included  in  the 
"  provision  for  their  subsistence,"  jii'ovided  for  by  the  Act  of  the  New 
Jersey  Assembly — the  Assembly  had  manifested  their  zeal  for  the 
service,  by  furnishing  eight  months'  subsistence  instead  of  four — 
sends  several  documents  referring  to  the  service.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Dec.  16.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  John  Reading — Mr. 
R.  detained  from  the  Council  by  his  own  and  his  wife's  ill  health — - 
The  regrets  of  the  Governor  thereat.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


220  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1747. 

[Dec.  19.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  General  As- 
sembly— Recoramendmg  that  the  accounts  for  the  £9000  advanced 
for  the  support  of  His  Majesty's  troops  be  immediately  transmitted 
home  for  reimbursement.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  28.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr. 
Oliver — Surprise  that  Gov'r  Shirley  had  not  alluded  to  a  contem- 
plated expedition  against  Crown  Point  in  letters  received  from 
him — the  impracticability  of  the  project  in  his  estimation — New  Jer- 
sey, "  an  independent  King's  Government,"  and  to  be  treated  with 
proper  respect ;  those  concerned  with  him  "  in  the  administration  and 
the  Assembly  are  tender  enough  of  their  honour,  nor  will  they  dance 
to  other  people's  fiddles,  where  they  must  assist  in  rosining  the 
strings  without  proper  and  decent  notice" — the  contrast  in  the  con- 
dition of  Massachusetts  then  with  what  it  was  when  he  left  it — com- 
ments upon  Gov'r  Shirley's  indifference  to  the  welfare  of  the  Prov- 
ince— the  sloop  Molly  George  Crane  had  been  cast  away  on  the 
Sound  in  the  last  great  snow  storm^  and  what  he  had  on  board  of 
her  was  lost,  valued  at  £250 — among  other  things  a  fine  portrait  of 
his  father.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  —  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr.  Oliver, 
Boston,  referring  to  the  desii-e  of  his  son-in-law  Lyde  to  inhabit  his 
place  at  Milton,  and  reiterating  his  refusal.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

(?)     Instances  of  encroachments  made  by    the   French 

upon  the  rights  of  the  Crown  of  Great  Britain  in  America.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  20.     Copy.     10  folios. 

— —  (?)  Account  of  the  annual  expense  of  fortifying  all  the 
Provinces  and  Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  20.     Copy.     18  folios. 

[Jan.  1.     Burlington.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey — 

The  General  Assembly  had  been  sitting  seven  weeks,  and  done  very 
little  towards  settling  the  disturbed  affairs  of  the  Province — asks  for 
Mr.  Kiusey's  assistance  at  the  "  difficult  juncture."  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  8.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Miuot,  Massa- 
chusetts— New  Jersey  possessed  as  good  a  soil  and  as  fine  a  climate 
as  he  had  ever  mat  with — alludes  to  the  low  repute  of  Massachusetts 
currency — "  what  an  abuse  is  it  of  Clean  paper  to  stain  it  with  your 
vain  inscriptions,  and  what  an  aifront  is  it  to  Common  sense  to  call 
your  emitted  kites  Bills  of  Credit,  of  which  they  are  so  void  as  to  be- 
come the  contempt  and  ridicule  of  mankind" — had  recently  heard  of 
the  burning  of  the  Massachusetts  Capitol — suggests  a  different  loca- 
tion when  rebuilt — the  Delaware  River  full  of  bass,  eels,  &c. — when 
inclined  to  visit  New  Jersey,  he  would  receive  such  entertainment 


1748.]  JOMATHAN   BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  221 

"with  good  cider,  small  beer  and  Madeira,  as  much  superior  to 
what's  common  with  you  as  honest  New  Jers^ey  bills  of  credit  are  to 
your  kites" — had  that  day  commenced  his  67th  year.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Jan.  9.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Commissioner 
of  Custom,  London,  informing  him  that  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Leech- 
mere,  Surveyor  General,  he  had  sworn  in  Mr.  John  Barberrie  as 
Collector  of  the  Customs  at  Amboy.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  9.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Popple — Cartel 
ships,  although  to  be  sacredly  regarded  and  kindly  treated  on  the 
high  seas,  should  j^et  be  subject  to  examination,  to  prevent  any 
breach  of  Acts  of  Parliament— had  not  granted  any  flags  of  truce, 
and  would  not,  except  in  proper  cases.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  "  A  brief  state  of  facts  concerning  the  riots  and  insurrec- 
tions in  New  Jersey,  and  the  remedies  attempted  by  the  Governor 
and  the  several  branches  of  the  Legislature  to  put  and  end  to  them, 
and  restore  the  peace  of  the  Province."  Original  draft.  Iluther- 
furd  MSS. 

On  Xov.  23d,  17-1:7,  Mr.  Morris  moved  in  Council  that  the  Attorney  General 
prepare  an  account  of  the  several  distiirbances  in  the  Province  during  the  tliree 
preceding  years,  the  namesof  the  persons  indicted,  &c.,  &c.  In  consequence  of  the 
order  issued,  a  document  was  presented  on  14th  December,  embodying  the  informa- 
tion. The  document,  the  title  of  which  is  given  above,  is  thought  to  be  the  abridged 
statement  suggested  in  R.  H.  Morris's  letter  before-mentioned,  and  is  partly  in  Mr. 
Mon-is's  writing,  (covering  16  pages  of  foolscap,)  and  was  reported  to  the  Council 
on  the  9th  Jan.,  1748,  and  agreed  to  by  them.] 

[Jan.  "  Instructions  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Com- 
mittee of  that  House  appointed  to  meet  a  Committee  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  in  a  free  conference  of  ways  and  means  for  sup- 
pressing the  riots  and  present  disorders  in  this  colony.  Original 
draft  of  Mr.  Alexander,     llutherfurd  MSS. 

Submitted  to  Council  Jan.  11th,  and  approved — the  meeting 
was  held  on  15th.] 

Jan.  16.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State,  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  in  favor  of  Col.  Schuyler  and  other 
officers  of  the  New  Jersey  regiment,  who  were  in  good  business,  and 
left  the  same  to  join  the  expedition  to  Canada,  in  hopes  of  being  con- 
tinued in  His  Majesty's  service.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
14,  p.  83.     Original.     2  folios. 

Similar  letter,  and  under  the  same  date,  was  written  from  the 
Council  to  the  Secretary  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol  14,  p.  84.     [See  Feb.  12th,  1748.] 

[Jan.  16.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle, recommending  to  his  favorable  notice,  and  for  appointments 
in  the  regular  army,  some  of  the  officers  that  were  under  the  com- 


222  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

mand  of  Col.  Schuyler  on  the  frontiers,  who  had  gone  to  England 
(names  not  given.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers  N.  J.  Hist.  Soe.  MSS. 

Presumed  to  be  the  same  as  the  foregoing.] 

[Jan.  16.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Grov'r  Clinton — • 
Colonel  Schuyler  there — his  gallant  conduct  alluded  to — -his  favor- 
able representations  relative  to  his  officers.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  19.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Council  and  General 
Assembly — Had  received  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Shirley,  communicating 
the  result  of  a  consultation  of  Commissioners  from  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  and  New  York,  relative  to  a  proposed  expedition  against 
Crown  Point — recommends  a  co-operation  with  those  Colonies — an 
earnest  appeal  to  them  to  do  something  to  curb  the  disturbances  in 
the  Province — and  recommendation  of  despatch  of  business,  that  the 
session  may  be  brought  to  a  close.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  25.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Pemberton — Al- 
though the  Assembly  had  set  ten  weeks,  the  public  business  was  not 
yet  concluded — does  not  think  it  advisable  to  introduce  any  measure 
during  the  session  for  the  service  of  the  College — if  a  new  charter 
was  thought  advisable,  wishes  Mr  Pemberton  and  others  to  digest  the 
plan,  and  submit  it  to  him.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  26.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr.  B3-les 
— Describes  the  pleasantness  of  his  situation  and  the  abundance 
around  him — "  Oh  !  that  Jeshurun  may  be  always  in  my  thoughts  as 
a  standing  monument  of  terror."     Copy.      Belcher  Papers.] 

Jan.  28-  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — His  letter  of  the  27th  August  last  received — a  list  of  the 
members  of  the  Council  to  be  sent  every  six  months — the  Board 
hopes  that  by  prudent  conduct  he  will  put  an  end  to  the  riots  in 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  167. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

[Jan.  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Hubbard — High 
encomiums  upon  his  niece  Mrs.  Fitch — before  his  appointment  to 
New  Jersey,  had  received  assurance  that  he  should  receive  a  more 
profitable  Government,  but  he  would  have  been  required  to  have 
gone  to  "  a  torrid,  horrid  Zone" — when  in  London  had  purchased  a 
watch,  and  had  enamelled  on  its  face  Pereunt  et  Imputantur.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Allen — Reference 
to  some  proposition  made  by  Rev.  Mr.  Burr  of  Newark  (respecting 
the  College  ?) — had  seen  the  papers  giving  an  account  of  the  rising 
of  the  mob  in  Boston — sonds  his  compliments  to  Dr.  Douglas,  (au- 
thor of  Douglas's  "  Summary  Historical  and  Political,  &c.,")  "  whose 
performances  do  him  honour" — the  Assembly  had  been  in  session 
eleven  weeks  without  doing  any  thing  for  the  Governor  ;  "  so  I  am 
acting  the  Camelion  at  a  season  when  the  air  is  sharp  and  hungry." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHEE  GOVERNOR.  223 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Abiel  Walley — 
Thankful  for  the  friendliness,  respect,  and  honour  shown  him  in  the 
Province — promises  to  regard  the  civil  and  religious  liberties  of  the 
people — the  Infant  College  especially  shall  be  his  constant  care — 
feels  the  "appendages  of  67  "  creeping  upon  him  in  stifiened  joints, 
muscles,  and  sinews.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  William  Pepperell 
— Complimenting  him  on  the  honours  and  advantages  he  had  received 
from  the  Crown  for  his  services  in  the  reduction  of  Cape  Breton. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  An  Act  for  the  pardon  of  those  engaged  in  the  riots  com- 
mitted at  Newark  (endorsed  by  James  Alexander — "  this  was  drawn 
at  Trenton  in  1746,  which  I  lent  Feb.  1747-48  to  Mr.  Attorney  for 
the  plan  of  the  pardon  of  the  rioters,  which  plan  he  followed,  en- 
larging.")     Original  MS.  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

An  Act  for  the  pardon  of  rioters,  &c.,  was  passed  17th  Feb- 
ruary, 1747-48.] 

[Feb.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Eev.  Mr.  Jonathan 
Edwards — His  obligations  for  the  account  he  had  received  of  "  that 
eminent  servant  of  Christ,  the  late  Mr.  D.  Brainard,"  whose  journal 
he  had  lately  met  with — declines  having  his  life  dedicated  to  him — 
thinks  it  more  proper  that  the  Society  in  Scotland,  whose  Missionary 
he  was,  should  have  that  honor,  but  wishes  to  be  a  subscriber — 
sincerely  lamented  his  death — his  thankfulness  for  the  mercies  he  had 
received  himself — the  last  time  he  had  heard  Mr.  Edwards  preach 
was  in  Dr.  Sewall's  meeting-house,  Boston — text  referred  to.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Dwight— Enter- 
tains a  high  regard  for  him  for  his  own  sake,  as  well  as  for  that  of 
his  father  and  grandfather,  "  the  late  honorable  and  worthy  Col. 
Partridge" — his  removal  from  the  Government  of  the  New  England 
Provinces  brought  to  pass  by  lying,  "  principally  by  the  Brigadier 
and  Agent" — having  been  represented  as  a  friend  and  patron  to  the 
iniquitous  Land  Bank,  which  was  false — his  innocence  had  embol- 
dened him  to  appeal  to  the  Government,  and  had  so  got  to  New  Jer- 
sey.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  Newcastle 
— The  sum  advanced  by  New  Jersey  for  the  support  of  the  500  men 
raised  for  the  Canadian  expedition  amounted  to  £8748  7s.  4d. — the 
accounts  had  been  adjusted  and  submitted  to  the  Commissioners, 
Commodore  Knowles  and  Gov'r  Shirley,  and  the  Assembly  had  sent 
duplicates  to  their  agent  Mr.  Partridge,  and  His  Grace  desired  to 
present  the  matter  favorably  to  the  Government,  that  the  amount 
might  be  repaid.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Feb.  5.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 


224:  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

of  Trade — Sends  tlie   account  of  money  advanced  for  clothing,  am- 
niunition,  &c.,  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  for  the  expedition 
against  Canada — prays  that  the  Province  may  be  repaid.     S.  P.  0., 
33.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G-.  2.     Original.     5  folios. 
[Presumed  to  be  the  same  as  the  foregoing.] 

[Feb.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Partridge,  agent 
of  the  Province  in  England,  relative  to,  and  explanatoi-y  of,  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Province  for  advances  on  account  of  the  Canadian 
troops.     Copj''.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  sister  Mrs.  Cars- 
wall — There  were  "  only  two  Assemblies  in  Burlington  on  Lord's  Day 
for  public  worship,  the  Church  of  England  and  the  Quakers'  meet- 
ing," to  both  of  which  he  occasionally  went,  and  at  other  times  offi- 
ciated as  priest  in  his  own  house — character  of  his  son  in  Boston — 
her  nephew,  his  son  Jonathan,  in  Ireland,  was  one  of  the  Secretaries  to 
the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  was  esteemed  a  good  lawyer,  &c.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

Feb.  12.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey 
(signed  by  six  of  the  members)  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  in  favor  of  Col.  Schuyler  and  the  other  officers  of  that 
Province,  who  were  in  good  business,  and  left  the  same  to  join  the 
expedition  to  Canada,  in  hopes  of  being  continued  in  His  Majesty's 
service.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  14,  p.  82.  Original. 
2  folios. 

[Feb.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Kichard  Partridge — 
Surprised  that  Morland  (the  artist)  had  not  yet  delivered  his  portrait 
— when  received  by  Partridge,  to  be  sent  to  the  Governor's  son  at 
Dublin — the  Assembly  had  been  sitting  13  weeks  without  passing 
the  money  bills,  so  that  he  had  not  yet  received  any  thing  for  his 
support  since  his  arrival  in  the  Province.  Copy.  Belcher  Papers. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Feb.  16.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Mr.  Lamb  to  the  Board 
of  Tj-ade,  offering  no  objection,  in  point  of  law,  to  the  Acts  of  New 
Jersey,  passed  in  June  and  Nov.,  1746,  and  in  May,  1747,  and 
transmitted  to  him  from  the  Board  on  the  20th  Oct.  last.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  1.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Feb.  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  General  Assembly 
— Had  received  that  day  from  the  Council  the  bill  providing  for  the 
support  of  the  Government — objects  to  having  provision  made  for 
the  Governor  only  for  one  year — refers  them  to  the  King's  instruc- 
tions on  the  subject.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council  and  As- 
sembly— Proroguing  them,  with  thanks,  for  their  attention  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  Province.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


1748.]  JONATHAN   BELCHER    GOVERNOR.  225 

[Feb.  18.  An  Act  for  avoiding  actions  for  slander  and  for  stay 
of  proceedings  for  six  months  in  other  civil  actions  against  the  late 
rioters.     Original  draft  by  James  Alexander.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  IS.  An  Act  for  preventing  tumults  and  riotous  assemblies. 
Original  draft  prepared  by  Mr.  Alexander.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  19.  Account  of  the  proceedings  of  New  Jersey  Legisla- 
ture, prepared  by  James  Alexander  for  publication  in  the  New  York 
Post  Boy,  purporting  to  be  a  letter  written  from  Burlington — The 
session  had  closed  the  day  before — enumerates  three  laws  which  had 
been  passed  calculated  to  restore  the  peace  of  the  Province,  and  pre- 
venting further  riots  and  disturbance,  and  sends  a  copy  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's Speech  on  the  termination  of  the  session.  Orio^inal  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son-in-law  Mr. 
Lyde — Advice  relative  to  clearing  land,  farming,  &c. — not  disap- 
pointed in  what  the  Assembly  had  done  for  him,  as  he  had  reason 
to  believe  that  New  Jersey  was  the  least  profitable  of  almost  any  of 
the  Governments  in  the  King's  gift.  Copy.  Belcher  Papers.  N.J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Feb.  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Sergeant 
— New  Jersey,  "  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey,"  but  neither 
the  lower  or  better  classes  have  a  relish  for  the  ways  of  virtue  and 
true  religion  ;  "  they  pay  little  regard  to  the  Sabbath — the  men  jour- 
ney— the  women  divert — the  children  play  in  the  streets  without  re- 
proof— these  are  the  most  uncouth  and  unpleasant  things  of  my 
present  condition" — his  duty  under  the  circumstances  to  set  a  good 
example — Mr.  S.  recommended  to  keep  up  a  "  dutiful,  frequent  cor- 
respondence, with  Dr.  Ayscough  of  Loudon,  so  also  to  Cap't  Corum 
— ^his  estimation  of  the  late  Di-.  Colman — the  depreciated  state  of 
New  England  currency — his  correspondent  in  New  York,  Wm. 
Peartree  Smith,  "  a  very  worthy,  religious  young  gentleman."  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
Had  approved  of  nineteen  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembl}^ — the  one 
for  £4000  paper  currency  their  friends  were  very  partial  to,  but  the 
Chief  Justice  (Morris)  said  he  would  endeavour  to  prevent  its  pass- 
ing at  home,  because  the  Assenjbly  would  not  pay  his  late  father's 
arrears — the  Assembly  "  tolerably  honest,  but  very  stingy" — had 
not  done  so  well  by  him,  who  had  done  all  they  desired,  as  they  had 
by  his  predecessor  who  had  "  harast  and  plagu'd  them  sufficiently" — 
hoped  they  would  do  better  in  time.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  24.     Burlington.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Captain  Corum,  cov- 
ering a  letter  from  Cap't  C.'s  adopted  son,  Mr.   Sergeant  of  Housa- 
tonic — As  Mr.  S.  has  to  receive  his  salary  in  the  depreciated  cur- 
rency of  New  England,  he  does  not  get  more  than  £20  sterling  per 
15 


226  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.        [174:8. 

annum  for  the  support  of  liimself  aucl  family — Cap't  C.  desired  to 
send  any  thing  to  liis  assistance — if  "  sent  in  powder,  and  shot  and 
nails,  it  would  do  well."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[March  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley — His 
son  Andrew  directed  to  wait  on  Gov'r  Shirley  with  what  had  passed 
with  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  relative  to  the  Crown  Point  expe- 
dition— refers  to  his  letter  of  16th  Feb.,  and  to  the  New  Jersey  ac- 
counts.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[March  9.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  David  Ogden, 
Newark — Sends  copies  of  the  Post  Boy  containing  an  account  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature  (see  Feb.  19th) — thinks 
the  measures  adopted  sufficient  to  put  an  end  to  the  riots — the  har- 
mony begun  between  the  branches  of  the  Legislature  should  be  cul- 
tivated— the  differences  existing  previously  "  the  fountain  of  the  past 
disturbances."     Copy.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[March  14.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr. 
Oliver — Recommendation  to  his  nephew  Faye  to  sell  his  effects  in 
New  England,  "  stills  excepted,"  and  remove  to  Burlington — better 
satisfied  to  have  the  affections  of  the  people  than  a  larger  salary. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[March  21.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Aaron  Burr — in- 
tends having  the  charter  of  the  College  perfected  before  the  com- 
mencement, which  he  learns  is  fixed  for  the  3d  Wednesday  in  May — 
recommends  the  observance  of  economy,  and  the  avoidance  of  de- 
bauchery on  the  occasion — will  endeavor  to  be  at  Newark  at  the 
time.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers. 

Mr.  Burr  was  the  first  President  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  For  a  notice 
of  him,  see  Stearns'  First  Church,  Newark.] 

l'S'4§. 

[An  Act  to  remit  the  pecuniary  penalties  incurred  by  the  past 
breaches  of  the  laws  therein  mentioned,  and  for  the  better  notice  and 
putting  in  execution  of  the  said  laws  hereafter.  Original  draft  by 
Ja's  Alexander.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[Defence  of  Governor  Clinton  of  New  York  against  the  reflections 
of  the  Assembly,  by  Lewis  Morris  (son  of  Governor  Lewis  Morris.) 
.  MS.  Copy.     N.  J.  H.  S.  MSS.] 

[April  2.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Governor  Clinton 
— Congratulates  Governor  C.  upon  the  gout's  being  called  "  the  gen- 
tleman's distemper,  and  the  sink  or  discharge  of  all  others" — the  late 
session  of  the  Assembly  had  tried  his  patience,  but  he  was  pleased  to 
have  it  conclude  in  peace — congratulates  Gov'r  C.  on  having  his  course 
approved  by  his  royal  master — his  letters  from  England  make  him 
anticipate  no  peace,  but  a  warm  campaign  by  sea  and  land,  and  he 
expects  "  the  pickeroons  will  be  diverting  themselves  during  the  sum- 
mer seasons  with  depredations  from  the  Hook  to  the  Capes  of  Dela- 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR,  227 

ware" — the  Assembly,  notwithstanding  his  exertions  "  within  doors 
and  without,"  had  declined  engaging  in  the  Crown  Point  expedition 
— Mr.  Alexander  to  wait  on  Gov'r  C.  with  his  message  and  the  As- 
sembly's answer  in  relation  thereto.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  James  Alexander — 
Desiring  him  to  call  upon  Gov'r  Clinton  with  the  printed  journals, 
relating  to  the  actions  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  on  the  Crown 
Point  expedition.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  2.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Pemberton — 
The  affairs  of  the  College  he  had  much  at  heart — thinks  the  Presi- 
dent had  better  be  always  "  the  King's  Governor  for  the  time  being," 
and  had  so  advised  Mr.  Burr — will  confer  with  the  Trustees  upon 
the  point — wishes  the  commencement  put  off  for  two  months,  so  that 
he  can  conveniently  be  present.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  5.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Osborne — 
Without  entering  into  the  merits  of  his  affairs,  conceives  that  Mr. 
0.  has  been  concerned  in  an  illicit  trade  with  the  enemies  of  the 
King,  in  supplying  them  with  provisions,  &c. — however,  in  answer 
to  his  father's  letter,  would  enclose  a  letter  for  Chief  Justice  Kinsey 
to  have  his  affairs  brought  to  a  trial  without  delay,  as  he  requested. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  6.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey 
— Writes  in  behalf  of  Cap't  John  Osborne  of  Boston,  "  a  gentleman 
of  substance  and  figure,"  whose  son  Jeremiah  Osborne  had  been  con- 
fined for  twelve  months,  and  could  not  get  his  trial  brought  on — 
hopes  that  their  request  to  have  the  matter  adjudicated  may  be 
granted,  as  "  it  is  a  received  maxim  in  law  that  a  delay  of  justice  is 
a  denial  of  jvistice."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Low — Acknowl- 
edging the  receipt  of  seven  barrels  of  cider,  out  of  which  so  much 
had  been  taken  by  the  wagoners  and  others  between  Newark  and 
Burlington,  that  it  took  all  but  seven  gallons  of  one  to  fill  up  the 
other  six — (he  had,  under  date  of  29th  March,  desired  Col.  Low  to 
send  him  some  "  rich  and  potent,  without  any  spirits  put  into  it.") 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Pemberton,  ac- 
knowledging the  receipt  of  intelligence  that  the  commencement  of 
the  College  was  fixed  for  the  1st  July.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Chubb— Would 
write  to  London  for  a  coachman — had  had  several  from  there  for 
£10  sterling  a-year  and  a  livery — the  one  sent  to  him  by  Mr.  Chubb 
wanted  £50  a-year,  such  wages  as  he  had  never  heard  of  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  22.     Burlington.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge, 


228  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

London — Pleased  that  his  picture  should  at  last  have  been  obtained 
by  Partridge — account  of  various  remittances  made  amounting  to 
£1050  sterling — recommends  an  active  correspondence  with  Mr. 
Kiuscy,  "the  next  man,  in  honour  and  power,  to  the  Governor  in 
Pennsylvania,"  and  with  Col.  Andrew  Johnston  and  Mr.  Secretary 
Read  in  New  Jersey — forwards  the  Acts  passed,  and  recommends  his 
attention  in  getting  them  approved,  whereby  his  interest  and  credit 
as  the  agent  of  the  Provinces  would  be  established.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

April  22.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  a  list  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — recommends 
Mr.  Charles  Bead,  D.  Seer.,  to  be  of  the  Council,  in  the  room  of  Mr. 
John  Hamilton,  dec'd — the  Assembly  met  last  winter,  and  after  a 
good  deal  of  controversy  with  the  Council,  they  have  passed  19  Acts, 
to  which  he  assented — observations  upon  the  said  Acts — the  riots 
have  subsided.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  6,  G-.  3. 
Duplicate.     9  folios. 

[April  22.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  New- 
castle— Transmitting  the  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly,  and  recom- 
mending them,  for  certain  specified  reasons,  to  the  favorable  considera- 
tion of  the  King — Chaides  Bead  recommended  as  a  Councillor  in  place 
of  John  Hamilton,  who  had  died  before  his  arrival  in  the  Province. 
Presumed  to  be  the  same  as  foregoing.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  24.  New  York.  James  Alexander  and  Bobert  H.  Mor- 
ris to  Ferd.  John  Paris,  London — Difficulty  experienced  by  Gov'r 
Belcher  in  getting  his  support,  as  he  will  not  approve  the  quota  bill 
passed  by  the  Assembly — he  had  not  advised  or  joined  with  the 
Council  in  representing  to  His  Majesty  the  deplorable  state  of  the 
Province,  as  it  was  reported  he  had  been  notified  by  a  leader  of  the 
Assembly  that  if  he  did  so,  he  need  not  expect  to  receive  any  more 
salai-y  ia  New  Jersey — "  a  severe  trial  of  a  man's  virtue  and  some 
extenuation  should  he  err,  for  starving  is  hard  for  any  man,  and  much 
more  so  to  a  man  who  has  been  used  to  live  as  well  as  he  has  done" — 
narrates  the  circumstances  connected  with  the  calling  of  the  Council 
together  at  sundry  times — the  Governor  claimed  the  privilege  of 
confirming  the  action  of  Council  to  nominations  made  by  him  only — 
had  appointed  a  Sheriff  for  Morris  county  without  the  advice  of  the 
Council,  contrary  to  his  instructions — apprehensions  that  he  will  enter 
into  the  views  of  the  Assembly,  and  represent  that  the  difficulties  in 
the  Province  are  matters  only  of  private  dispute — Mr.  Paris  to  guard 
against  such  representations,  and  if  made,  to  point  out  the  incon- 
sistency between  them  and  his  public  speeches — the  appointment  of 
Mr.  Nevill  to  a  Judgeship  would  serve  as  a  handle  to  the  rioters  to 
support  their  clamor — the  Governor  had  been  informed  before  he  did 
it  of  its  probable  efi'ect,  &c.  Original  draft  in  the  handwriting  of 
both  writers.     Eutherfurd  MSS.] 


1748.]  JONATHAN"   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  22P 

[April  26.  Burlington.  G-ov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Anxious  to  obtain  leave  of  absence  to  enable  him  to  visit  his  fam- 
ily in  New  England,  whom  he  had  not  seen  for  four  years — wishes 
Partridge  to  write  to  the  Assembly,  representing  his  (the  Govern'r's) 
faithfulness  in  presenting  to  and  urging  upon  the  King's  Ministers 
the  approval  of  the  laws  they  had  passed,  and  that  they  ought  to 
support  him  more  generously' — Partridge  much  indebted  to  Mr. 
Read  and  Col.  Johnston  for  the  payment  of  the  amount  due  to  him 
as  agent.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  2.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Dr.  "Wm.  Douglas, 
Boston — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  a  portion  of  his  work  on  the 
Colonies  (afterward  (1750)  published  in  Loudon  under  the  title  of 
"  A  Summary,  Historical  and  Political,  of  the  first  Planting,  &c.,  of 
the  British  Settlements  in  North  America,  2  vols.  8vo.") — Sends 
him  the  title-page  and  maps  for  the  copy  of  the  Bill  in  Chancery  he 
had  previously  forwarded,  and  also  the  publications  of  the  Proprie- 
tors, which  he  might  find  useful — recommends  Dr.  Colden's  History 
of  the  Five  Nations.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[May  2.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  John  Coxe,  Tren- 
ton. Did  not  think  that  it  was  prudent  to  dissolve  the  New  Jersey 
Assembly,  unless  well  assured  that  the  peace  of  the  Province  was 
restored,  which  could  not  be  said  until  the  rioters  accepted  the  act 
of  grace.  Another  course  might  result  in  a  worse  state  of  things — 
there  was  a  majority  of  good  and  reasonable  men  in  the  present  As- 
sembly— they  might  be  left  out  on  a  new  election — had  heard  that 
John  Low  intended  to  wait  on  the  Grovernor  to  recommend  officers, 
civil  and  military,  for  the  County  of  Essex — if  so,  dangerous  con- 
sequences might  ensue — Messrs.  Ogdeu  and  Schuyler  would  suggest 
what  changes  were  necessary.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[May  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey, 
at  Philadelphia — Thanking  him  for  civilities  received  at  Philadel- 
phia— sends  to  him  a  copy  of  the  charter  of  the  College,  as  agreed 
upon  by  him  and  most  of  the  intended  trustees — wishes  him  to  con- 
sent to  be  one.  Copy.  Belcher  Papers. 
See  Proud's  Peun'a,  II.  p.  192.]  | 

"  [May  12.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Allen,  Boston — Sending  him  a 
copy  of  the  College  Charter,  and  requesting  him  to  act  as  one  of  the 
Trustees,  and  to  ascertain  if  Mr.  Cross,  personally  unknown  to  him, 
will  serve.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  12.  Burlington.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Tenneut, 
Phil'a — Enclosed  to  him  his  letters  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey  and 
Mr.  Allen,  and  he  was  to  deliver  to  them  therewith  a  copy  of  the 
College  Charter,  which  JMr.  John  Smith  would  hand  to  him  after  Mr. 
Logan  had  perused  it — thanks  him  for  a  present  of  his  books.  Ccpy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 


.230  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVEENOR.  [1748. 

[May  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belclier  to  Mr,  Logan,  of  Phil'a 
— Thanking  liim  for  his  civility  at  "  Stinton,"  regretting  that  "  the 
weather  in  some  measure  prevented  the  freedom  of  conversation, 
which  I  am  told  you  are  more  master  of  in  a  clear  serene  air  " — 
sends  to  him  a  copy  of  the  Charter  of  the  College,  and  wishes  him 
to  become  one  of  the  Trustees.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[]May  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belclier  to  Mrs.  Clinton — A 
complimentary  letter,  and  promising  some  birds  "  when  caught." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Horsemanden, 
New  York — Congratulating  him  on  his  marriage.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[May  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Capt,  Stephens,  (Ste- 
vens,) Amboy — Had  received  a  pipe  of  wine  from  bim,  and  wishes 
bim  to  secure  a  hogshead  of  "  choice  good  French  white  wine  "  for 
bim.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  bis  son  Andrew — Up- 
braiding bim  for  bis  neglect  in  not  answering  bis  letters  promptly, 
&c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley — Lieut. 
Colman  bad  arrived  in  the  Province  to  recruit  for  Lieut.  Gen'l.  Phil- 
ips' regiment,  and  would  receive  bis  countenance  and  protection. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey 
— Asking  for  an  answer  to  bis  letter  relating  to  the  Collefje,  (May 
12tb,)  and  introducing  Messrs.  Stephens  and  Brandon,  of  New  Eng- 
land, travelling  through  the  Provinces.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Alford,  Boston 
— His  thankfulness  at  not  having  been  induced  to  engage  in  any  pri- 
vate speculations  or  selfish  aims,  while  presiding  over  the  New  Eng- 
land Provinces — pleased  to  learn  that  Massachusetts  was  likely  to  be 
reimbursed  for  the  expense  attending  the  Cape  Breton  expedition — 
thanks  bim  for  two  sermons  sent  to  bim — thinks  ''  Bi-sb-ps  a  nui- 
sance in  the  House  of  Lords  " — the  ministers  in  New  England  badly 
treated.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Stoddard— 
Thanks  for  a  wish  expressed  to  have  him  (Gov'r  B.)  restored  to  bis 
former  Government — believed  that  "  great  folks,"  rather  than  have 
to  send  bim  there  again,  would  have  given  bim  something  of  twice 
the  value — contented  among  a  people  that  loved  him — the  long  ses- 
sion of  the  Assembly  during  the  previous  winter  alluded  to — "  man, 
woman  and  child  come  to  the  Governor  as  to  a  common  father,  and 
I  love  them  all  as  children  " — "  when  once  prerogative  is  ravished 
or  lost,  anarchy  and  confusion  will  ensue."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR,  231 

[May  31.  Burlington.  Grov'r  Belclier  to  Rev.  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards— Pleased  to  know  that  Mr.  E.  was  getting  forward  with  Bi'ain- 
ard's  Life — had  adopted  the  embryo  College  for  a  daughter,  "which 
I  hope  may  in  time  become  an  Alma  Mater  "  to  the  Provinces — Rev. 
Isaac  Hollis,  a  dissenting  minister  residing  in  England,  referred  to 
as  having  recently  had  a  considerable  addition  to  his  estate,  the 
same  gentleman  that  supported  a  number  of  Indian  children,  under 
the  care  of  Mr.  Sergeant,  at  Housatonic — a  person  of  great  piety, 
&c., — plans  for  the  College — fears  of  the  progress  of  Arminianism, 
Arianism  and  Socinianism  in  the  New  England  Colleges — had  been 
agreeably  entertained  by  Mr.  E.'s  "  Ingenious  thoughts  on  the  seven 
vials  " — the  missionaries  Spencer  and  Strong  in  Boston,  going  among 
the  Six  Nations — condoles  with  Mr.  E.  on  the  loss  of  a  daughter — 
regards  sent  to  Mrs.  Edwards,  the  daughter  of  his  old  friend.  Rev. 
Mr.  Pierpoint,  of  New  Haven,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  31.  Trenton.  John  Coxe  to  James  Alexander,  N.  York 
— In  answer  to  his  of  2d  May — his  advice  relative  to  the  dissolution 
of  the  Assembly — the  Council  had  advised  the  Grovernor  not  to  dis- 
solve it — no  such  recommendation  as  that  alluded  to  by  Mr.  Alex- 
ander had  been  made  by  Mr.  Low — the  Governor  had  adopted  a  list 
recommended  or  approved  by  the  Council,  with  the  exception  of  Mr. 
Dunster,  to  whom  he  objected  on  account  of  his  moral  character — 
thought  the  objections  likely  to  originate  with  the  rioters,  but  the 
Governor  denied  having  been  spoken  to  by  them  on  the  subject — 
Mr.  Dunster  to  have  an  opportunity  to  respond  to  the  complaints 
against  him.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[June  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Browne,  Boston 
— Draws  attention  to  his  last  speech  to  the  General  Assembly  of 
Massachusetts,  and  to  the  first  one  of  his  successor,  and  invites  a 
comparison  as  to  which  of  them  evinced  the  "  tenderest  part  of  a 
father  to  the  country  " — the  condition  of  Massachusetts  under  her 
paper  money  system.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  4.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Minot,  Boston — 
Mr.  M.  being  about  to  visit  Philadelphia,  is  invited  to  his  "  cottage 
at  the  world's  end  " — regrets  the  silence  of  his  son,  who  had  not  yet 
visited  him  nor  written  for  some  time.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  4.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Alexander — 
Thanks  him  on  behalf  of  the  Province  for  a  representation  made  by 
him  to  Gov'r  Clinton,  in  relation  to  an  expedition  to  Crown  Point, 
"  which  was  very  just,  for  I  don't  believe  this  Assembly  could  be 
persuaded  to  join  in  it."     Original     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[June  6.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Appleton,  Boston 
— Opinion  of  the  clergy  of  New  England — thanks  him  for  two  ser- 
mons preached  on  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer,  &c.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 


232  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

[June  7.  Burlington.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Prince,  Boston — 
In  answer  to  some  inquiries  relative  to  Lis  father  and  himself — gives 
some  account  of  his  father's  character  and  death.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

June  8.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  two  Acts  of  Parliament,  viz., 
an  Act  for  encouraging  the  making  of  indigo  in  the  British  Planta- 
tions in  America,  and  an  Act  for  naturalizing  foreign  Protestants, 
&c.,  and  desiring  of  them  to  transmit  every  six  months  an  account 
of  the  indigo  plantations,  if  any,  export,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Yol.  40,  p.  303.     Entry.     5  folios. 

June  8.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  general  queries  relating  to 
the  state  of  their  respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  307.     Entry.     10  folios. 

[June  16.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Well  pleased  to  hear  of  the  measures  adopted  for  suppressing  the 
riots  in  New  Jersey,  &e.  Promises  his, best  endeavors  in  behalf  of 
the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division,  when  the  Act  for  running 
the  division  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey  shall  be  re- 
ceived— is  glad  that  the  Governor's  behavior  so  far  has  given  satis- 
faction, and  hopes  he  will  continue  to  please,  "  but  yet  I  have  my 
apprehensions  that  he  will  be  what  he  has  been  " — "  he  is  grateful, 
and  he  is  wise,  too,  in  having  regard  to  the  Quakers.  It  was  that 
body  of  people  most  undoubtedly  who  got  him  the  Government " — 
had  in  justice  to  him  made  it  known  to  some  of  the  leading  men 
among  the  Quakers  "  how  well  he  had  behaved."  Original.  Buth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

[June  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Pemberton, 
Boston — Belating  to  the  provisions  of  the  College  charter.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Ptichard  Partridge, 
London — Had  received  a  letter  from  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  as  one 
of  the  Secretaries  of  State,  succeeding  the  Duke  of  Newcastle — Mr. 
P.'s  attention  drawn  to  getting  the  money  advanced  by  the  Province 
on  account  of  troops,  &c.,  refunded,  and  if  successful  he  might  re- 
tain £.500.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

June  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State — The  proclamation  for  enforcing  the  prohibition  of  com- 
merce with  the  French  will  be  inserted  in  the  newspapers  circulating 
in  New  Jersey — the  greatest  part  of  the  present  war  the  people  sup- 
plied the  French  with  provisions,  &.c.,  under  the  flag  of  truce  for  ex- 
change of  prisoners — he  hopes  that  such  illicit  trade  will  be  put  an 
end  to.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Yol.  14,  p.  85.  Original. 
3  folios. 


1748.]        JONATOAN  BELCHER  GOVEkXOR.  2-33 

[June  21.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Greorge  White- 
field,  England — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  two  letters  from 
Charleston  and  Bermuda  respectively — Mrs.  Whitefield  left  in  Geor- 
gia— thankfulness  for  God's  mercies,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son-in-law,  Mr. 
Lyde,  Boston — Comments  upon  the  neglect  of  his  son — his  Milton 
estate — thinks  it  advisable  to  sell  it,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  Oli- 
ver, Boston — Had  received  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Shirley,  requesting 
that  Commissioners  might  be  appointed  from  New  Jersey  to  meet 
him  and  Gov'r  Clinton  at  Albany  on  the  10th  of  July,  to  treat  with 
the  Six  Nations  of  Indians — as  it  would  require  more  than  the  in- 
tervening time  to  summon  his  Council,  call  the  Assembly  together, 
&c.,  no  Commissioners  from  New  Jersey  need  be  expected,  and 
there  were  not  ten  pounds  in  the  Treasury.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[June  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Shirley,  Bos- 
ton— Impossible  from  the  shortness  of  the  intervening  time  to  have 
the  advice  of  the  Council  and  Assembly,  as  to  the  appointing  of 
Commissioners  to  meet  Gov'rs  Shirley  and  Clinton  at  Albany  on 
11th  July,  to  treat  with  the  Indians.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton,  New 
York — On  an  alarm  that  privateers  were  on  the  coast  and  intended 
to  land,  Col.  Gibbon,  in  command  of  a  regiment  in  Salem  County, 
soon  had  500  men  in  arms,  including  many  Quakers,  but  the  priva- 
teers were  too  cautious  and  did  not  land.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

June  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State — The  General  Assembly  had  a  session  last  winter  of  thir- 
teen weeks,  all  things  having  been  in  a  manner  stagnated  many  years 
before  his  arrival — transmits  public  papers — Richard  Partridge, 
Agent  for  New  Jersey,  will  submit  the  Acts  for  the  King's  appro- 
bation, relative  to  the  table  of  fees — things  seem  to  have  a  tendency 
to  quiet  and  good  order — death  of  John  Hamilton,  Councillor — pro- 
poses Charles  Bead  to  succeed  him.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  14,  p.  86.     Original.     13  folios. 

June  25.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  duplicates  of  his  former  letter  and  the  enclosed 
papers — urges  strongly  upon  the  Board  to  recommend  to  the  King 
the  Act  for  emitting  £40,000  in  bills  of  credit,  for  his  confirmation, 
as  without  it  the  defence  of  the  Province  cannot  be  provided,  nor 
the  Government  supported.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  4.     Original.     3  folios. 

[June  25.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Lords  of  Trade 
— Urges  the  approval  of  the  Acts  for  emitting  £40,000,  and  for  es- 
tablishinsr  a  table  of  fees — without  them  the  Province  will  be  in 


23i  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVEH^'0];.  [1748. 

great  disorder — no  money  iu  the  Treasury.     (Presumed  to  be  the 
same  as  the  foregoing.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  Peter  Warren, 
London — Thanks  him  for  a  loan  previously  made  of  £800  sterling, 
on  a  mortgage  of  his  estate  at  Milton,  N.  England — New  Jersey  "  a 
very  lean,  thin  Government " — the  allowance  to  the  Governor  for 
support,  house  rent  and  perquisites,  £1,210,  which,  according  to  the 
rate  of  exchange,  was  only  equal  to  £654  sterling — had  authorized 
the  sale  of  part  of  the  Milton  estate,  iu  order  to  pay  off  his  indebt- 
edness to  Sir  Peter.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.]; 

[June  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Truman,  London 
— Authorizing  the  expenditure  of  £47  Is.  2d.  in  lottery  tickets.  (See 
July  19.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Committee  of  West 
Jersey  Society,  London — Affairs  in  the  Province  becoming  settled — 
but  he  fears  a  renewal  of  the  tumultuous  proceedings,  which  would 
have  a  very  prejudicial  effect  upon  the  value  of  their  lands — tend- 
ency of  Colleges  and  schools  to  increase  population  and  the  value 
of  land — much  discouraged  about  a  College — scarcely  60,000  souls 
in  New  Jersey,  and  most  of  them  live  by  their  labor,  so  that  it 
would  be  a  difficult  matter  to  get  the  building  erected,  &c.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers. 

The  West  Jersey  Society  was  an  association  of  those  largely  interested  in  W. 
Jersey  lands.] 

[June  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Penn,  England 
— Refers  to  the  appointment  of  Andrew  Hamilton  as  Governor  of 
Penn'a — pleased  that  Mr.  Penn  had  secured  the  stationing  of  a  sloop- 
of-war  in  the  Delaware,  to  guard  the  coast  against  the  enemy's  pri- 
vateers— a  great  number  in  Delaware  River  the  month  previous — the 
trade  of  the  Delaware  required  greater  protection  from  the  Crown. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  29.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  cousin,  Mr.  Wm.  Belcher,  Eng- 
land— Hopes  that  he  will  become  one  of  the  benefactors  of  the  new 
College,  as  it  must  depend  upon  subscriptions,  the  people  of  New 
Jersey  being  "  mostly  of  low  fortune  " — "  the  greatest  part  of  them 
in  a  Wretched  State  of  Ignorance,  Unpolite  and  of  bad  Manners  " 
— not  able  or  willing  to  contribute  to  its  support  through  the  Gov- 
ernment— recommends  his  son  in  Ireland  for  the  transaction  of  any 
legail  business,  he  being  "  master  of  his  business,  and  having  much 
the  ear  of  the  Lord  Chancellor  " — compliments  him  on  his  election 
to  Parliament — sends  his  best  compliments  to  "  Her  Imperial  Royal 
Majesty  the  Empress  Queen  of  Cesarea,"  (the  lady  he  afterward  mar- 
ried. See  Sept.  7) — "  let  her  Majesty  know  I  begin  to  be  impa- 
tient, that  I  am  something  oldish."     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  29.     Burlington.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  cousin,  Mr.  John 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  285 

Belclier,  England — Pleased  that  the  projected  College  meets  with 
his  approbation — intended  in  time  to  try  to  have  a  Professorship  of 
Physic  and  Chirurgery — refers  to  an  election  of  Mr.  Wm.  Belcher 
to  Parliament  for  the  Borough  of  Southwark.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[June  30.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Chamberlayne, 
England — Begs  him  and  "  Capt.  Coram  "  to  leave  off  "  the  vile,  in- 
sipid, wicked  custom  of  swearing" — had  lost  £15  6s.  9d.  by  the  pre- 
vious year's  lottery — refers  to  Mr.  Penn,  Proprietor  of  Penn'a,  and 
that  Province  would  soon  be  worth  to  him  and  his  brother  £10,000 
sterling  per  annum.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  4.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Chief  Justice  Kinsey 
— Thanks  him  for  supervising  the  College  Charter,  which  was  then 
in  the  hands  of  a  scrivener  to  be  engrossed.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[July  4.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  "Wm.  Tennent — 
,  Expects  the  Charter  of  the  College  to  be  ready  for  presentation  to 
the  Trustees  at  an  approaching  meeting — alludes  to  objections  raised 
to  having  the  Governor  for  the  time  being  President  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees — as  the  old  Charter  never  was  recorded,  upon  the  ap- 
pearance and  record  of  the  present  one,  the  old  one  would  become  a 
nullity.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Oliver,  Boston — 
Mr.  0.  one  of  the  Commissioners  to  attend  Gov'r  Clinton  at  Alba- 
ny, upon  a  conference  with  the  Sis  Nations — considers  the  Massa- 
chusetts people  "  bamboozled  " — by  advice  of  the  Council  had  called 
the  Assembly  with  reference  to  the  appointment  of  Commissioners 
from  New  Jersey.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  7.  Burlington.  Govt  Belcher's  Message  to  the  Assem- 
bly— Recommending  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  to  attend 
the  conference  with  the  Indians  at  Albany.     Copy.    Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  9.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  in  Ireland — 
Regrets  his  inability  to  contribvite  any  thing  to  relieve  him  from  his 
debts,  as  he  had  been  concerned  in  the  last  three  lotteries,  by  which 
he  had  suffered  a  loss  of  £70  14s.  9d.  sterling.  (See  July  19.)  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  11.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent 
— The  College  Charter  engrossed  and  with  the  Attorney  General  for 
his  opinion — the  Trustees  would  not  meet  until  called  together  by 
him.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  19.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Jackson,  Eng- 
land— Directions  to  get  brewed  for  him  two  hhds.  of  "Burton  Ale, 
and  two  hhds.  of  Wiltshire  Beer,"  some  time  in  the  mouth  of  Oct. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


236  JONATHAN   BELCnER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

[July  19.  Burlington.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Truman,  Lon- 
don— Orders  for  an  additional  number  of  lottery  tickets.  (See  June 
27.)     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  19-21.  Minutes  of  Court  of  G-eneral  Sessions  of  the 
Peace  and  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  County  of  Middlesex, 
held  at  Perth  Amboy  for  the  July  term,  1748.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

[July  21.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Foye,  Boston — 
Animadversions  upon  his  son's  neglect  of  him  in  not  answering  his 
letters,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Dr. 
Noyes — Had  received  a  letter  from  him  forwarded  by  Mr.  Franklin, 
who  had  called  at  his  house  both  going  to  and  returning  from  Phila- 
delphia, but  had  said  nothing  of  having  a  letter  for  him — "  when 
persons  are  so  kind  as  to  take  charge  of  letters  they  should  be  more 
careful  " — death  of  Dr.  N.'s  sister,  his  niece,  Mrs.  Byles — Mr.  Byles' 
eldest  son  "  of  prompt  parts  " — -verses  by  him  alluded  to — advises 
him  to  sell  his  wild  lands  in  Kennebec.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  25.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Committee  of  West 
Jersey  Society — Recommending  Charles  Read,  Philip  Kearny  and 
John  Foye  as  proper  persons  to  be  selected  to  attend  to  the  business 
of  the  Society  in  West  Jersey — advises  the  appointment  of  agents 
residing  in  the  Province.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Pemberton — 
The  College  Charter  had  passed  the  Seals,  and  was  ready — Mr.  P. 
and  Mr.  Burr  had  better  come  to  Burlington  and  receive  it  from 
him — it  was  needless  for  Mr.  P.  to  give  himself  any  trouble  about 
the  College,  "for,"  he  says,  "  in  all  Acts  of  Government  I  must  and 
will  proceed  with  the  best  propriety  I  am  master  of,  and  nobody  will 
be  able  to  persuade  me  to  move  slower  or  faster  than  that."  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  Foye 
— Advising  him  to  visit  New  Jersey  as  soon  as  possible,  promising 
to  give  him  a  situation  under  the  Government  should  one  offer. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  28.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Waldron,  of 
Portsmouth — Letter  upon  private  affairs — comments  upon  Mr.  Wal- 
dron's  two  sons  Thomas  and  George.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  80.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent 
— Would  send  for  him  to  visit  Messrs.  Pemberton  and  Burr  relative 
to  the  College,  when  notified  of  their  coming — wishes  to  see  an  old 
subscription  paper  on  which  there  were  about  £800.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

Aug.  1.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Scrope, 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  237 

Seer,  to  the  'Lords  of  the  Treasury — enclosing  a  copy  of  Governor 
Belcher's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  Feb.  5,  1747-48,  and  de- 
siring that  the  same  may  be  laid  before  their  Lordships  for  their 
consideration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  168. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[Aug.  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Isaac  Hollis, 
England — Referring  to  Rev.  Mr.  Sergeant,  missionary  at  Housa- 
tonic,  -who  was  much  discouraged,  having  a  wife  and  children,  and 
only  20  pounds  sterling  a  year — commends  Mr.  Ilollis  for  his  atten- 
tion to  the  education  of  the  Indians.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Sergeant — 
Had  heard  from  Mr.  Burr  that  he  and  his  family  were  at  Newark 
— invites  him  to  visit  him  at  Burlington.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  11.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  Foye 
— Referring  to  his  son's  indifference  to  his  letters.  Copy,  Belcher 
Papers.] 

Aug.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade,  to 
Gov'r  Belcher— His  letter  of  the  5th  of  Feb.,  1747-48,  is  transmit- 
ted to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury — the  Board  had  received  no  pub- 
lic papers  during  the  time  of  Mr.  Belcher's  Government.  S.  P.  O., 
B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  169.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[Sept.  1.  London.  Thomas  Penn  to  James  Alexander — Prom- 
ises his  assistance  in  endeavoring  to  obtain  the  confirmation  of  the 
bill  for  running  the  boundary  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey, 
should  one  pass  the  legislature-*— much  gratified  with  Mr.  Belcher's 
conduct  in  his  Government.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew — In- 
forms him  as  his  "  eldest  son  and  first  relation,"  that  he  intends 
"  (God  willing)  to  be  marryed  to  Morrow  to  a  Lady  arrived  last  week 
at  Philadelphia  from  London  " — it  was  a  very  sickly  season,  and  he 
would  not  advise  his  coming  on  until  he  should  write  again.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Sept.  15.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  sou  Andrew 
Belcher — Had  been  married  on  the  8th — was  recovering  from  an 
attack  of  fever,  to  which  all  his  family  had  been  subjected — his  wife 
and  the  young  lady  her  daughter,  and  himself  had  taken  an  "  airing 
in  the  coach  "  that  day.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew — 
Granting  full  forgiveness  for  past  neglect  and  indifference — still  very 
sickly  in  Burlington — to  go  in  about  ten  days  to  Amboy  to  meet 
the  Assembly.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Brainard — Had 
received  the  proposals  for  publishing  the  life  of  his  brother,  tlie  Rev. 
David  Brainard — did  not  think  either  the  paper  or  type  good  enough, 


238  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.        [1748, 

but  wislied  to  be   considered  a  subscriber — ready  to   eifcourage  the 
printing  of  his  brother's  journals  also.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  30.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Neither  at  the  Secretary's  office  nor  at  the  Board  of 
Trade  had  any  Acts  of  Assembly,  or  a  single  letter  from  Governor 
Belcher,  been  received  since  he  had  left  England,  excepting  a  notifi- 
cation of  his  arrival — the  Lords  of  Trade  considered  it  neglectful, 
and  had  written  him  to  that  effect — news  had  been  received  the  day 
before  that  the  brigautine  Richard,  from  Philadelphia,  by  which  the 
Acts  were  to  be  sent,  had  been  captured  about  16th  May,  off  the 
Capes  of  Delaware — notice  a  suggestion  of  Mr.  Alexander's,  that  it 
would  be  advisable  to  associate  Mr.  Partridge  with  him  in  measures 
for  procuring  the  recommendation  of  the  Line  Act — on  good  terms 
with  Mr.  P.,  ("  who  is  a  merchant  and  not  a  lawj-er,")  frequently 
employed  by  him — probability  of  a  long  time  elapsing  while  the  line 
is  undergoing  discussion,  &c.      Original.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[Oct.  4.  Burlington.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  the  Trustees  of  the 
College  of  New  Jersey — Regretting  that  he  will  not  be  able  to  at- 
tend the  first  commencement  at  Newark,  as  ill  health  confined  him 
to  the  house,  and  also  prevented  his  going  to  Amboy.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  6.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew — Con- 
fined for  the  third  time  with  a  fever — reasons  for  not  making  known 
to  his  friends  his  intended  marriage — his  happiness,  &c.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  7.  Trenton.  John  Coxc  to  James  Alexander,  New  York 
— The  Governor  much  shattered  by  illness — some  question  whether 
he  would  live  through  the  winter — a  meeting  of  the  Council  to  be 
held  at  Burlington,  and  the  presence  of  Mr.  Alexander  desired. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Allen — Referring 
to  the  employment  of  Mr.  Allen  as  agent  for  the  Elizabethtown 
people.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

;  [Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  Foye 
— Burlington,  since  its  settlement,  had  never  before  been  so  sickly — 
thanks  him  for  having  been  instrumental  in  reinstating  affectionate 
relations  between  him  and  his  son — had  known  the  lady  whom  he 
had  recently  married  four  years.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  Foye 
— Alludes  in  very  severe  terms  to  the  action  of  Gov'r  Shirley,  in 
cutting  down  the  New  Jersey  bills  for  supplies  to  the  Canada  forces 
from  £5,200  to  £2,200—"  were  he  to  show  his  head  here  the_  very 
children  would  rise  up  and  call  him  cursed,  and  he  would  find  it  dif- 
ficult to  escape  with  the  skin  of  his  teeth."  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  239 

[Oct.  17.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  John  Coxe,  Trenton 
— The  duty  of  the  Legislature  to  strengthen  the  hands  of  the  Gov- 
ernment in  relation  to  those  rioters  who  had  slighted  the  Act  of 
Grace — the  course  to  be  pursued  towards  those  who  have  neglected 
to  avail  themselves  of  that  Act.     Original  draft.    Rutherfard  MSS.] 

[Oct.  17.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Robert  Hunter  Morris,  then  in  England,  "  a  crafty,  malicious  fel- 
low, and  bent  upon  all  sorts  of  mischief,  so  you  must  watch  him  very 
narrowly" — he  and  (James)  Alexander  the  cause  why  the  Provincial 
Treasury  was  not  supplied,  out  of  "peak"  to  them  both — had  lately 
met  the  Assembly  in  a  short  session — Houses  could  not  agree  upon 
the  manner  of  laying  a  tax,  and  so  nothing  was  done  to  support  the 
Government — had  been  troubled  by  hearing  that  Mr.  P.  had  been 
writing  to  the  leading  rioters — "  there  is  no  touching  pitch  without 
being  defiled,"  and  he  therefore  advises  Mr.  P.  to  have  nothing  to  do 
with  them — exertions  to  be  made  to  prevent  his  being  removed  from 
the  Government.     Copy.    Belcher  Papers.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  in  answer  to  their's  of  the  8tli  of  June — If  any  Indigo 
should  be  raised  in  New  Jersey,  he  will  take  care  that  the  Act  of 
Parliament  relating  to  it  be  punctually  complied  with.  S.  P.  0  , 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  7.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer. 
of  State — The  proclamation  for  cessation  of  hostilities  was  published 
at  Burlington  and  Perth  Amboy — the  preliminaries  signed  at  Aix  la 
Chapelle  on  the  19th  of  April  last,  o.  s.,  shall  be  duly  observed.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  14,  p.' 126.     Original     2  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  for  their  consideration  the  petition  of  Rich'd  Partridge, 
agent  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  praying  that  the  Acts  passed 
there  lately,  viz. — An  Act  for  making  current  £40,000  in  bills  of 
credit,  and  an  Act  to  prevent  officers  from  taking  exorbitant  fees 
may  be  confirmed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  5. 
Order,  orig'h  ;   Petit'n,  copy  :  7  folios. 

Nov.  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Lambe, 
desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  19  Acts  passed  by  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey  in  January  and  Pebruary,  1747-48.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  171.     Entry.     12  folios. 

Nov.  12.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to 
Secretary  of  State — Has  received  his  Grace's  letter  of  9th  August, 
with  a  proclamation  of  a  cessation  of  hostilities  against  His  Catholic 
Majesty  and  the  Republic  of  Genoa,  which  he  has  had  published  in 
the  most  public  manner.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  14. 
Original.    3  folios. 

Nov.  12.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  (Aid- 


2-1 0  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1748. 

worth,  the  under  Seer,  of  State,)  informing  him  that  the  proclama- 
tion of  the  Lords  Justices  of  England  for  taking  off  the  prohibition 
of  commerce  with  the  French,  is  ordered  to  be  publislied  in  New 
Jersey,  and  inserted  in  the  newspapers.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  14,  p.  128.      Orig'l.     1  folio. 

Nov.  12.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  in  answer  to  their's  of  the  18th  of  August  last,  in- 
forming that  in  April  last  he  sent  the  public  papers,  and  the  dupli- 
cates of  them  about  3  months  ago — Now  he  sends  triplicates — on  the 
10th  of  Nov.  the  session  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  began  at  Perth 
Amboy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  8.  Original. 
2  folios. 

Nov.  15.  Whitehall.  Ptepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices,  recommending  Mr.  Richard  Saltar  to  be  of 
the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  de- 
ceased. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  176.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

Nov.  16.  Petition  presented  by  Mr.  Ferd.  Jno.  Paris,  on  behalf 
of  Isabella  Morris,  widow,  Lewis  Morris  and  Bob't  Hunter  Morris, 
Esqrs.,  executors  of  the  late  Gov'r  Morris,  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
praying  that  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  be  directed  to  recommend  to 
the  Assembly  the  payment  of  the  said  late  Gov'r  Morris,  which  was 
remaining  due  to  him  from  the  23d  of  Sept.,  1744,  to  his  death.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  6.  Original.  5  folios. 
[See  "Papers  of  Gov'r  Lewis  Morris,"  p.  315.] 

Nov.  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — Desire  to  have  his  observations  upon  each  Act  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey  in  as  full  and  particular  a  manner  as  may  be, 
and  in  particular  about  the  Act  for  making  current  £40,000  in  bills 
of  credit,  against  which  application  has  been  made — Richard  Saltar, 
Esq.,  is  proposed  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  he  being  re- 
commended by  the  late  Governor — to  pursue  such  measures  as  will 
tend  to  obtain  the  arrears  of  the  salary  due  to  the  late  Governor  for 
the  benefit  of  his  executors.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
15,  p.  177.     Entry.     9  folios. 

[ Ftobcrt  H.  Morris  to  Ja's  Alexander — Nothing  effectual 

for  the  matter  of  the  riots  to  be  expected  of  the  Assembly — dis- 
position to  throw  the  fault  on  "them"  (the  Council) — recommends 
therefore  the  drafting  of  a  brief  statement  of  the  facts  from  the 
several  affidavits,  to  be  read  before  the  Committee  of  Conference, 
that  the  Assembly  might  be  put  on  the  defensive — recommends  an 
abridgment  from  the  "  state"  Mr.  A.  had  prepared  (see  Jan.  1748.) 
Original.   Bvitherfurd  MSS.    (Should  have  been  inserted  Nov.  1747.) 

N.  B.  Nov.  30th,  1747,  was  the  day  fixed  for  the  meeting  of  the 
Committee  of  Conference,  but  it  was  postponed  by  one  or  the  other 
of  the  Houses  until  Dec.  10th,  and  subsequently  in  January,  on  the 


1748.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOE.  241 

15th  of  wliich  month  the  conclusion  was  arrived  at  in  Committee, 
that  effectual  measures  should  be  adopted  for  strengthening  "  the 
hands  of  the  Grovernment,"  and  the  Committee  so  reported  on  the 
19th.] 

Nov.  28.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  Repre- 
sentation of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  15th  instant,  and  appointing 
Richard  Saltar,  Esq.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  32.     Copy.    2  folios. 

Dec.  22.  New  Jersey.  The  Address  of  Ja's  Alexander,  R.  H. 
Morris,  Edw'd  Antill,  Ja's  Hude,  AndrV  Johnston,  and  Peter  Kem- 
ble  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  King,  praying  to  strengthen 
the  hands  of  the  Government  in  reducing  the  rioters  to  obedience. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  14,  p.  133.  Original.  8 
folios. 

Dec.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Ja's  Alexander,  R.  H. 
Morris,  Edw'd  Antill,  Ja's  Hude,  Audr'w  Johnston,  and  Peter 
Kemble,  Esqrs.,  to  the  Seer,  of  State — Disordered  state  of  the  Pr(W- 
ince — the  number  of  men  who  defy  the  King's  authority — the  Assem- 
bly will  not  interpose,  neither  the  Governor — pray  that  the  King  may 
check  the  progress  of  a  rebellion — send  extracts  from  the  proceedings 
of  the  Council  and  Assembly  on  this  subject.  S.  P.  0.     Am.  & 

W.  Indies.     Vol.  14,  p.  132.     Original.     6  folios. 

Dec.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Ja's  Alexander,  R.  H. 
Morris,  Edw.  Antill,  Ja's  Hude,  Andr'w  Johnston,  and  Peter  Kem- 
ble, Esqrs.,  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  enclosing  copies  of  their 
Address  to  the  King,  and  of  a  letter  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  Seer, 
of  State,  dated  as  above,  on  the  subject  of  the  riots,  &c.,  in  that 
Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  12  Original 
(without  the  enclosures.)  2  folios. 
lT4§--49. 

[Jan.  17.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  a  box  of  papers  referring  to  the  boundary 
line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey  in  a  damaged  state — points 
ont  some  defects  in  testimony,  and  errors  in  transcribing — discusses 
the  propriety  of  New  Jersey's  enacting  that  the  initial  station  point 
should  be  on  the  east  side  of  the  Hudson,  when  both  Provinces  in 
1719  had  agreed  that  it  should  be  on  the  west  (the  letter  imperfect.) 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Jan.  23.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Mr.  Lamb  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  upon  19  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  there 
in  January  and  February,  1747-48,  with  observations  upon  some  of 
them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  9.  Original. 
18  folios. 

Feb.  17.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  Mr.  Seer.  Hill,  desiring 
him  to  move  the  Board  of  Trade  io  make  their  report  upon  the  Acts 


242  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Jan.  and  Feb.,  1747-48,  and  in  particular 
upon  two  Acts  with  suspending  clauses,  in  order  that  they  may  re- 
ceive the  King's  assent.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  Gr. 
10.     Original.     2  folios. 

'  [Feb.  21  to  Mar.  28.  Draft  of  Minutes  of  Council,  "  Public  and 
Privy,"  prepared  by  Mr.  Alexander  for  transmission  to  England. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[March  9.  Philadelphia.  Robert  H.  Morris  to  James  Alex- 
ander— Did  not  expect  any  thing  to  be  done  by  the  Assembly  suffi- 
cient to  put  an  end  to  the  riots — should  they  refuse,  they  should  be 
prorogued,  and  the  Governor  join  the  Council  in  representing  the 
matter  to  England — it  would  never  be  well  ended  but  from  thence. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[March  24.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
His  proceedings  in  behalf  of  the  Proprietors,  &c. — the  Board  of 
Trade  wonderfully  taken  up  with  their  scheme  of  sending  the  dis- 
banded soldiers  and  sailors  to  Nova  Scotia  to  settle  that  country — 
their  stay  there  he  thought  uncertain — had  retained  the  Attorney 
Greneral  and  Solicitor  General  for  the  Proprietors  and  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  against  the  rioters — ^i-efers  to  his  prophecy  as  to  the 
probable  course  of  Gov'r  Belcher  in  New  Jersey  (see  letter  Feb.  10th, 
1747) — would  think  himself  fortunate  could  he  get  the  matters  in- 
trusted to  hiin  considered  at  all  "  by  any  body  or  any  Board  what- 
ever"— "  if  it  concerned  one  single  voice  or  vote  in  our  House  of 
Commons,  here  at  home,  it  might  be  worthy  of  consideration" — the 
most  to  be  expected  was  "  strong  j^aper  iustructions,"  or  perhaps  a 
proposal  to  reunite  New  Jersey  to  New  York — the  volumes  of  pa- 
pers sent  to  him  scarcely  left  him  time  to  devote  to  any  other 
business — not  surprised  at  the  course  of  Gov'r  Belcher,  "  just  so  he 
did,  to  a  hair,  about  the  Loggers  in  another  place,"  (Massachusetts) 
— "  no  man  would  do  a  wrong  thing  for  the  sake  of  doing  wrong  ;  it  is 
necessity  makes  him  do  what  he  does ;  if  you  would  relieve  his  ne- 
cessity, you  might  have  him  on  your  side" — "  he  has  long  used  a 
double  way  of  speaking,  writing,  and  acting" — "  he  would,  if  possi- 
ble, deceive  the  elect" — could  not  get  the  Board  of  Trade  to  attend 
to  the  division  line  bill.  Original.  Rutherfurd  MSS.] 
1749. 

March  28.  Burlington.  Letter  signed  by  nine  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  a  duplicate  copy  of 
their  letter  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford  of  the  same  date,  wherein  they 
complain  of  the  refusal  of  the  New  Assembly  to  make  provisions  for 
guarding  jails,  and  otherwise  to  assist  in  quelling  the  riots  in  that 
Province,  notwithstanding  the  earnest  recommendation  from  the 
Governor,  and  pray  for  the  King's  speedy  and  effectual  interposition 
for  restoring  peace.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  18. 
Original.     5  folios. 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  243 

April  13.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade's  consideration  the  petition  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  of 
the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  dated  23d  Dec, 
1748,  complaining  of  the  riotous  proceedings  of  the  inhabitants,  and 
that  the  Assembly  have  refused  to  afford  the  Government  any  assist- 
ance— Praying  the  King  to  take  the  case  into  his  consideration,  and 
to  put  a  stop  to  the  growing  rebellion  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  11.  Order,  orig'l ;  3  folios:  Pet'n,  copy ;  16 
do. :  19  folios. 

[2d  Month  (April)  14.  London.  Richard  Partridge  to  Richard 
Smith,  jr.,  Burlington,  informing  him  of  the  arrival  of  letters  from 
the  Province  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  the  Proprietors  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, and  F.  J.  Paris,  with  a  petition  from  the  Council  of  Proprietors 
referring  to  the  riots — Had  not  been  able  to  get  a  sight  of  a  letter 
from  some  of  the  Council  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  which  had  also 
been  received.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[April  15.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Statements  of  what  had  been  done  since  his  letter  of 
24th  March — the  petition  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  had  been  re- 
ferred to  a  Committee  of  Council — would  endeavour  to  have  it  re- 
ferred to  the  Board  of  Trade,  as  well  as  the  Address  of  the  New  Jer- 
sey Council — the  Bishops  were  anxious  to  have  the  disturbances  in 
the  Province  settled,  fearful  that  nonjuring  Bishops  driven  out  of 
the  kingdom  might  go  to  New  Jersey,  and  breed  confusion  by  joining 
the  discontented  party  there — "  great  wrath  had  gone  out"  from 
the  Board  of  Trade  against  Gov'r  Belcher,  as  it  was  thought  he  must 
have  had  it  in  his  power  to  quell  the  disturbances — would  keep  a 
watch  upon  the  proceedings  of  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Partridge, 
should  any  attempt  be  made  to  prejudice  the  interest  of  the  Proprie- 
tors— knew  the  Governor  and  his  brother  both  so  well,  that  he  dared 
not  trust  either  of  them.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[2d  Month  (April)  17.  London.  Richard  Partridge  to  Richard 
Smith,  jr.,  Burlington — Enclosed  a  copy  of  the  petition  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  Proprietors  referred  to  in  his  letter  of  April  14th — had  called 
upon  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  and  endeavoured  "  to  take  off  the  edge  of 
his  prejudice,"  and  read  to  him  part  of  Mr.  Smith's  letter  to  him  of 
19th  Feb.,  1747-48 — hoped  the  Assembly  would  vindicate  them- 
selves from  the  charges  brought  by  the  Proprietors.  Copy.  Ruth- 
erfurd MSS.] 

April  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Hill,  enclosing  his  answers  to  the  general  queries  sent  from  the  Board 
of  Trade,  respecting  the  state  of  New  Jersey  in  point  of  its  lo- 
cality, produce,  trade,  commerce,  «fcc.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  6,  G.  24.     Original.     11  folios. 

April  21.    Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 


244  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

of  Trade,  in  answer  to  their  letter  of  the  25th  November,  1748 — 
Sends  transcripts  of  the  Acts,  and  refers  the  Board  to  his  letter  of 
the  22d  of  April  last  year  for  reason  for  passing  them — observations 
in  support  of  the  £40,000  Bills  of  Credit  Act — he  will  make  inquiry 
as  to  the  exports  and  imports  of  N.  Jersey  for  twenty  years  past — 
the  appointment  of  Mr.  Saltar  to  the  Council  is  not  in  harmony  with 
the  Governor's  instructions,  as  it  will  make  seven  Councillors  for  the 
Eastern  Division,  and  five  for  the  Western — he  will  move  the  As- 
sembly to  pay  the  arrears  of  the  late  Gov'r's  salary  to  his  executors 
— sends  six  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  16th  December,  1748,  and 
other  public  papers.  S.  P.  0.,  B,  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  26. 
Original.     10  folios. 

April  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Duke 
of  Bedford,  Seer,  of  State — Sends  the  Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  As- 
sembly, passed  there  in  December,  1748,  and  copies  of  the  Journals 
of  Council  and  Assembly — prays  that  the  Acts  may  receive  the  Royal 
approbation.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Voh  14,  p.  152. 
Original.     2  folios. 

April  22.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  unsettled  state  of  New  Jersey — the  Assembly  pay  no 
regard  to  proper  measures  for  suppressing  the  spirit  of  sedition 
and  rebellion — the  matter  ought  to  be  laid  before  the  King  for  his 
interposition.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey,  Vol.  6,  G.  25. 
Original.     7  folios. 

Similar  letter,  and  bearing  the  same  date,  was  addressed  by  Gov'r 
Belcher  to  the  Secretary  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  14,  p.  275. 

May  10.  A  state  of  facts  concerning  the  riots  and  insurrections 
in  New  Jersey,  and  the  remedies  attempted  to  restore  the  peace  of 
the  Province,  presented  to  the  Board  by  Mr.  Paris,  in  whose  hand- 
writing the  following  note  on  the  back  of  the  document  appears: 

"  The  within  state  of  facts  is  not  drawn  up  now  for  any  particu- 
lar purpose,  but  was  drawn  up  and  afterwards  approved  by  His 
Maj'ty's  Council  in  New  Jersey,  (the  former  part  of  it  in  Jan.  1747, 
(1747-18)  and  the  latter  part  of  it  in  Dec.  1748,)  from  original  pa- 
pers which  had  been  laid  before  the  Council  and  Assembly  there ; 
and  Committees  of  Council  were  appointed,  and  the  within  state  of 
facts  was  ordered  to  be  laid,  by  such  Committees  of  Council,  before 
the  Assembly,  at  free  conferences,  which  were  demanded,  in  order  to 
have  induced  the  Assembly  to  come  into  measures  to  strengthen  the 
hands  of  the  Government  in  New  Jersey."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol  6,  G  15.     Fair  draft.     50  folios. 

[See  January  1748J  and  the  continuation  1749,  June  11.  Mr. 
Paris  to  Mr.  Pownal. 

[May  26.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Had  had  a  hearing  that  day  before  the  Lords  of  Trade  in 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  245 

reference  to  the  riots,  and  had  endeavoured  to  obtain  a  recommenda- 
tion that  the  King  should  instruct  the  Grovernor  to  recommend  to  the 
Assembly  immediate  suppressive  measures,  and  .should  it  be  un- 
heeded, that  the  matter  should  be  laid  before  Parliament — the  Board 
did  not  think  the  Governor  in  earnest  in  his  desire  to  support  the 
King's  authority,  as  they  had  not  received  a  single  letter  from  him 
about  the  riots,  and  were  disposed  to  recommend  the  sending  of  an- 
other Governor,  with  a  salary  paid  there,  "  and  some  independent 
companies  as  at  New  York" — the  whole  Board  averse  to  joining  New 
Jersey  to  New  York — thought  some  one  inimical  to  the  Governor 
had  been  reviving  the  recollection  of  his  proceedings  in  Massachu- 
setts.    Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[May  30.  New  York.  James  Alexander  and  Robert  Hunter 
Morris  to  Ferd.  John  Paris — Had  heard  that  either  Gov'r  Belcher  or 
his  son  was  going  to  Europe — if  so,  Paris  to  be  on  the  watch,  for 
fear  it  should  be  as  agent  for  the  rioters  or  the  Assembly,  against 
the  Assembly,  or  to  procure  the  removal  of  Chief  Justice  Morris — 
the  mandamus  of  Mr,  Saltar  had  been  received — the  appointment 
would  be  of  great  use  to  the  Province,  as  he  was  "  a  man  of  good 
understanding" — they  had  no  hope  of  any  share  in  the  Governor's 
recommendation  in  any  future  vacancies  in  the  Council — it  would  be 
of  dangerous  consequences  to  the  King's  authority  in  New  Jersey 
should  "  a  mob  Assembly,"  such  as  there  then  was,  should  have  the 
recommendation  of  Councillors,  which  they  thought  would  be  the  case 
so  long  as  Mr.  Belcher  was  Governor.  Original  draft.  Ruther- 
furd MSS.] 

[4th  Mo.  (June)  3.  London.  Richard  Partridge  to  Richard 
Smith,  jr.,  Burlington — The  resentment  concerning  the  riots  con- 
tinued to  be  felt  by  the  Board  of  Trade — some  talk  of  ordering 
forces  to  the  Province — state  of  the  paper  currency  bill — had  re- 
cently discovered  in  the  Council  office  "  divers  old  writings"  concern- 
ing the  trial  in  East  New  Jersey  in  1695,  between  James  Fullerton, 
plaintiff,  and  Jeffrey  Jones,  defendant,  on  a  suit  in  ejectment,  which 
he  thought  bore  upon  the  matters  then  in  dispute — sent  copies  of 
several  of  the  papers  (see  Bill  in  Chancery,  p.  44,  &c.,  and  x\uswer, 
p.  29,  for  the  circumstances  of  this  case) — suggested  the  propriety  of 
a  trial  being  submitted  to  in  the  Province,  and  should  the  Proprie- 
tors succeed,  have  the  case  carried  up  to  the  King  in  Council  to  try 
the  validity  of  the  letters — he  would  attend  to  the  matter,  and  was 
not  without  hopes  of  securing  their  object — this  was  a  much  more 
honorable  course  for  the  people  to  pursue,  than  by  tumultuous  pro- 
ceedings incurring  the  danger  of  being  put  down  by  force  of  arms — 
the  course  they  had  pursued  was  "  disgraceful,  and  very  greatly  re- 
sented by  the  ministry."     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  4  and  5.  New  Jersey.  Extracts  of  two  letters  from  New 
Jersey  to  Mr.  Paris,  relating  to  the  riots  and   disturbances  in  the 


246  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

Province,  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Paris,  26tli  July, 
1749.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  28.  Copies. 
3  folios. 

[June  7.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander,  New 
York — Had  forgotten  to  state  in  his  previous  letter  of  26th  May, 
that  the  Lords  of  Trade  thought  Grovernor  Belcher  had  exceeded  his 
powers  in  passing  an  Act  to  pardon  treason,  and  had  offered,  if  he 
believed  it  would  conciliate  the  Assembly,  to  grant  permission  to 
issue  "  a  little  more  paper  money,"  which  he  considered  a  great  con- 
descension, as  the  Board  had  just  introduced  a  bill  into  Parliament 
for  the  suppression  of  all  paper  money  in  America — Lord  Halifax  in 
favour  of  sending  a  strong  force  to  the  Province  sufficient  to  quell  all 
tumults — Mr.  Penn  had  interested  himself  very  much  in  the  matter 
of  the  riots,  but  "the  West  Jersey  Society  had  done  nothing — question 
as  to  the  expense  to  be  incurred  should  forces  be  sent — the  bill  for 
the  suppression  of  paper  money  in  the  Colonies  laid  aside — accounts 
to  be  laid  before  Parliament  at  the  next  session  of  the  amount  issued 
by  each — this  matter  had  been  driven  on  by  "  Alderman  Baker,  as- 
sisted by  a  hot-headed,  violent  man,  one  Crockett,  a  Carolina  mer- 
chant, and  assisted  also  by  Horace  Walpole."  Original  duplicate. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  9.  Letter  from  Mr.  Paris  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pownal,  enclosing 
an  extract  of  a  letter  from  New  Jersey,  showing  the  formidable  state 
of  the  riots  in  that  Province,  desiring  the  same  to  be  laid  before  the 
Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  d.  19. 
Original.     3  folios. 

June  10.  Letter  from  Mr.  Paris  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pownal,  enclosing, 
for  the  information  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  several  papers  lately  re- 
ceived from  New  Jersey,  relating  to  the  rebellion  in  that  Province. 

5.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  20.  Original  (with  en- 
closures.)    17  folios. 

June  11.  Letter  from  Mr.  Paris  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pownal,  trans- 
mitting, for  the  information  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  "  a  second  addi- 
tion to  the  brief  state  of  facts  concerning  the  riots,  &c.,  in  New  Jer- 
sey," being  a  continuation  of  the  state  of  facts  presented  by  Mr. 
Paris  to  the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  10th  of  May,  1749,  down  to  the 
14th  of  April  last,  inclusive.     S.  P.   0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol. 

6,  22  &  23.  The  Letter,  original;  1  folio:  the  Enclosure,  fair 
draft;  26  folios :  27  folios. 

June  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Wm. 
Pitt,  Esq.,  Paymaster  General  of  the  Forces,  and  the  R't  Hon. 
Henry  Fox,  Esq.,  Secretary  at  War,  relating  to  the  demands  of  the 
Northern  Colonies,  on  account  of  an  expedition  intended  against 
Canada,  desiring  them  to  meet  the  Board  on  the  22d  of  the  same 
month,  in  order  to  take  the  above  matter  into  consideration.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.   T.     Plant.  Gen      Vol.  40,  p.  317.     Entry.     5  folios. 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  247 

[June  22.  Newai-k.  David  Ogden  to  Chief  Justice  Morris, 
New  York — Aaron  Ball,  one  of  the  rioters  in  prison,  anxious  to  see 
him — Ball  and  several  others  having  expressed  their  willingness  to 
submit  to  the  laws,  he  suggests  the  propriety  of  holding  a  special 
court  in  Essex  County,  presuming  that  all,  or  nearly  all  of  the  rioters, 
would  voluntarily  present  themselves  for  trial.  Original  copy. 
Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Sent  to  Mr.  Alexander  |by  a  private  hand  (who  was  the  bearer  of 
the  original)  for  his  consideration,  with  the  view  of  obtaining  his 
sanction  before  forwarding  it  to  its  destination.  For  Mr.  Alexan- 
der's answer,  see  below.  For  notice  of  David  Ogden,  see  Field's 
Provincial  Courts,  pp.  182-188.] 

[June  22.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  Board  of  Trade — 
State  of  the  case  concerning  the  origin  of  the  disturbances  in  New 
Jersey,  submitted  in  accordance  with  a  request  of  the  Board.  (See 
July  4th,  1749.)     Original  copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[June  23.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  David  Ogden,  New- 
ark, expressing  his  unwillingness,  under  the  circumstances  he  de- 
tails, to  consent  to  try  any  of  the  rioters  by  a  jury  of  the  County  of 
Essex — if  all  New  Jersey  should  join  the  lioters,  it  would  not  induce 
him  to  advise  such  a  course  without  directions  from  England,  and  he 
doubted  not,  should  they  all  do  so,  the  King  could,  and  would,  re- 
store the  Government  and  laws  in  New  Jersey,  and  make  lasting 
examples  of  those  who  had  rebelled  against  them — should  a  sentence 
of  high  treason  be  pronounced  against  the  rioters,  the  judgment  could 
never  be  carried  out  in  Essex  County.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer. 
of  State  (D.  of  Bedford) — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  of 
his  letters — sends  the  transactions  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
held  at  Burlington — desires  to  be  informed  whether  it  is  true  that 
some  letters  were  sent  home  having  tendency  to  make  an  unfavorable 
impression  of  his  administration — reasons  for  not  joining  with  six  of 
the  Council  in  a  representation  they  made  in  December  last  about 
the  riots  in  New  Jersey — his  loyalty  and  duty  to  the  King — forty 
years  ago  he  was  the  only  English  American  that  had  been  at  the 
Court  of  Hanover.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  14,  p.  276. 
Original.     15  folios. 

June  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Waiting  for  instructions  from  the  King  how  he  is  to  act 
in  the  existing  riots — no  money  in  the  Treasury  to  pay  the  Govern't 
officers — no  hopes  of  the  Assembly's  doing  any  thing  for  the  King's 
service — sends  the  Acts  and  several  public  papers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  33.     Orig'l.     4  folios. 

June  28.  Kensington.  Orde,r.  of  Council  disallowing  an  Act 
of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  December,  1743,  entitled 


248  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

"  An  Act  for  ascertaining  the  fees  to  be  taken  by  the  several  officers 
in  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  34.     Copy.     3  folios. 

[July  1.  Sharon.  Charles  Read,  Seer,  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — The  Governor  anxious  to  have  a  meeting  of  the  Assem- 
bly, in  consequence  of  the  low  state  of  the  Treasury — wishes  the 
opinions  of  Mr.  Alexander  and  Chief  Justice  Morris  as  to  the  proper 
time  for  doing  so.     Originah     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  4.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander,  New 
York — Details  the  progress  made  in  bringing  documents  referring 
to  the  rioters,  &c.,  to  the  notice  of  the  Government — the  difficulties 
in  the  way  of  a  hearing — Lord  Halifax  determined  that  the  fault  shall 
not  lie  at  his  door,  and  should  the  matter  be  much  longer  delayed, 
would  cause  a  representation  to  be  laid  before  His  Majesty  from  the 
Board  of  Trade — the  Board  had  publicly  declared  that  they  saw 
through  the  artifice  of  the  rioters  in  promulgating  the  idea  that  the 
disorders  arose  out  of  a  private  dispute  with  Mr.  A.  and  Chief 
Justice  Morris — they  approved  of  the  reply  made  by  him  and  the 
Chief  Justice  to  the  proposal  of  the  rioters  (to  be  tried  in  Essex  Co., 
see  1749,  June  22d) — their  present  declared  opinion  that  a  new  Gov- 
ernor should  be  sent  over,  and  some  troops  transferred  to  the  Prov- 
ince from  Nova  Scotia — asserts  his  belief  that  the  Governor  had  de- 
ceived Mr.  Alexander  and  his  friends — a  letter  had  been  received 
from  the  Governor,  stating  that  the  disturbances  in  New  Jersey 
were  grown  too  great  for  him  to  quell,  and  praying  the  assistance  of 
the  Government — the  communication  not  satisfactory  to  the  Board — 
attributed  to  information  communicated  by  Mr.  Partridge  of  the 
displeasure  of  the  Board — had  been  asked  by  the  Board  the  cause  of 
the  riots,  which  he  had  answered  in  a  written  document.  (See  June 
22  and  23,  1749.)     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

July  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Richard 
Nevill  Aldworth,  Esq.,  Deputy  Seer,  of  State,  and  a  letter  from  Mr. 
John  Pownal  to  the  principal  Officers  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance,  on 
the  subject  of  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  Northern  Provinces  to- 
wards the  intended  expedition  against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  320.     Entries.     6  folios. 

[July  14.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Charles  Read,  in 
answer  to  his  of  July  1st — He  and  Chief  Justice  Morris  think  it  ad- 
visable to  have  a  meeting  of  the  Assembly  called  speedily.  Original 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

July  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Sir 
Dudley  Rider,  Att.  Gen'l,  and  William  Murray,  Esq.,  Sol.  Gen'l, 
desiring  their  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  five  Acts  of  the  New 
Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  EVbniary,  1747-48.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  181.     Entry.     5  folios. 


1749,]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOB.  249 

July  18.  Whiteliall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Lamb, 
desiring  him  to  reconsider  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  in  January,  1747-48,  and  reported  upon  by  him  on  the  23d 
of  January  last,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  oblige  several  SheriiFs  in  this 
Colony  of  New  Jersey  to  give  security,  and  take  the  oaths  or  affirma- 
tion therein  directed  for  the  due  discharge  of  their  offices,  and  to 
prevent  their  too  long  continuance  therein" — which  Act  appears  to 
be  of  an  unusual  and  extraordinary  nature.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  183.     Entry.    2  folios. 

July  21.  Report  from  Sir  D.  Ryder,  Att.  Gen'l,  and  W.  Mur- 
ray, Esq.,  Sol.  General,  upon  five  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey, passed  there  in  February,  1747-48,  approving  some,  and  object- 
ing to  others.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Voh  6,  G.  27. 
Original.     12  folios. 

[July  19.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  Ja's  Alexander,  New 
York — Lord  Halifax  being  unwilling  to  leave  town  with  business  in 
his  office  unattended  to,  had  sent  for  Mr.  Partridge  and  himself  to 
attend  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  reference  to  the  bill  creating  £40,000 
in  bills  of  credit — his  proceedings  to  screen  the  non-approval  of  the 
Act — Mr.  Partridge's  course  to  procure  its  passage — a  Mr.  Weare, 
who  said  he  had  resided  about  8  years  in  New  Jersey,  and  had  raised 
a  comjjany  there,  and  left  there  about  Feb.  1747,  testified  to  the  ne- 
cessity that  existed  for  more  paper  money  in  the  Colony — the  riots 
made  the  subject  of  another  letter — was  going  that  day  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  get  a  day  fixed  to  be  heard,  respecting  the  division  line 
between  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Original  triplicate.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.] 

[July  19.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Account  of  a  hearing  upon  New  Jersey  matters  before  the  ministry 
on  12th  July — the  Lord  Chancellor,  Dukes  of  Bedford  and  Newcas- 
tle, Earl  of  Sandwich,  Mr.  Pelham,  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
Lords  Halifax  and  Dupplin,  and  the  other  ordinary  members  of  the 
Board  present — lasted  from  before  seven  in  the  evening  until  one  in 
the  morning — the  Board  of  Trade  had  drawn  up  a  statement  of  facts, 
which  they  submitted  to  the  ministry — after  reading  which,  he  was 
called  in  and  examined  for  more  than  an  hour — Mr.  Partridge  in 
waiting,  but  not  called  in — after  he  withdrew,  the  five  great  ministers 
retired  and  held  a  private  conference,  the  result  of  which  he  did  not 
know — another  meeting  to  be  held — the  influence  of  Chief  Justice 
Morris's  sister  and  Mr.  Penn,  if  exercised,  sufficient  to  secure  the  ap- 
pointment of  such  Councillors  as  might  be  desired — the  Lords  dis- 
posed to  bring  about  a  reunion  with  New  York.  Original.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

[July  20.  London.  Copy  of  a  letter  to  a  great  man,  (Richard 
Partridge  to  Lord  D(upplin '?)  giving  an  account  of  the  origin  of  the 
disturbances  in  New  Jersey — The  course  of  the  Assembly — vouching 


250  JONATHAN   BELCHER    GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

for  the  loyalty  of  tlie  people,  notwithstanding  the  riots,  and  stating 
what  he  had  recommended  as  to  having  trials  take  place  in  the  Prov- 
ince, with  the  view  of  appealing  to  the  King  in  Council. 

Copy  from  Partridge's  original  draft,  with  the  words  and  pas- 
sages marked,  as  erased  in  the  original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  21.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — 
Had  that  day  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  which 
he  had  been  summoned — inquiry  made  of  him  as  to  the  reunion  with 
New  York  being  an  adequate  relief  in  the  estimation  of  the  Council, 
&c. — answering  in  the  affirmative — a  preparatory  report  was  being 
prepared  by  the  Board — the  Acts  for  pardoning  the  rioters,  staying 
proceedings,  &c.,  had  been  declared  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  Acts  of 
treason  in  the  Governor,  Council  and  Assembly,  the  assumption  of 
such  powers  robbing  the  Crown  of  its  prerogatives — the  Lords  of 
Trade  had  employed  the  whole  day  in  reading  out  of  their  books  the 
account  of  Bacon's  rebellion  in  Virginia  in  1675,  and  what  was  then 
done — Bacon,  by  actual  force,  compelled  the  passage  of  an  Act  to 
pardon  the  treason  then  committed,  yet  the  King  sent  over  persons 
with  power  to  pardon,  and  who  really  did  pardon  the  Governor, 
Council  and  Assembly — the  treason  of  passing  that  Act,  "  tho'  under 
force" — Mr.  Partridge  had  seen  his  packet  of  19th  put  in  the  letter 
bag  at  the  coifee  house,  so,  if  not  received,  immediate  notice  to  be 
given  him.     Orig'l.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[July  22.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris 
— The  friends  of  the  rioters  having  failed  to  get  a  commission  for  a 
special  court  to  try  the  two  in  prison  at  Newark  "  by  their  fellow- 
rioters  and  relatives,"  "  on  the  15th  inst.,  in  the  dead  hour  of  the 
night,  a  number  of  people,  in  disguise,  came  to  and  broke  open  the 
goal,  and  rescued  the  two  prisoners — by  their  coming  in  disguise,  it 
seems  they  have  got  a  little  more  fear  and  modesty  than  they  used  .to 
have."     Original  draft  (see  Oct.  11-16,  1749.)      Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

July  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  re- 
minding them  of  his  late  memorial,  and  praying  to  report  upon  an 
Act  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Feb.  1747-48,  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
oblige  the  several  Sheriffs  of  that  Colony  to  give  security,  and  take 
the  oaths  and  affirmations  therein  directed,  &c.,"  and  to  recommend 
the  same  to  the  King  for  his  approbation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  31.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  28.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain,  desiring  his,  as  well  as  that 
of  the  other  Mmisters'  opinion,  upon  the  enclosed  paper  containing 
"  proposals  with  regard  to  the  disturbances  in  His  Majesty's  Province 
of  New  Jersey,"  being  the  methods  for  the  surpressing  of  the  disturb- 
ances there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  184.  En- 
tries.    24  folios. 

July  28.     Petition  of  the  President  and  Committee  of  the  West 


1749.]  'JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  251 

New  Jersey  Society  (signed  by  John  Stephenson,  Seer.)  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  presented  by  Mr.  Joshua  Sharpe,  wherein  they  complain  of 
the  riots  and  disturbances  in  that  Province,  and  pray  for  a  speedy 
relief.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  30.  Original 
6  folios. 

July  28.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  the  New  Jer- 
sey Assembly  passed  there  in  Feb.,  1747-48,  entitled  "  An  Act  for 
punishing  the  coiners  and  counterfeiters  of  foreign  coin  passing  cur- 
rent, and  the  counterfeiters  of  bills  of  credit  of  this  Province."  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  194.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Aug.  2.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  (pursuant  to  their 
order  of  the  29th  Oct.,  1748,)  upon  the  petition  of  Mr.  Partridge, 
recommending  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  "  for  making  current 
£40,000  in  bills  of  credit,"  and  the  confirmation  of  an  Act  "  to  pre- 
vent officers  from  taking  exorbitant  fees."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  196.     Entry.     26  folios. 

[A  copy  of  this  in  the  Rutlierfurd  MSS.,  enclosed  in  Letter  of  Mr.  Paris  of 
Sept.  12.] 

[Aug.  7.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  R.  H.  Morris, 
Perth  Amboy — Sending  him  two  letters  from  Mr.  Paris  (see  above, 
April  15  and  May  26) — thinks  it  but  "  fair  that  the  Governor  should 
know  his  danger,  and  be  enabled  to  use  all  rational  means  to  avert 
it  " — alluding  to  the  despotism  manifested  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
to  doubt  his  sincerity  in  his  endeavors  to  suppress  the  riots,  and  to 
recommend  the  appointment  of  another  Governor.  Original  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Aug.  16.  London.  Instructions  from  the  Committee  of  the 
W.  Jersey  Society  to  Henry  Lane,  Lewis  Johnston  and  John  Foye, 
their  agents,  attornies  and  factors  to  manage  their  aifairs  in  N.  Jer- 
sey— Authorizing  sales  of  certain  tracts,  and  directing  arrangements 
with  sundry  individuals.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Aug.  16.  Revocation  by  the  Committee  of  the  West  Jersey 
Society,  of  their  power  of  attorney  to  Joseph  Murray,  Jeremiah 
Lattouch  and  Joseph  Haynes,  granted  Aug.  26th,  1736,  and  Feb. 
10th,  1737.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Aug.  16.  Power  of  Attorney  from  the  Committee  of  the  West 
Jersey  Society  in  England  to  Henry  Lane,  Lewis  Johnston  and 
John  Foye,  authorizing  them  to  sell,  lease,  and  generally  to  do  all 
necessary  acts  in  connection  with  the  lands  of  the  Society — Authen- 
ticated before  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London.  Original.  Whitehead 
MSS.] 

Aug.  19.  Perth  Amboy.  The  power  given  by  the  General 
Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  to  Robert  Hun- 


252  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.        [174:9. 

ter  Morris,  Esq.,  to  act  as  tlieir  Agent  and  Attorney,  in  all  their  af- 
fairs, now  under  the  consideration  of  the  King  and  his  Ministers, 
during  the  residence  of  the  said  R.  H.  Morris  in  Great  Britain. 
Signed  by  And.  Johnston,  Jas.  Alexander,  Sam'l  Leonard,  Samuel 
Nevill,  John  Burnet,  Lewis  Johnston,  Elisha  Parker,  William  Bur- 
net, and  Lewis  M.  Ashfield.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  37.     Original.     5  folios. 

Aug.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
(signed  by  Mr.  Seer.  Hill,)  to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plan- 
tations, enclosing  two  Acts  of  Parliament,  viz.,  an  Act  for  encour- 
aging the  people  called  "  Unitas  Fratrum,"  or  United  Brethren,  to 
settle  in  the  American  Colonies,  and  an  Act  for  the  further  encour- 
agement and  enlargement  of  the  whale  fishery.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol  40,  p.  323.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Sept.  11.  Letter  from  Mr.  Paris  to  Mr.  John  Pownall,  enclosing 
copy  of  letter  received  from  New  Jersey,  informing  him  of  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  riots  in  that  Province  as  late  as  the  15th  of  July, 
1749.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  6,  G.  35.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

[Sept.  12.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander, 
New  York — Enclosed  report  of  Board  of  Trade  against  the  paper 
money  Act,  and  in  favor  of  the  "  Fee  Act " — had  received  his  letter 
of  22d  July,  and  had  sent  copies  to  the  members  of  the  Board,  con- 
ceiving the  facts  communicated  very  important — Lord  Halifax  "  very 
hearty  in  the  affair  "  of  the  riots.      Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  23.  New  York.  James  Alexander  and  R.  H.  Morris  to 
Ferd.  John  Paris — xicknowledge  the  receipt  of  his  letters  of  July 
4th,  19th  and  21st,  and  as  Mr.  Morris  intended  to  sail  for  England 
in  about  a  month,  they  would  have  postponed  rej)lying  to  them,  had 
it  not  been  for  observing  that  he  had  given  the  Ministry  to  under- 
stand that  they  considered  the  re-union  with  New  York  as  an  effec- 
tual remedy  for  the  disturbances  in  New  Jersey — he  had  greatly 
mistaken  their  views — they  were  far  from  thinking  "  the  junction  of 
the  Governments  sufficient  to  restore  peace,  although  it  might  do  to 
preserve  it  when  restored  by  other  means " — wish  him  to  set  the 
matter  right  in  such  a  manner  as  might  be  agreeable  to  himself. 
Original  draft,  partly  written  by  Mr.  Alexander^  and  partly  by  Mr. 
Morris.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Sept.  26.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Duke  of  Bedford,  enclosing  copy  of  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher, 
dated  the  27th  of  June  last,  desiring  to  have  the  same  laid  before 
the  King,  in  order  to  obtain  His  Majesty's  directions  thereupon.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  207.     Entry.     2  folios. 

_  [Sept.  28  to  Oct.  18.  Draft  of  Minutes  of  Council,  "  public  and 
privy."  Original  prepared  by  Mr.  Alexander  for  transmission  to 
England.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCnER  GOVERNOR.  253 

Sept.  30.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Mr.  Lamb  to  tbe  Board 
of  Trade,  pursuant  to  their  Sec'r's  letter  of  the  18th  of  July  past, 
upon  an  Act  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  Jan.,  1747-48, 
entitled  "An  Act  to  oblige  the  several  Sheriffs,  &c.,  to  give  securi- 
ty, &c.,"  which  Act  he  reconsidered,  but  does  not  alter  his  opinion 
expressed  in  the  Report  of  the  23d  Jan.  last,  since  it  appears  to  him 
that  Acts  of  the  like  nature  in  regard  to  Sheriffs  have  passed  in 
some  of  the  neighbouring  Provinces,  which  have  been  confirmed  at 
home.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  36.  Original. 
4  folios. 

[Oct.  11-16.  Perth  Amboy.  Affidavits  of  Daniel  Pierson,  John 
Style,  Eliphalet  Johnson,  John  Johnson,  John  Rolph,  Aaron  Ball, 
Thophilus  Burwell,  Casparus  Pryyer,  John  Chandler  and  Elijah 
Davis,  taken  before  the  Council,  relative  to  the  application  made  by 
the  two  prisoners  in  Essex  County  Jail,  for  a  special  trial,  (see  July 
22,  1749,)  and. in  reference  to  the  number  of  the  rioters,  and  the 
manner  in  which  they  pretend  to  hold  their  lands.  Copies.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Originals  laid  before  the  Council,  Oct.  17th,  1749. 

[Oct.  14.  Newark.  David  Ogden  to  James  Alexander,  Perth 
Amboy — The  drift  of  the  rioters  and  their  friends  to  represent  that 
they  hold  their  lands  under  Indian  titles,  and  that  it  was  to  defend 
their  property  thus  acquired,  against  the  Proprietors,  that  they  en- 
tered into  the  riots,  &c., — proof  could  be  given  that  such  was  not 
the  case — the  bearer  of  the  letter,  Daniel  Person,  (Pierson  ?)  well- 
informed  on  the  subject,  would  testify  that  three-fifths  hold  their 
lands  under  proprietary  titles ;  one-fifth  have  no  pretensions  to  any 
title,  and  these  were  the  chief  destroyers  of  timber,  and  the  other 
fifth  hold  under  Indian  titles ;  but  not  more  than  one-third  first  set- 
tled their  lands  under  an  Indian  title,  and  the  other  two-thirds  pur- 
chased the  Indian  title  within  a  few  years  then  past — the  examina- 
tion of  Mr.  Person  by  the  Council  recommended.  Original.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  18.  Perth  Amboy.  The  proceedings  in  respect  to  the 
arrears  due  to  the  Executors  of  Gov'r  Morris,  on  an  application 
made  on  that  head  by  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey, in  Oct.,  1749.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  50. 
Copy.     40  folios. 

Oct.  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Report  from  Andrew  Johnston,  Esq., 
Treasurer  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  and  Charles  Read,  Esq., 
Seer,  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  upon  the  state  of  the  paper  currency  in  the 
Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  14,  p.  281.  Origi- 
nal.    12  folios. 

[Oct.  23.  New  York.  Affidavit  of  James  Alexander,  to  ob- 
viate the  charges  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  in  their  address  to 


254  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

their  Governor  and  petition  to  the  King.    His  original  draft.    Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  24.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Attended  the  Assembly  for  the  last  three  weeks, 
but  the  whole  session  was  spent  in  dispute  and  contention  with  the 
Council — the  state  of  the  Province  is  worse  than  when  he  wrote  last. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  48.     Original.     2  folios. 

Similar  letter  and  under  the  same  date  was  written  to  the  Duke 
of  Bedford.     See  S.   P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  14,  p.  279. 

Oct.  24.  Boston,  N.  E.  Letter  from  Mr.  Bollan  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  enclosing  (pursuant  to  their  desire,)  proposals  for  the  bet- 
ter execution  of  the  intent  of  the  laws  made  to  secure  and  regulate 
the  Plantation  trade,  and  for  the  more  effectual  prevention  of  any 
European,  Asiatic,  or  other  commodities,  not  shipped  in  Great  Brit- 
ain as  the  laws  require,  being  imported  into  the  Plantations.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  14,  0.  61.     Original.     20  folios. 

[Oct.  28.  Newcastle,  Delaware.  Kob't  H.  Morris  to  James 
Alexander,  New  York — Was  to  go  on  board  the  Carolina,  Capt. 
Stephen  Mesuard,  that  night — "  the  Assembly's  petition  against  us 
is  greatly  laughed  at  here,  and  I  doubt  not  will  be  so  at  home  " — "  I 
hear  the  man  employed  by  Bowes  has  only  verbal  powers,  and  is  a 
very  weak  brother."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  31.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Dep'y 
Seer,  of  State  Aldworth,  desiring  copies  of  orders  which  were  sent 
to  the  American  Colonies,  respecting  the  ai'ming  and  clothing  of  the 
troops  intended  for  the  expedition  against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  40,  p.  326.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Nov.  3.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
praying  for  a  copy  of  Gov'r  Shirley's  objections  to  the  New  Jersey 
and  Rhode  Islifnd  accounts  of  the  expenses  they  were  at  in  the  late 
intended  Expedition  against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  14,  0.  9.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Nov.  7.  Newark.  David  Ogden  to  James  Alexander,  New 
York — The  rioters  had  got  a  petition  signed  by  a  great  number,  to 
be  transmitted  to  the  King,  setting  forth  their  grievances — it  had 
been  given  to  a  friend  of  theirs  at  Burlington,  with  about  £100  in 
cash  to  be  sent  to  the  Agent  of  the  Colony  in  London.  Original. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  23.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  confirming  an  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Feb.,  1747-48,  entitled 
"  An  Act  for  enabling  the  Judges  and  Justices  of  that  Colony  to 
ascertain  and  tax  bill  of  costs,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B;  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  6,  G.  54.     Copy    4  folios. 

Nov.  23.     St.   James'.     Order  of  Council,  declaring  the  disal- 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR,  255 

lowance  of  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An 
Act  for  making  current  £40,000  in  bills  of  credit."  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  53.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Nov.  23.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  disallowing  an  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Feb.,  1747-48,  entitled 
"  An  Act  for  punishing  the  coiners  and  countei-feiters  of  bills  of 
credit  of  this  Province."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6, 
Gr.  55.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Nov.  25.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer. 
of  State — Gave  notice  to  all  His  Majesty's  subjects  in  New  Jersey, 
of  the  general  orders  of  His  Catholic  Majesty  to  all  his  Governors, 
of  the  restitution  of  all  English  prizes.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  14,  p.  282.     Original     1  folio. 

Nov.  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letters,  and 
sends  copies  of  several  public  papers — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
during  the  whole  session,  was  in  dispute  and  contention  with  the 
Council — no  money  in  the  public  treasury,  and  the  officers  of  the 
Government  are  not  paid — the  Assembly  would  enter  into  no  meas- 
ures to  suppress  the  riots — some  smart  orders  must  be  sent  by  the 
King  in  order  to  put  a  stop  to  them — there  is  hardly  a  probability 
of  obtaining  the  payment  of  the  arrears  due  to  the  Executors  of  the 
late  Gov'r  Morris.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  49. 
Original.     7  folios. 

Similar  letter  and  under  the  same  date  was  written  to  Seer,  of 
State.     See  S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  14,  p.  284. 

Nov.  27,  and  Dec.  10.  Extracts  of  two  letters  from  Mr.  Rich- 
ard Smith  to  Mr.  Partridge,  giving  an  account  of  the  proceedings  of 
the  New  Jersey  Assembly — the.  feelings  of  the  people  against  the 
Proprietors — the  reasons  why  the  Assembly  do  not  intend  paying 
the  arrears  of  salary  due  to  the  late  Gov'r  Morris.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  68.     Copies.     10  folios. 

[Nov.  27.  Newark.  David  Ogden  to  Jas.  Alexander — A  riot  had 
been  committed  a  fortnight  before  at  Horseneck — the  house  of  Abra- 
ham Philips  broken  open  and  he  turned  out — a  stack  of  his  oats 
burnt — "  proper  affidavits  of  this  riot  would  be  proper  to  accompany 
our  Assembly's  representation  home  of  the  pacific  spirit  of  the  riot- 
ers."    Original.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[Nov.  28.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  London — Relating  to  the  proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey 
Assembly,  in  reference  to  the  claim  presented  by  the  heirs  of  Gov'r 
Morris.      Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Printed  in  "  Collections  of  New  Jersey  Hist.  See,"  Vol.  IV.  p.  320.] 

[Nov.  29.     Affidavits  of  Thomas  Gould  and  Abraham  Philips, 


256  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

of  the  circiuu stances  attending  the  riot  at   Horseneck.     Certified 
copies.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Fuller  affidavits  of  the  same  persons  before  Judge  Nevill,  bear- 
ing date  Dec.  9th,  are  in  the  same  collection.] 

[Dec.  List  of  papers  sent  by  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hun- 
ter Morris,  to  advance  the  cause  of  the  Proprietors  in  England. 
Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS. 

Most  of  them  specially  noticed  in  foregoing  pages.] 

[Dec.  1.  Newark.  David  Ogden  to  James  Alexander,  N.  York 
— Five  of  the  rioters  at  Horseneck  (see  Nov.  27th,)  had  been  ar- 
rested— Edward  Archer  and  Elisha  Clark  principal  offenders — Jus- 
tices appeared  to  be  in  earnest  in  examining  into  this  affair,  which 
"  seemed  to  shock  the  more  thinking  part  of  the  rioters,"  coming  so 
soon  after  their  petition  to  the  King,  in  which  they  avowed  their 
intention  to  submit  to  the  laws.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Dec.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Hill — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  letter  of  '^he  28th  Aug.  last, 
with  the  printed  copies  of  two  Acts  of  Parliament.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  Gr.  58.     Original.     1  folio. 

Dec.  26.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  duplicate  of  his  former  letter — no  money  in  the 
public  Treasury — the  spirit  of  rioting  continues — sends  affidavits  on 
the  subject  of  those  riots — he  will  consult  with  the  Council,  and 
urge  strongly  upon  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  take  effectual 
measures  to  suppress  them — no  accounts  of  the  exports  and  imports 
were  sent  to  him  by  the  Collectors  of  Perth  Amboy  and  Salem.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  59.     Original.     5  folios. 

Dec.  26.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Seer,  of 
State — Sends  duplicates  of  his  former  letters — no  money  in  the  pub- 
lic Treasury,  and  the  spirit  of  rioting  continues  as  much  as  ever — 
encloses  copies  of  affidavits  to  show  the  state  of  the  Province — he 
will  consult  with  the  Council,  and  urge  strongly  upon  the  Assembly 
to  take  some  effectual  steps  to  put  down  the  riots.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  14,  p.  391. 

Letter,  original,  3  folios  ;  affidavits,  copies,  40  folios ; — 43  folios. 
1T19-50. 

Jan.  4.  Affidavits  of  John  Hackett  and  Charles  Russell,  about 
the  riots  in  N.  Jersey,  committed  on  the  2d  inst. — presented  to  the 
Board  by  Mr.  Morris.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G. 
52  and  G.  64.     Copies.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  (G.  64,)  in  1750,  March  26.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bel- 
cher to  the  Board  of  Trade. 

[Jan.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Walley — Refer- 
ence to  some  person  he  designates  as  "  the  mean  prostituted  Liqui- 
dator," who  had  behaved  unjustly  towards  the  Colonies — "  the  ma- 


1749.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  257 

levolence  of  a  young  gentleman,  lately  gone  "  from  New  Jersey, 
towards  the  Province  and  the  College  (alluding  to  Robert  H.  Mor- 
ris.)    Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  Mr.  Hobby — 
Comments  on  the  character  of  the  late  deceased  Mr.  Remington. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

Jan.  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  the  accounts  of  the  exports  and  imports  of  New 
Jersey,  except  from  the  Port  of  Salem,  the  Collector  of  that  Port 
not  having  made  as  yet  his  report.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  6,  G.  61.     Original.     2  folios. 

Jan.  26.  Burlington.  Proclamation  of  Gov'r  Belcher,  com- 
manding all  the  civil  and  military  officers  of  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey,  to  be  very  vigilant  in  apprehending  any  persons  who  have 
been  concerned  in  the  riots.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  63.     Broadside.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  of 
March  26th,  1750. 

[Jan.  27.  London.  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  James  Alexan- 
der— Comments  upon  the  disposition  of  Lord  Stair's  lands  in  N.  Jer- 
sey by  his  will — the  suspension  of  Mr.  Coxe  from  the  Council 
caused,  he  understood,  from  abusive  expressions  used  towards  the 
Governor — Coxe's  not  applying  to  Mr.  A.  or  himself  for  assistance, 
an  indication  of  consciousness  that  he  did  not  deserve  any  from  them 
— ''  did  you  know  the  man  as  well  as  I  do,  you'd  know  that  no  act 
of  friendship  could  bind  him,  and  that  serving  him  unasked  would 
only  raise  his  opinion  of  his  own  consequence,  and  make  him  more 
troublesome  than  ever  " — had  desired  Mr.  Paris  not  to  interest  him- 
self in  the  matter  either  way — understood  that  the  Board  of  Trade 
intended  to  recommend  Mr.  Wm.  Morris  to  supply  Coxe's  place,  and 
had  endeavored  to  dissuade  them  from  doing  so — New  York  boun- 
dary question,  &c.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Feb.  1.  Power  of  Attorney  from  the  Committee  of  the  West 
Jersey  Society  to  Henry  Lane  and  Lewis  Johnston,  to  be  their 
agents  and  factors  in  the  Province,  and  revoking  their  previous 
power  to  Henry  Lane,  Lewis  Johnston  and  John  Foye,  issued  Aug. 
16,  1749.  Authenticated  before  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London.  Orig- 
inal.    Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  28.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury,  upon  the  account 
of  expenses  incurred  in  the  Northern  Colonies,  on  the  intended  Ex- 
pedition against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  41, 
p.  1.  Entry.  The  whole  report  about  600  folios.  The  New  Jer- 
sey part  about  42  folios. 
17 


268  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1749. 

March  5.  The  memorial  from  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  Esq.,  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Complaining  of  the  conduct  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  in  refusing  to  pay  the  arrears  of  salary  due  to  the 
late  Gov'r  Morris,  his  fother,  and  desiring  relief  therein.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  6,  G.  51.     Original.     3  folios. 

[See  "  Papers  of  Gov.  Lewis  Morris,"  p.  315.] 

March  13.  A  third  addition  to  the  brief  state  of  facts  concern- 
ing the  riots,  &c.,  in  New  Jersey  down  to  Nov.  9,  1749,  presented 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Morris — (see  the  "  Brief  State  of 
Facts,  1749,  May  10,  June  11,")  to  which  are  added  several  affida- 
vits, depositions,  and  other  documents  in  support  of  the  above  state- 
ment. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  38,  39,  40,  41, 
42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47.     Various— about  200  folios. 

1750. 

March  26.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  the  Journals  of  Council  and  Assembly — 
they  have  not  agreed  upon  a  single  thing — the  Assembly  would  not 
even  offer  to  suppress  the  riots — encloses  an  affidavit  about  fresh  dis- 
turbances— a  proclamation  was  issued  which  proved  of  some  service 
— no  money  in  the  public  Treasury — the  Governor  and  the  officers 
were  not  paid  their  salaries  for  the  last  eight  months — the  rioters 
spreading  their  influence  to  such  a  degree  that  the  Legislature  seem 
to  be  stagnated  by  it.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G. 
62.     Original.     4  folios. 

Similar  letter  of  the  same  date  was  written  to  the  Seer,  of  State. 
See  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  15,  p.  1.  Enclosing  affidavits  of  John 
Hackett  and  Charles  Russell,  Jan.  4,  1750,  and  Gov'r  Belcher's 
proclamation,  Jan.  26,  1740. 

March  31.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Enclosing  a  copy  of  a  bill  being  intended  as  in- 
troduction of  a  law  for  levying  taxes  to  rai^e  money  for  the  service 
of  the  Government,  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  Oct. 
and  Feb.  last,  and  each  time  rejected  by  the  Council,  and  desiring 
to  have  the  Board's  opinion  upon  it  for  his  better  guidance  and  di- 
rection.    S.  P.O.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  65,  66. 

Letter,  original,  2  folios ;  bill,  copy,  25  folios — 27  folios. 

April  7.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
enclosing  a  representation  from  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  the 
said  Board,  containing  their  reasons  why  they  refused  to  pay  the  ar- 
rears of  salary  due  to  the  late  Gov'r  Morris  to  his  Executors.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  56.     Orig'l.     9  folios. 

April  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  His  Grace's  (the  Secretary 
of  State's,)  letter  of  the  7th  of  Dec.  last,  with  a  copy  of  the  King's 
order  for  exchanging  any  Indian  prisoners  taken  during  the  late  war ; 


1750.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  259 

which  order  shall  be  punctually  obeyed.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  15,  p.  67.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  3.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  petition  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  complaining  of  the  con- 
duct of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey,  and  soliciting  the  royal 
countenance  of  the  people  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  57.     Orig'l.     22  folios. 

May  29.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Seer's  letter  of  the  26th 
of  Feb.  last,  with  a  copy  of  the  King's  order  to  exchange  the'French 
and  Indian  prisoners,  and  to  redeem  slaves  taken  in  the  last  war, 
and  a  copy  of  similar  order  from  the  French  King — the  exchange 
of  prisoners  was  accomplished  between  the  inhabitants  of  New  Jer- 
sey and  the  subjects  of  the  King  of  the  French.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
West  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  68.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

May  29.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
(signed  by  Mr.  Seer.  Hill,)  to  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing 
printed  copies  of  three  Acts  of  Parliament,  viz.,  an  Act  for  extend- 
ing the  African  trade — an  Act  to  encourage  the  growth  of  silk — and 
an  Act  to  encourage  the  importation  of  pig  and  bar  iron  to  Great 
Britain.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  41,  p.  244.  Entry. 
6  folios. 

June  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  upon  the  "  present "  state  of  N. 
Jersey,  being  an  account  of  the  origin  of  the  Propriety  of  that  Prov- 
ince, of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  riots  and  disorders,  remarks 
upon  the  conduct  of  the  Council  and  Assembly  during  the  said  dis- 
orders— bad  conduct  of  the  Assembly  being  "  an  insult  upon  the 
Crown,"  and  an  injury  to  the  Proprietors,  &c.,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  208.     Entry.     340  folios. 

[June  8.  N.  York.  Capt.  Robert  Roddam,  of  the  Grayhound 
man-of-war,  to  Chief  Justice  Delancey — Regretting  an  accident  re- 
sulting from  a  shot  from  his  vessel  the  day  before — had  ordered  the 
officer  in  command  to  be  put  under  arrest — objecting  to  the  course  of 
the  Chief  Justice  in  arresting  the  gunner's  mate  who  had  fired  the 
gun. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  572.     See  1750,  June  12.] 

[June  9.  New  York.  Chief  Justice  De  Lancey  to  Capt.  Rod- 
dam — Stating  that  in  issuing  the  warrant  for  the  gunner's  mate,  (see 
1750,  June  8,)  he  had  only  discharged  his  duty. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  572.     See  1750,  June  12.] 

[June  9.  New  York.  Capt.  Robt.  Roddam  to  Chief  Justice 
De  Lancey — In  answer  to  the  above — demanding  the  release  of  the 


260  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1750. 

gunner's  mate,  in  order  that  he  might  be  tried  on  board  the  ship  in 
accordance  with  the  articles  of  war,  &c. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  573.     See  1750,  June  12.] 

[June  12.  New  York.  Chief  Justice  Be  Lancey  to  Capt.  Robt. 
Roddam — The  gunner's  mate  (see  foregoing  letters,)  having  been 
committed  upon  an  inquisition  before  the  Coroner,  upon  a  charge  of 
murder  within  the  City  and  County  of  New  York,  and  he  therefore 
could  not  comply  with  his  demand — but  must  leave  him  to  be  de- 
livered by  due  course  of  law.  See  next  letter. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  673.] 

[June  12.  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford 
— Informing  him  of  the  killing  of  the  maid  servant  of  Col.  Ricketts, 
of  the  Jerseys,  by  a  shot  from  the  Grayhound  man-of-war,  she  being 
on  board  of  the  Colonel's  pleasure  boat  with  himself  and  family — 
the  fire  drawn  by  the  boat's  carrying  a  pennant — "  Col.  Ricketts, 
a  hot-headed,  rash  young  man,"  had  declared  before  he  left  the 
wharf,  that  he  would  carry  the  pennant  in  defiance  of  the  man-of- 
war — the  Chief  Justice  had  issued  his  warrant  for  arresting  the  offi- 
cer in  command  of  the  vessel. 

Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  571,  and  see  N.  J.  Hist.  See. 
Collections,  Vol.  IV.  p.  64,  note.] 

[June  12.  New  York  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Duke  of  Bedford— His 
observations  on  the  course  of  Chief  Justice  de  Lancey,  in  relation 
to  the  death  of  Col.  Rickett's  maid  servant.  (See  foregoing  letters.] 
Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  575.  This  affair  caused  a  great  ex- 
citement. The  gunner's  mate,  James  Parks,  was  kept  in  confinement  for  a  month 
or  more,  the  Attorney  General  (Bradley)  declining  to  interfere  for  his  release,  and 
how  the  affair  terminated  is  imcertain.  See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  pp.  583- 
585.  The  Lieut.,  who  was  temporarily  in  command,  the  Captain  himself  having 
been  on  shore,  was  sent  under  arrest  to  England,  there  to  be  tried  according  to  the 
rules  of  the  navy.] 

July  19.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  requiring  an  account  of  the  bounda- 
ries of  their  respective  Provinces  and  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  41,  p.  251.     Entry.     4  folios. 

July  31.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Suspended  Mr.  John  Coxe  from  the  Council  of  N.  Jer- 
sey, for  his  insolent  behaviour  to  the  Governor — the  said  Mr.  Coxe 
determined  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  hinder  the  King's  Governor 
from  having  any  salary — sends  several  affidavits,  letters,  &c.,  rela- 
tive to  the  unjustifiable  conduct  of  Mr.  Coxe.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  70  and  71. 

Letter,  original,  inch  copies,  37  folios.  Similar  letter  of  the 
same  date  was  written  to  the  Seer,  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &, 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  69. 

[Aug.  2.     New  York.      James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter 


1750.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  261 

Morris.  London.  Nothing  new  in  New  Jersey — had  received  a 
summons  to  attend  a  meeting  of  Governor  in  Council  at  Burlington, 
on  26th  July,  but  was  unable  to  attend,  and  therefore  knew  not  the 
cause  of  the  summons — had  placed  Mr.  Dunster's  children  at  school 
at  New  Rochelle — New  York  politics — had  received  a  visit  from 
David  Allen,  the  discoverer  of  iron  ore  on  his  land — Allen's  account 
of  the  navigableness  respectively  of  the  Raritan  and  Delaware — the 
advantages  that  would  be  enjoyed  by  a  furnace  situated  on  his  land, 
over  any  in  New  York,  New  Jersey,  or  Pennsylvania,  known  to  him. 
Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Aug.  3.  New  York.  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Duke  of  Bedford— The 
accident  resulting  from  the  fire  of  the  Grayhound,  was  taken  ad- 
vantage of  by  his  opponents  to  his  prejudice,  Capt.  Roddara  being 
his  son-in-law — informs  him  of  the  arrest  of  the  gunner's  mate,  &c., 
— had  done  nothing  but  to  furnish  the  Attorney  General  with  the 
clause  in  the  instructions  to  the  Governor,  which  removed  such  cases 
from  the  ordinary  jurisdiction  of  the  Province.     See  1750,  June  12. 

Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.   Docts.,  Vol,  VI.  p.  574.] 

[Aug.  9.  Fort  George,  (New  York.)  Letter  from  Gov'r  George 
Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  in  England — Defeat  of  Lewis 
Morris's  election,  through  the  exertions  of  Chief  Justice  De  Lancey 
— the  Chief  Justice's  hostility  to  all  the  Governor's  measures,  and 
to  those  thought  to  be  in  his  interest — solicits  Mr.  M  's  influence 
with  Lord  Lincoln  to  have  the  Chief  Justice  removed.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Sept.  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — Acknowledgment  of  the  receipt  of  his  several  letters  and 
the  Naval  Ofl&cers'  accounts — the  behaviour  of  the  Assembly  with 
respect  to  the  arrears  due  to  the  late  Gov'r  Morris  is  a  libel  upon  the 
Crown — they  justify  many  things  which  have  received  the  King's 
disapprobation — the  conduct  of  the  Assembly  in  the  disturbances  is 
censured — the  state  of  the  afiairs  of  New  Jersey  is  laid  before  the 
King,  and  orders  are  shortly  expected  to  be  issued  to  restore  order. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  345.     Entry.     8  folios. 

[Sept.  5.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert 
H.  Moi-ris,  in  England — Urges  the  continuance  of  his  exertions  to 
"  secure  the  Union  Flag  " — keep  Sir  Peter  (Warren)  out  of  all  Gov- 
ernments, and  to  crush  the  Chief  Justice  (De  Lancey) — hopes  it  is 
not  in  contemplation  to  appoint  him  (Gov'r  C.)  to  the  Government 
of  the  Greenwich  Hospital — uneasiness  occasioned  by  the  conduct  of 
a  nephew,  &c.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  in  England — Adverts  to  matters  in  his  letter  of  Sept. 
5th — would  like  to  be  situated  like  Lord  Albemarle  in  Virginia, 
with  a  Lieut.  Governor — in  that   case  would  appoint  Mr.  Morris — 


262  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1750. 

a  rumour  in  Boston  that  Gen.  Shirley  was  trying  to  get  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  York  and  New  Jersey — encloses  addresses  of  the  As- 
semhly,  &c.,  has  escaped  heing  called  "  rogue  and  rascal " — the  ad- 
dress drawn  up  hy  "  four  vinegar  barrels,  Horsemanden,  Clarkson, 
Jones,  and  Cruger."     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soe.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  22.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Mr.  Cath- 
erwood,  (formerly  his  Secretary,  then  his  Agent,)  in  England — A 
copy  of  the  patent  for  the  Manor  of  Morrisania  sent  over  to  obtain 
a  confirmation  under  the  Great  Seal,  with  a  clause  authorizing  the 
sending  of  a  member  to  the  Assembly.  Orig'l.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[Oct.  1.  New  York.  Letter  from  Cadwallader  Golden  to  Rob- 
ert Hunter  Morris,  in  England — Gov'r  Shirley  thought  to  have  sup- 
planted Gov'r  Clinton  with  the  Ministry- — cautions  him  against  Col. 
Roberts — Gov'r  Belcher,  of  New  Jersey,  had  been  seized  with  pal- 
sy while  attending  the  commencement  of  the  College  at  Newark — 
the  action  of  the  Assembly  of  New  York.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Committee  of  West 
Jersey  Society — Advice  as  to  the  manner  in  which  they  should  dis- 
pose of  their  lands  in  New  Jersey — refers  to  Robert  H.  Morris, 
then  in  London — having  recently  sold  a  plantation  received  from  his 
father,  for  £60p0  sterling,  he,  Morris,  would  be  able  to  respond  to 
their  demands  in  the  suit  in  Chancery  commenced  against  him — be- 
lieved that  he  was  trying  to  get  him  (Belcher)  removed.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

Oct.  26.  Burlington,  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Sec. 
Hill — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
transmitted  to  him  in  Mr.  Hill's  letter  of  the  29th  of  May  last.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  73.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  26.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer. 
of  State — Has  received  His  Grace's  letter  of  14th  April,  enclosing, 
an  Act  of  Parliament  which  he  has  had  published  and  printed  in 
one  of  the  public  papers  of  Pennsylvania,  there  being  no  printing 
press  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  15,  p. 
82.     Original.     3  folios. 

[Oct.  26.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Duke  of  Newcastle — 
Had  received  a  copy  of  the  Act  of  Parliament,  prohibiting  the  erec- 
tion of  slitting  or  rolling  mills  and  forges  in  the  Colonies — to  which 
he  would  conform  himself — had  given  it  publicity  by  having  it  printed 
in  one  of  the  public  papers  in  Pennsylvania,  "  there  being  no  press 
in  this  Province."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Same  as  foregoing. 

[Nov.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Foster — Regrets 
the  animosities  existing  in  the  Legislature,  arising  during  a  former 


1750.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVEKNOR,  263 

administration,  with  which  he  had  nothing  to  do,  but  suffered  from — 
had  not  received  any  thing  from  the  Assembly  for  above  15  months. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Peagrum,  London 
- — A  tremulous  hand  and  other  monitions  remind  him  of  his  mortal- 
ity— harmony  subsisting  between  him  and  the  people  of  the  Prov- 
ince— were  he  to  be  elected,  thought  he  would  get  19  out  of  every 
20  votes — comparison  of  the  situation  of  Philadelphia  and  Boston — 
prefers  the  latter — had  had  no  better  success  than  his  predecessor  in 
suppressing  the  outrages  which  had  been  committed  by  rioters  in  the 
Province.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer. 
of  State — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  on  the  20th  of  Sept. 
— no  provision  was  made  for  the  support  of  the  Government — the 
Assembly  and  the  Council  are  at  variance — the  riots  and  disorders 
continue.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  15,  p.  132.  Origi- 
nal.    2  folios. 

Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  three  Acts  of  Parlia- 
ment which  relate  to  the  Plantations — he  will  do  all  in  his  power  to 
promote  the  Act  for  encouraging  the  importation  of  iron  into  Great 
Britain — sends  certificate  as  to  the  number  of  iron  forges,  &c.,  in 
New  Jersey — the  Assembly  met  on  the  20th  of  Sept., — no  provision 
was  made  to  support  the  Government — the  Assembly  and  the  Coun- 
cil are  still  at  variance — the  riots  continue.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  75.     Original.     5  folios. 

Enclosing  the  following.     [Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Certificate  of  Gov'r«Belcher,  with  other 
papers,  containing  an  account  of  iron  forges,  mills,  engines,  &c.,  for 
slitting  or  rolling  of  iron  in  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  in  obe- 
dience to  an  Act  of  Parliament,  "  to  encourage  the  importation  of 
pig  and  bar  iron  from  His  Majesty's  Colonies,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  76.     Originals.     40  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  foregoing. 

[Nov.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  Newcas- 
tle— Thanks  for  his  "  compassionate  regard  "  which  had  led  him  to 
confer  upon  him  (Belcher)  the  Government  of  New  Jersey,  which 
he  had  endeavored  to  administer  faithfully — misrepresentations  how- 
ever had  been  made  to  the  Board  of  Trade  respecting  him,  in  con- 
nection with  his  having  approved  an  Act  of  indemnity  for  the  riot- 
ers— circumstances  under  which  it  occurred — hopes  he  will  have  His 
Grace's  favor  and  protection.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Hardwicke — 
Denouncing  the  proceedings  of  the  rioters  in  New  Jersey,  and  ad- 
verting to  the  circumstances  detailed  in  the  foregoing  despatch. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


264:  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1750. 

[Nov.  15.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
The  affairs  of  the  Province  would  continue  to  grow  worse  unless 
some  orders  should  be  sent  out  from  the  (xovernment  at  home,  cal- 
culated to  restore  harmony — thinks  the  West  Jersey  Society  wise  in 
endeavouring  to  get  justice  from  one  of  the  heirs  and  Executors  of 
a  man  who  had  abused  them  (Gov'r  Morris  ?) — "  the  young  man  full 
of  malice,"  (Robt.  H.  Morris,)  and  therefore  to  be  watched  at  the 
offices — send  certificates  to  shield  himself  from  blame  for  allowing 
the  members  of  the  Assembly  to  draw  their  pay,  upon  the  certificate 
of  the  Speaker — congratulates  him  upon  his  appointment  to  the 
agency  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut — his  friend  Kinsey  dead,  de- 
sirable therefore  by  correspondence  and  otherwise  to  cultivate  the 
good  will  of  Israel  Pemberton  and  John  Smith,  members  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Assembly.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  15.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer,  of 
State — One  Hoogland,  a  rioter,  has  given  his  possession  to  the 
proper  owners,  and  he  was  released  from  jail — Mr.  Wm.  Morris,  of 
the  Western  Division,  is  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  John  Coxe,  suspended.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  84.     Original.     2  folios. 

Nov.  15.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Received  the  Circular  of  the  19th  of  July  last — cannot 
learn  that  N.  Jersey  has  ever  been  carefully  perambulated  and  sur- 
veyed, or  any  correct  map  made  of  it — submission  of  one  of  the 
rioters — Wm.  Morris,  Esq.,  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Coxe,  suspended.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  74.  Original.  5  folios. 
[Copy  of  this  despatch  in  Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
Appointment  of  Wm.  Morris  as  one  of  the  Council  to  be  secured  if 
possible — "  The  young  gentleman  "  (R.  H.  Morris)  might  oppose  it 
at  the  Board  of  Trade,  on  account  of  his  being  a  Quaker.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  22.  Coldingham,  New  York.  Letter  from  Cadwallader 
Colden  to  F.  Catherwood — Complaints  against  Gov'r  Clinton,  rela- 
tive to  the  Custom-House  duties  in  the  Colony  noticed,  and  the 
Governor  exonerated — young  Mr  Alexander  referred  to  as  reported 
to  have  caused  jealousies  between  the  Gov'r,  Mr.  Catherwood  and 
himself — thinks  Mr.  C.  must  have  been  misinformed,  "  because  I 
take  him  to  be  a  discreet  young  man."  Copy.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.]  ^  ^^ 

[Nov.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Waldron — Com- 
ments upon  Governor  Shirley — and  Massachusetts  afiairs.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

Dec.  5.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 


1750.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  265 

of  Trade — An  account  of  the  boundaries  of  New  Jersey,  in  answer 
to  the  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  19th  of 
July  last — [sends  map  of  the  Provinces  of  New  York,  New  Jersey 
and  Pennsylvania.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  78. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers,  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Dec.  5.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
.Urged  to  exert  himself  to  get  the  money  due  to  New  Jersey  on  ac- 
count of  the  Canada  expedition  into  his  possession,  and  out  of  it  to 
pay  himself — does  not  think  it  proper  for  himself  to  meddle  with  it, 
altho'  he  had  "  a  very  severe  time  of  it"  to  be  constantly  running  into 
debt  for  his  support.       Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  15.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Captain  Dean — Ac- 
knowledges the  receipt  of  an  interesting  history  of  that  part  of  the 
Captain's  life  spent  in  the  service  of  the  Czar — his  acquaintance  with 
the  present  Mrs.  Belcher  commenced  soon  after  his  arrival  in  Eng- 
land— he  left  London  May,  1747 — she  followed  him  the  next  year, 
and  they  were  married  on  9th  Sept.,  1748.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Dr.  Doddridge,  Eng- 
land— His  religious  hopes  and  intentions — regrets  that  he  was  not 
able  to  call  upon  the  Doctor  in  May,  1744,  when  he  was  at  the 
place  of  his  residence — the  entrance  of  Dr.  Stonehouse  into  the 
Church  of  England — the  New  Jersey  College  making  but  slow 
progress — desire  that  the  President  Mr.  Burr  should  receive  a  Doc- 
tor's degree  from  some  institution  abroad — had  written  to  Mr.  Din- 
widdie  at  Glasgow  on  the  subject.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Dinwiddle,  Glas- 
gow— Asks  for  his  favor  to  be  extended  towards  the  Infant  College 
— asks  that  the  degree  of  D.  D.  may  be  conferred  upon  Rev'd  Ebene- 
zer  Pemberton  of  New  York,  and  Rev'd  Aaron  Burr  of  Newark, 
President  of  the  College.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  31.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Samuel  Nevill — 
Compliments  him  upon  his  course  in  relation  to  the  commitment  of 
William  Waller  for  piracy,  and  securing  317  pieces  of  eight — had 
been  told  that  the  Jailor's  wife  had  been  bribed  into  Waller's  escape 
— the  Sheriff  answerable — would  lay  the  affair  before  the  Council. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

1750-51. 

[Jan.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton — To  meet 
the  Assembly  of  the  Province  on  the  2od,  and  would  lay  before  them 
the  propriety  of  joining  in  appointing  Commissioners  to  meet  the  Six 
Nations  of  Indians  at  Albany  in  June.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Jan.  10.  Proposals  (presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr. 
Sharpe)  by  the  British  sugar  planters  and  merchants,  for  preventing 


266  JONATHAIM    BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

"  the  destructive  trade,"  carried  on  by  British  North  America  to  the 
Foreign  Sugar  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15, 
0.  87.     Draft.     10  folios. 

Jan.  11.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
praying  that  Mr.  "William  Morris  may  be  appointed  one  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  agreeable  to  the  recommendation  of  Gov'r  Bel- 
cher, in  the  room  of  Mr.  John  Coxe,  suspended.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  72.     Original.     2  folios. 

Jan.  15.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  to  remove  Mr.  John  Coxe  from  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  and  to  appoint  Mr.  David  Ogden  in  his  place.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  349.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[Jan.  15.  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor  Clinton  to  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  in  London — Investments  ordered  in  the  "  Old  South 
Sea  Annuities" — grief  of  Mrs.  Clinton  at  the  loss  of  Mrs.  Roddam 
(wife  of  Cap't  Roddam  of  the  Navy) — is  waiting  for  his  leave  of  ab- 
sence— does  not  wish  Chief  Justice  DeLancey  to  be  left  in  authority 
during  his  absence — desires  Mr.  Morris  to  think  of  his  suggestion  to 
obtain  the  office  of  Lieut.  Gov'r  until  something  better  should  offer. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Jan.  16.  Letter  from  Mr.  James  Crockett  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  enclosing  proposals  for  the  encouragement  of  making  pot, 
pearl,  and  all  other  wood  or  weed  ashes  in  the  Colonies  in  America. 

5.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  15,  0.  92.     Orig'l.     36  folios. 

[Jan.  29.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher's  Message  to  the 
Council   and    Assembly.      Copy.     Belcher   Papers.] 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  his  son  Jonathan  in 
Ireland — Correcting  some  false  impressions  relative  to  the  emolu- 
ments of  the  Government  of  New  Jersey — he  was  more  than  a 
thousand  pounds  sterling  worse  off  than  when  he  sailed  from  Boston 
for  England  in  1747 — i-eproves  his  son  for  being  too  profuse,  expect- 
ing too  much  assistance  from  him,  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have  met,  but  there  is  no 
hope  of  a  provision  for  the  support  of  the  Govern't  being  made — Mr. 
Richard  Smith,  one  of  the  Council,  is  dead,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Smith  is 
recommended  in  his  stead.     S.   P.  0  ,  B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol. 

6,  G.  79.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Duke  of  Bedford — 
Recommending  Samuel  Smith,  one  of  the  Treasurers  of  the  Province, 
to  be  one  of  the  Council  in  place  of  Richard  Smith,  deceased.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.    N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Samuel  Smith,  subsequently  the  author  of  the  History  of  New 
Jersey.] 


751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  267 

[Feb.  1.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Lords  of  Trade 
— Agrees  with  their  Lordships  in  thinking  the  refusal  of  the  Assem- 
bly to  pay  the  arrears  of  Governor  Morris's  salary  injurious  to  his 
family,  and  disrespectful  to  His  Majesty.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Feb.  2.  Salem.  Letter  from  Mr.  Fraser,  Col.  of  the  Customs 
at  Salem,  to  Mr.  Seer.  Hill,  enclosing  returns  of  the  imports  and  ex- 
ports for  that  port.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G. 
81  &  82.     Orig'l.  Letter,  1  folio  ;  Return,  G6  folios  :  67  folios. 

[Feb.  Draft  of  case  for  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General  by 
Robert  Hunter  Morris,  referring  to  the  power  of  Governor  Clinton 
of  New  York  to  appoint  a  Lieutenant  Governor.  Original.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Feb.  8.  London.  Richard  Partridge  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  in- 
forming him  that  Chief  Justice  Morris  had  interested  himself  to  pre- 
vent the  appointment  of  Wm.  Morris  as  one  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey — (Extract  enclosed  to  Wm.  Morris,  May,  1751.)  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Minot— Refer- 
ences to  Rev'd  Richard  Cooper,  who  had  preached  twice  at  Amboy  at 
his  request — his  opinion  of  him  and  his  brother — there  are  similar  re- 
ferences in  a  letter  to  Col.  Brattle,  under  date  of  Jan,  8th,  1751. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  13.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Prince,  Boston 
— Condolence  on  the  loss  of  his  son — thanks  for  a  sermon  of  Mr.  P. 
on  the  drought — more  fitted  for  "  a  lecture  among  Pious  Philosophers 
than  to  be  preached  to  a  promiscuous  auditory" — thanks  him  for  his 
kind  intention  towards  the  Infant  College.    Copy.    Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  20.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher's  Message  to  the  As- 
sembly, in  answer  to  their  Address  of  the  14th.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Feb.  21.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Assembly,  in 
reference  to  complaints  made  by  them  relative  to  the  improper  exer- 
cise of  the  functions  of  Sheriff  by  John  Riddle  of  Somerset,  and  John 
Deare  of  Middlesex — They  had  been  laid  before  the  Council,  and 
acted  on  by  that  body.     Copy.      Belcher  Papers.]  I 

[Feb.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr,  New- 
ark—  March  28th  named  as  the  day  for  the  provincial  fast — Stephen 
Crane  appointed  second  Judge  of  Essex  County^  and  Cap't  Nath'l 
Johnston  "  put  into  the  commission  of  the  peace."  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Feb.  22.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  General  As- 
sembly— Urging  them  to  the  adoption  of  measures  for  the  support  of 
Government.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


268  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

Feb.  25.  Burlington.  Proclamation  of  Gov'r  Belcher  for  dis- 
solving the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  6,  G.  86.     Broadside.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
April  20th,  1751. 

[Feb.  25.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Philip  Kearny,  Perth 
Amboy — Had  dissolved  the  Assembly  in  consequence  of  their  refusal 
to  provide  for  the  support  of  the  Government — hopes  that  Mr.  K. 
will  come  himself  to  the  next  Assembly,  and  exert  himself  to  send 
good  men  from  the  Eastern  Division.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

For  notice  of  Philip  Kearny,  see  "  Contributions  to  I-2ast  Jersey  History  ;"  and 
for  a  brief  account  of  tlie  actions  of  the  Assembly  at  tliis  session,  see  Gordon's 
Hist.  New  Jersey,  pp.  111-113.] 

[Feb.  28.  London.  Ferdinand  John  Paris  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  in  relation  to  the  powers  of  Governor  Clinton  to  appoint  a 
Lieutenant  Governor.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[March  19.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Woodruffe, 
Elizabethtown — Writes  by  his  wife  and  daughter-in-law,  who  visit 
Elizabethtown  to  examine  the  house  prepared  for  his  residence, 
make   inquiries,  &c.      Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

March  22.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council  directing  Jonathan 
Belcher,  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  to  make  certain  alterations  in  the 
form  of  prayer  for  the  Royal  Family.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  15,  0.  97.     Attested  copy.     3  folios. 

[March  24.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Nevill — 
Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  a  letter  in  answer  to  his  of  the  4th, 
and  asking  for  an  authenticated  copy  of  the  rule  therein  referred  to, 
prohibiting  the  delivery  of  copies  of  indictments  before  the  accused 
parties  appeared  and  pleaded.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

1751. 

March  25.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
praying  that  Mr.  Samuel  Smith  be  recommended  to  the  King  to  be 
appointed  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr. 
Richard  Smith,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6, 
G.  80.     Original.     2  folios. 

March  26.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  King,  recom.mending  Mr.  Lewis  Ashfield  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Richard  Smith,  deceased. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  351.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Belcher — The  state  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey  was  laid 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  269 

before  the  Privy  Council — Mr.  Morris  and  Mr.  Smith,  whom  Gov'r 
Belcher  proposed  to  be  of  the  Council,  are  found  to  have  been  well- 
wishers  to  the  rioters,  and  for  this  reason  not  recommended  to  the 
Royal  approbation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p. 
352.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[April  11.  Philadelphia.  Richard  Peters  to  James  Alexan- 
der— "  The  Hudson  River  Indians  and  those  under  them,  viz.,  the 
several  tribes  of  Jersey  Indians,  are  acknowledged  by  the  Six  Na- 
tions to  have  a  right  to  all  the  lands  on  the  east  side  of  Delaware, 
and  that  their  sales  are  good" — acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Pro- 
prietors' publications — "  to  me  it  appears  that  the  Assembly  do  not 
consult  the  interest  or  reputation  of  the  Province  or  their  own  char- 
acters for  sense,  manners,  or  justice."     Original.    Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[April  11.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Woodruffe, 
Elizabethtown — His  wife  approved  of  the  situation  of  the  house  in- 
tended for  their  residence  in  Elizabethtown — Mr.  W.  to  make  it  as 
commodious  as  the  Governor  could  reasonably  desire — the  hope  of 
better  health  alone  would  incline  him  to  move.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[April  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Governor  Popple — 
Introducing  Rev'd  Mr.  Maltby,  who  was  about  to  take  charge  of  a 
Presbyterian  Congregation  in  his  Government.     Belcher  Papers.] 

April  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — No  Treasurer's  accounts  of  New  Jersey  were  transmitted 
since  1726 — desire  to  have  them  sent  to  the  Board,  together  with 
the  Naval  Officers'  accounts  for  the  year  1749.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  354.     Entry.     2  folios. 

April  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  met,  but  did  not  grant  any  supplies — the 
Council  and  Assembly,  during  the  session,  "  fell  into  indecencies" — 
the  Assembly  dissolved,  and  the  writ  is  issued  for  calling  a  new  one 
— one  William  Waller  imprisoned  for  piracy,  but  escaped  from  jail 
— the  Port  Salem  acc'ts  sent.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  85.     Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  proclamation  for  dissolving  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey, Feb.  25,  1751. 

Similar  letter  of  the  same  date  was  written  to  Seer,  of  State.  See 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.' 88. 

[April  20.     Burlington.     Governor  Belcher  to  Duke  of  Bedford 

Account  of  having  dissolved  the  Assembly — had  issued  writs  for  a 

new  Assembly  to  meet  on  17th  May — Mr.  Waller,  imprisoned  in  the 
jail  at  Perth  Amboy  for  piracy,  had  escaped — 317  dollars  were  in 
the  Provincial  Treasury  awaiting  the  King's  orders — (same  as  fore- 
going.)    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


270  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

April  30.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Mr.  David 
Ogden  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  John 
Coxe,  suspended.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  83. 
Copy.     5  folios. 

April  30.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Mr.  Lewis 
Ashfield  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr. 
Richard  Smith,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6, 
G.  84.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[May  19-2.3.  Fort  George,  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor 
Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris — Comments  upon  the  opinion  of 
the  law  officers  upon  his  power  to  appoint  a  Lieut.  Gov'r — intends 
to  suspend  De  Lancey  before  he  leaves,  in  order  that  the  Government 
may  devolve  upon  another  Lieut.  Gov'r  or  the  President  of  the  Coun- 
cil— alludes  to  the  manner  in  which  De  Lancey  had  influenced  the 
election — is  expecting  the  receipt  of  his  leave  of  absence — the  neigh- 
boring colonies,  "  excepting  Boston,"  had  left  New  York  "  in  the 
lurch"  in  the  meeting  (on  Indian  affairs)  at  Albany.  Original.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher's  Message  to  the 
Council   and   Assembly.      Copy.     Belcher   Papers.] 

[May  22.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Surprised  that  a  gentleman  of  Mr.  Proprietor  Penn's  wisdom 
should  be  deceived  by  "  the  young  man,"  (R.  H.  Morris,)  whose  father 
and  himself  were  hated  by  almost  every  thinking  man  in  the  Province 
— "  his  base  conduct"  towards  himself  owing,  he  thought,  to  the  dif- 
ference between  his  administration  and  that  of  his  father — Mr.  P.  to 
urge  the  appointment  of  Wm.  Morris  as  one  of  the  Cpuncil — to  get 
some  order  from  the  Government  that  might  induce  the  Assembly  to 
provide  for  the  supply  of  the  Treasury — had  not  received  any  thing 
from  the  Province  for  nearly  two  years — glad  to  hear  that  he  had 
received  the  New  Jersey  quota  for  the  expenses  incurred  for  the 
Canada  expedition,  amounting  to  £2231  18s.  4d.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Robert  Hunter  Morris,  in  1754,  was  appointed  Deputy  Governor 
of  Pennsylvania.] 

[May  24.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  (William) 
Morris — Advising  him  to  come  to  Amboy  to  consult  upon  measures 
to  frustrate  the  ill  effects  of  Chief  Justice  Morris's  hostility  in  Eng- 
land against  Mr.  M.  (See  1751,  Feb.  8.)  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[June  1.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  (John)  Smith 
(of  Phil'a) — Comments  on  the  course  of  R.  H.  Morris  in  England, 
and  the  abuse  received  by  him  from  John  Coxe  of  Trenton,  whom 
he  had  suspended  from  the  Council — the  session  of  the  Assembly,  so 
far,  harmonious.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


1761.]  JONATHAN   BELCHER    GOVERNOR.  271 

[June  1.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Earl  of  Plalifax— 
Urging  the  confirmation  of  his  nomination  of  Wm.  Morris  to  be  one 
of  the  Council,  and  commenting  upon  the  course  of  Chief  Justice 
Morris— the  Assembly  then  in  session,  and  rather  better  harmony 
prevailing  between  the  two  Houses.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Enclosed  in  letter  to  Dr.  Doddridge,  1751,  June  3. 

[June  3.  Perth  Amboy.  Governor  Belcher  to  Dr.  Doddridge 
— Encloses  to  him  a  letter  for  the  Earl  of  Halifax,  (see  June  1st,) 
which  he  wishes  him  to  deliver  in  person — feels  clear  in  his  conscience 
from  all  the  charges  that  can  be,  or  may  have  been,  presented  against 
him   for   mal-administration.     Belcher    Papers.] 

[June  3.  Perth  Amboy.  Governor  Belcher  to  Richard  Par- 
tridge— Encloses  to  him  a  letter  for  Dr.  Doddridge,  covering  one  for 
Earl  of  Halifax  (see  1751,  June  1  &  3) — Dr.  D.  has  great  interest 
with  the  Earl — Mr.  Partridge  to  go  to  North  Hampton  to  see  him 
in  person — thinks  it  high  time  they  were  defending  themselves 
"  against  the  false  and  malicious  insinuations  of  the  subtle  young 
man  at  present  on  his  side  of  the  water" — thinks  he  will  do  his  ut- 
most to  prevent  a  mandamus  being  granted  to  Samuel  Smith. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  6.  Perth  Amboy.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Council  and 
Assembly — Transmitting  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Duke  of  Bed- 
ford, informing  him  of  the  death  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  on  20th 
March,  1751,  and  suggesting  an  address  of  condolence  to  the  King. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  7.  Perth  Amboy.  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of 
Bedford — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Treaty  with 
Spain,  signed  5th  October  preceding,  which  he  had  had  published  in 
one  of  the  papers  of  Pennsylvania  for  the  better  information  of  the 
people  of  New  Jersey — circumstances  connected  with  the  shipwreck 
of  a  Spanish  vessel  ou  the  coast  of  North  Carolina,  and  the  subse- 
quent stranding  of  one  of  the  vessels,  on  board  of  which  part  of  the 
cargo  was  placed — the  317  dollars  mentioned  in  a  former  despatch 
(see  1751,  April  20th)  presumed  to  have  come  from  that  vessel, 
&c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Same  as  the  following  letter. 

June  7.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer,  of 
State — The  Treaty  with  Spain  received,  and  ordered  to  be  published 
in  one  of  the  public  prints  in  Pennsylvania — the  afiair  of  Don 
Manuel  de  Bouila  shall  be  attended  to — 317  dollars  were  seized,  sup- 
posed to  belong  to  the  said  Don  Manuel,  and  are  now  in  the  Treasury 
of  New  Jersey — it  was  reported  that  the  ship  which  escaped  with  D. 
Manuel's  55  chests  of  dollars  arrived  at  the  island  of  St.  Thomas, 
and  there  put  himself  under  the  protection  of  the  Danish  Government. 


272  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.      Vol.   15,  p.  124.      Original.      4 

folios. 

[Presumed  to  be  the  same  as  the  foregoing.] 

June  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Secretary  of  State. — The  intelligence  of  the  death  of  the  Prince  of 
Wales  received — the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey  send  their  Address 
of  Condolence  to  the  King,  which  Address  Mr.  Partridge,  their 
agent,  will  deliver.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  15,  p.  153. 
Original.     2  folios. 

[June  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Admiral  Sir  Peter 
Warren — Hardships  attending  his  administration  of  the  affairs  of 
New  Jersey — although  the  Council  and  Assembly  had  quarrelled, 
he  had  managed  to  keep  himself  "  out  of  the  scrape,"  and  stood  well 
with  both  Houses — nearly  70  years  of  age,  and  "  if  God  and  the 
King  please,  should  be  glad  to  die  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey" — refers  to 
an  intention  of  Sir  Peter  Warren  to  purchase  land  in  New  Jersey — 
Mr.  Thomas's  interest  in  Trenton  had  been  purchased  by  Robert 
Lettice  Hooper  for  £2900  sterling — thought  a  good  sale.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— The  Assembly  and  Council  had  agreed  to  a  quota  bill  to  which 
he  had  assented,  and  the  session  had  closed  the  day  before — ten 
new  members  in  the  Assembly,  but  there  were  fourteen  others  dis- 
posed "  to  ruffle  and  disquiet  things" — thinks  that  matters  are  as- 
suming a  more  pacific  character.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  16.  New  York.  John  Ayscough,  Secretary  to  Gov'r 
Clinton,  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris — The  Governor  in  a  dilemma — 
his  leave  of  absence  not  arrived — his  presence  towards  the  end  of  the 
month  required  at  a  meeting  of  Commissioners  at  Albany,  to  consult 
upon  Indian  affairs — Capt.  Roddam,  with  whom  he  wished  to  sail, 
had  received  peremptory  orders  from  the  Admiralty — the  Governor 
had  determined  to  go  to  Albany,  and  to  request  Capt.  Roddam  to 
remain  until  his  return — another  reason  for  his  delay — the  arrival  of 
Hon.  Wm.  Ball  from  South  Carolina,  with  six  Catawba  Indians  on 
the  way  to  Albany — exertions  to  be  made  to  save  Capt.  Roddam 
from  censure.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  16.  John  Ayscough  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris — Dupli- 
cate of  the  foregoing,  with  a  postscript — rumours  received  of  the  ap- 
pointment of  Sir  Peter  Warren  as  Governor  of  New  York.  Orig'l. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton — Re- 
grets that  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  did  not  think  proper  to  co- 
operate in  the  intended  interview  with  the  Six  Nations — had  been 
applied  to  for  a  Protestant  Missionary  to  be  sent  among  the  Sus- 
quehannah  Indians,  who  would  receive  him  could  they  get  the  per- 
mission of  their  "  fathers"  the  Mohawks — suggests  to  Gov'r  C.  the 


1751.]  JONATPIAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  273 

propriety  of  mentioning  the  matter  to  them   during  the  conference. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[For  the  Minutes  of  the  Conference  with  the  Indians  at  Albany  the  ensuin"- 
month,  see  N.  Y.  CoL  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  717.]  "^ 

[June  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Commissioners 
for  treating  with  the  Six  Nations  at  Albany — In  reference  to  the  es- 
tablishing of  a  missionary  among  the  Susqiichannah  Indians — Mr. 
John  Brainard,  brother  to  the  late  David  Brainard,  willing  to  embark 
in  the  undertaking.      Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  20.  ^  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Isaac  Conover, 
Trenton — Notifying  him  of  his  intention  of  quitting  his  house  by  the 
last  week  in  October,  being  about  to  remove  his  residence  to  Eliza- 
bethtown.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  27.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev'd  "Wra.  Tennent 
— His  wife  had  received  a  present  of  books  from  London  for  distri- 
bution among  proper  objects  of  charity  in  the  Church  of  England 

she  wishes  his  "  brother   Thompson"  would  take   the  troubfe  of  at- 
tendmg  to  it  for  her.     Belcher  Papers. 

_  "Brother  Thompson"  is  presumed  to  have  been  the  Rev.  Thomas  Thompson, 
Missionary  from  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Monmouth 
County  from  174:5  to  the  autumn  of  this  year  1751,  and  subsequently  Missionary 
in  Africa.  He  published  "an  account  of  two  Missionary  voyages— the  one  to  New 
Jersey,  in  North  America,  the  other  from  America  to  the  Coast  of  Guinea,  1758."] 

[July  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford — 
Account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Assembly. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  1.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  new  Assembly  met,  and  have  got  over  two  contested 
points,  viz  :  they  passed  two  Acts — "  The  way  and  manner  of  raisino- 
money  for  the  support  of  the  Government,"  and  "  For  paying  the  ai° 
rears  of  Govern't  for  two  years  past" — four  other  Acts  and  some 
public  papers  transmitted — observations  upon  the  Acts.  S.  P.  0  , 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  88.     Original.     5  folios. 

[Presumed  the  same  as  the  one  above  noticed.] 

[July  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Hardwicke — Al- 
though the  then  present  Assembly  was  better  than  the  last,  suggests 
an  order  from  the  Crown  directing  the  passage  of  an  Act  for  the  sup- 
pression of  rioting  as  likely  to  do  good.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers. 

[July  3.  Governor  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — Relating  to 
Provincial  affairs  requiring  his  attention.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

July  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Lamb — 
Desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  six  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  Dec,  1748,  four  other  in  March,  1749, 
and  a  Militia  Act  passed  in  Feb.  last.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey. Vol.  15,  p.  355.  Entry.  6  folios. 
18 


274  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVEKNOR.  [1751. 

July  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations — Enclosing  three  Acts 
of  Parliament  passed  in  the  last  session,  viz — "  An  Act  to  continue 
premiums  upon  the  importation  of  masts,  &c ;"  "  An  Act  to  regu- 
late and  restrain  paper  bills  of  credit,  (fee.  ;"  "  An  Act  for  encour- 
aging making  potashes  and  pearlashes,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  179.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[July  10.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Colonel  Brattle — 
Thanks  for  his  attention  in  advising  him  relative  to  his  tremulous- 
ness — the  Legislature  could  not  be  persuaded  to  do  any  thing  for 
the  College — the  Trustees  had  determined  to  send  the  Rev'd  Ebene- 
zer  Pemberton,  of  New  York,  to  solicit  donations  on  "  the  other 
side  of  the  water" — the  "  extraordinary  gifts"  of  President  Burr. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  16-17.  Minutes  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the 
County  of  Middlesex,  held  at  Perth  Amboy,  July  term,  1751. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

July  30.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  instructions  for  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  in  ac- 
cordance with  their  report  upon  the  state  of  aifairs  of  that  Province. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  87.     Orig'l.     9  folios. 

[Aug.  1.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr.  Oliver 
— Had  seldom  seen  any  good  result  from  the  dissolution  of  Assem- 
blies, but  his  recent  experience  had  been  favorable — he  was  not 
without  fears,  however,  but  that  there  would  continue  to  be  some 
bickerings  between  the  Council  and  Assembly.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Aug.  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr — 
Hears  that  Mr.  Pemberton  intends  to  embark  for  London  on  his  re- 
turn from  a  trip  to  Boston  (see  July  10,  1751) — the  Assembly  to 
meet  on  the  4th  September,  so  that  he  would  not  be  able  to  attend 
the  Commencement — thinks  that  "  Princetown"  the  best  place  for  the 
location  of  the  College — New  Brunswick  had  been  mentioned.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

Aug.  5.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge,  agent  for  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Presenting  several  testimo- 
nials in  favor  of  Mr.  William  Morris,  who  was  recommended  by 
Gov'r  Belcher  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  but  set  aside, 
and  another  gentleman  appointed — desiring  to  know  the  grounds  of 
objection,  and  praying  to  nominate  the  said  Mr.  W.  Morris  to  the 
next  vacancy  in  the  said  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  6.     Original,  2  folios ;  Enclosures,  14  folios  :  16  folios. 

[Aug.  6.  List  of  the  Lords  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honorable 
Privy  Council  present  at  the  Committee  when  the  affairs  of  New 
York  were  considered.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  275 

[Aug.  Captain  Henry  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  relating 
to  the  measures  taken  to  prejudice  his  father's  interests.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Aug.  London.  Draft  of  a  letter  from  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
to  Lord  Lincoln — Desiring  his  influence  to  prevent  the  appointment 
of  another  Governor  for  New  York — Customary  for  Governors  to 
visit  and  reside  in  England,  and  still  retain  their  offices,  as  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Virginia,  Hunter  of  New  Jersey,  and  Shirley  of  Massachu- 
setts.    Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Aug.  8.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lords  of  Trade — Their 
Lordships  had  been  deceived,  if  made  to  believe  that  Messrs.  Morris 
and  Smith,  recommended  for  the  Council,  were  friendly  to  the  rioters — 
considers  it  both  "  unkind  and  unjust"  to  make  any  animadversions  ' 
upon  his  course  in  nominating  those  gentlemen — the  rejection  of 
three  gentlemen  nominated  by  him  not  the  best  method  of  "  cement- 
ing union  and  harmony  between  the  Governor  and  the  Council" — 
he  understands  that  their  Lordships  had  recommended  to  the  King 
Mr.  (David)  Ogden  and  Mr.  (Lewis  Morris)  Ashfield,  both  of  the 
Eastern  Division,  altho'  the  viicancies  were  in  the  number,  of  right, 
to  be  appointed  from  the  Western  Division — had  he  done  so,  he 
would  have  been  justly  censurable,  as  his  instructions  required  him 
to  have  six  from  each  division — by  the  course  pursued  by  their  Lord- 
ships, there  would  be  ten  Councillors  from  the  Eastern,  and  only  two 
from  the  Western  Division — believing  that  some  malevolent  person 
has  been  misrepresenting  him — asks  to  have  him  made  known,  that 
he  may  have  an  opportunity  to  vindicate  his  honour — it  was  what 
their  Lordships  would  expect.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Aug.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letter  of  the  27th 
of  March  last,  and  is  surprised  to  find  so  foul  an  accusation  brought 
against  Mr.  Morris  and  5lr.  Smith  as  being  favorers  of  the  rioters — 
the  Governor's  recommendation  ought  to  go  before  any  other — the 
Council  now  is  ill-appointed — his  character  and  reputation  are  as 
dear  to  him  as  they  can  be  to  any  other  gentleman.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  95.     Original.     9  folios. 

[Same  as  foregoing.] 

Aug.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State — The  Board  of  Trade  have  lately  rejected  his  nomination 
for  filling  up  vacancies  of  Councillors  in  the  Western  Division  of  New 
Jersey,  and  have  recommended  others,  supposed  to  have  been  named 
by  young  Mr.  IMorris,  which  is  an  infraction  upon  the  Constitution 
and  upon  Royal  orders — this  step  may  blow  up  a  great  flame,  and 
give  the  King's  Ministers  great  trouble — Mr.  Partridge  will  lay  the 
matter  before  the  Seer,  of  State  more  fully.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  192.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.]  * 


276  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

[Aug.  14.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Hill — In  answer  to  an  application  for  the  accounts  of  the  New  Jersey 
Treasury  since  1726,  none  having  been  received  by  the  Lords  of 
Trade  since  that  year,  and  also  Naval  Officers'  reports  since  1749 
— promising  their  transmission  as  fiir  as  may  be  practicable.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  16.  Burlington.  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr.  Chamberlayne 
— All  reports  of  his  neglect  in  writing  to  the  Duke  of  Bedford  or 
to  the  Lords  of  Trade  unfounded,  and  attributed  to  E..  H.  Morris — 
inquiries  relative  to  one  John  Waller,  who  had  represented  himself 
as  once  a  journeyman  of  Mr.  C.'s.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Aug.  17.  Perth  Amboy.  Bill  of  indictment  found  against 
Lewis  Morris  Ashfield,  Esq.,  at  a  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature,  held 
at  Perth  Amboy,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  in  New  Jersey,  for 
"  damning  the  King's  laws,"  swearing  in  a  profane  manner,  and  other 
riotous  behaviour.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  97. 
Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Oct.  21,  1751. 

[Aug.  18-23.  Flatbush.  Letter  from  Governor  Clinton  to 
Robert  Hunter  Morris — Sir  Peter  Warren — the  rumour  of  his  ap- 
pointment to  be  Governor — its  origin — had  appointed  Mr.  Chambers 
second  Judge,  in  place  of  Mr.  Philips,  deceased,  and  recommended 
him  as  a  Councillor,  in  place  of  Stephen  Bayard  (see  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  VI.  pp.  727-28) — the  dissatisfaction  of  De  Laucey — had  in- 
sisted upon  the  confirmation  of  Horsmanden's  suspension — wanted 
Brant  Schuyler  to  succeed  him — repented  not  having  gone  to  Eng- 
land with  Cap't  Iloddam — Duke  of  Newcastle  prejudiced  against 
him — Morris  having  succeeded  in  getting  his  nephew  Ashfield  and 
Ogden  appointed  Councillors  in  New  Jersey,  it  had  refuted  the 
stories  of  one  Wraxall,  that  he  was  without  influence  in  England — 
Morris,  "  tho'  not  capable  of  biting,  shows  his  teeth" — Murray's 
course  in  relation  to  an  Indian  boy — his  insolence — a  desire  expressed 
to  bring  him  "  a  peg  lower" — Mr.  Bradley  Att.  General,  dead — Mr. 
Smith  appointed  in  his^place — disappointment  of  De  Lancey — was 
at  Flatbush  with  his  family,  living  as  merrily  as  possible.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Aug.  20.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
David  Ogden  and  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield,  recommended  as  Council- 
lors by  the  Board  of  Trade,  said  to  be  tools  of  James  Alexander  and 
Rob't  H.. Morris — surj-rised  that  Partridge  had  not  remonstrated  to 
the  Secretary  of  State  in  his  behalf— fearful  that  the  course  of  the 
Lords  of  Trade  will  excite  further  confusion  in  the  Province.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Lubly — Relative 
to  a  Professorship  of  the  Dutch  language  in  the  College — No  funds 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  277 

applicable  to  the  purpose — suggests  raising  money  in  Germany  for 
the  College,  with  the  view  of  carrying  out  his  views,  uniting  Mission- 
ary services  among  the  Dutch  with  the  Professorship.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Aug.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Jonathan  Hampton  to  James  Alex- 
ander— Gives  an  account  of  the  public  reading  of  the  answer  of 
the  Elizabethtown  people  to  the  Proprietors'  Bill  in  Chancery, 
whicli  he  had  heard  the  day  before — comments  upon  the  reflec- 
tions upon  the  character  of  himself  and  father  which  it  contained 
(see  printed  Answer,  p.  42)— two  boats  had  been  sent  to  Burlington 
for  Gov'r  Belcher's  goods — prays  "  the  Lord  may  send  his  habeas 
corpus  and  discharge  our  borough  of  such  a  heavy  load  of  honour,  as 
our  people  call  it — to  have  a  numei'ous  train  of  Bostonians  whining, 
praying  and  canting  continually  about  our  streets,  from  such  evils  de- 
liver us."     Original.     Butherfurd  MSS.] 

[About  Sept.  1.  Draft  of  a  letter  from  from  Mr.  Catherwood  to 
Lord  Lincoln — Recommending  Mr.  Morris  as  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New 
York — letter  partly  drafted  by  Mr.  Morris  himself  Original.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  3.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
Sends  him  an  indictment  which  had  been  found  against  Lewis  Morris 
Ashfield  at  the  last  term  of  the  Supreme  Court — did  not  think 
that  Ashfield  would  present  his  mandamus  as  Councillor  before  the 
indictment  should  be  tried,  which  would  not  be  before  March — should 
he  do  so,  he  would  not  admit  him  to  a  seat,  and  would  give  the  in- 
dictment as  a  reason.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  5.  Draft  of  a  letter  from  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  Lord 
Lincoln — Governor  Clinton  had  not  arrived — as  Lord  L.  had  pro- 
posed his  appointment  as  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  York,  wishes  the  mat- 
ter acted  on,  and  he  would  immediately  leave  for  New  York.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  10.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belchei'  to  Mr.  Hazard,  Burling- 
ton— Sent  by  Mr.  Hatfield,  who  had  come  from  Elizabethtown,  to 
assist  in  getting  his  furniture  removed  thither — wants  anotlier  sloop 
of  about  30  or  40  tons  to  complete  the  matter.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Sept.  (10.)  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council  and  Assembly — Mes- 
sage on  the  opening  of  the  session.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  12.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  James  (New 
York  ?) — Sends  for  some  dry  goods,  and  "  you  will  not  forget  a 
Dutch  girl  for  my  wife  " — engaged  in  putting  his  clothing  and  fur- 
niture on  board  of  three  small  sloops  to  take  them  round  to  Eliza- 
bethtown— wishes  to  know  what  the  insurance  would  be  on  the  ves- 
sels.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


278  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

[Sept.  14-17.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Rob- 
ert Hunter  Morris — Refers  to  changes  in  the  Ministry — letter  from 
the  Duke  of  Bedford  to  him  exhibits  "  spite  " — Col.  Roberts  had 
written  that  he  was  to  have  an  appointment  from  Lord  Halifax — 
Roberts  likely  to  favor  De  Lancey  with  the  Duke  of  Newcastle — 
regrets  not  having  sailed  with  Roddam.  Orig'l.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[Sept.  16.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Bartram,  bota- 
nist—Thinks  a  bill  of  Mr.  B.'s  exorbitant — "  £5  this  currency  an 
ample  satisfaction  for  your  collecting  out  of  the  woods  what  I  de- 
sired " — "  Dukes  and  such  great  men  might  play  with  their  money 
as  they  chose."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  19.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Woodruff,  Eliz- 
abethtown — The  men  "  with  the  coach  and  the  cows,  and  the  three 
sloops,  with  what  they  have  on  board,"  to  leave  that  day — his  daugh- 
ter (Mrs.  Elizabeth  Teale,)  would  soon  be  in  Elizabethtown  to  assist 
in  unpacking — (she  left  Burlington  Sept.  2od.)  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

Sept.  24.  Burlington.  Message  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Lewis  Morris  Ashfield,  relating  to  his  unfitness  to  be  admitted  to  sit 
at  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  owing  to  the  bill  of  indictment  found 
against  him  for  "  damning  the  King's  laws."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  98.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[A  copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.]  Enclosed  in  letter  from 
Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  Oct.  21,  1751. 

Sept.  Perth  Amboy.  Five  affidavits  to  the  effect  that  Mr. 
Lewis  Morris  Ashfield  "  damned  the  King's  laws,"  and  spoke  disre- 
spectfully about  the  Governor  and  his  Council — (presented  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Morris,)  [more  probably  by  Mr.  Partridge.] 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  101.     Copies.     18  folios. 

[Sept.  24.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  James,  N.  York 
— "  My  wife  thinks  the  girl  very  dear,"  (see  1751,  Sept.  12) — 
Sam'l  Smith  had  bought  one  for  her  the  year  before  15  years  old  for' 
6  3'ears,  for  £15 — his  wife,  however,  had  so  good  an  opinion  of  his 
judgment  that  she  desired  the  girl  to  be  sent.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Sept.  24.^  Flatbush.  Letter  from'Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hun- 
ter Morris — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  letters,  &c., — had  re- 
ceived visit  from  the  Alexanders,  Kennedy,  and  "  abundance  of 
friends," — encloses  part  of  a  New  York  Evening  Post,  containing 
an  article  upon  De  Lancey.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  26.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
— Intelligence  bad  been  received  that  he  had  been  appointed  Lieut. 
Gov'r,  but  no  letters  having  come  to  hand,  doubts  it.  Orig'l.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  279 

[Sept.  30.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Dr.  Cadwallader — 
"  The  ingenious  Mr.  Franklin,  who  is  a  connessieur  "  in  such  mat- 
ters, having  recommended  "  electrification  "  for  his  paralytic  disor- 
der, (tremulousness,)  pi'oposed  to  visit  Burlington  in  person,  and 
bring  his  apparatus  with  him,  he  asks  Dr.  C.'s  advice  as  to  the  pro- 
priety of  the  application.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  2.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr — Mor- 
tified to  hear  that  Mr.  Pemberton's  projected  visit  to  Great  .Britain, 
on  account  of  the  College,  had  fallen  through — suggests  that  Presi- 
dent Burr  should  go  himself — "  if  the  fear  of  the  small  pox  is  not 
too  great  an  obstacle  " — desires  him  to  "  pillow  this  matter,"  and 
let  him  have  his  answer.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[The  small  pox  in  England  had  been  particularly  fatal,  and  Americans  had 
suffered  greatly  from  that  and  other  diseases.  Dr.  Chandler  in  his  "  Appeal  to  the 
Public  m  Behalf  of  the  Church  of  England,"  p.  39,  asserts  that  one-Hfth  of  all 
who  had  gone  to  England  for  ordination  up  to  1767,  had  died,  or  been  lost  at  sea.] 

[Oct.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Dr.  Cadwallader — Re- 
lating to  the  projected  trial  of  electricity  for  his  palsy  symptoms — 
wishes  Dr.  McGraw,  then  in  Philadelphia,  to  be  consulted — con- 
cluded to  try  electricity — would  be  70  years  old  the  next  8th  Jan- 
uary— commonly  drank,  "  besides  water  and  small  beer,  about  half 
a  bottle  of  old  Madeira  a  day."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  7.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Benj.  Franklin,  Phila- 
delphia— Thanking  him  for  his  offer  to  visit  Burlington,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  trying  the  effect  of  electricity  upon  him  to  relieve  his  trem- 
ulousness.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Hill — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  three  Acts  of  Parliament, 
sent  him  12th  (qr.  9th,)  July  last — desires  to  have  copy  of  an  Act 
of  Parliament  for  altering  the  present  "  Stile  "  in  all  writings.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey     Vol.  7,  H.  1.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Oct.  14.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
Urging  him  to  be  strenuous  in  his  exertions  to  rescue  the  character 
of  Wm.  Morris  and  Samuel  Smith  from  the  injurious  insinuations  of 
Ft.  H.  Morris — notices  the  report  of  the  appointment  of  a  Lieut, 
Gov'r  for  New  York — "  much  good  may  he  do  them,  and  I  hope  this 
Province  may  be  quit  of  the  plague  of  him  "  (Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris)— the  Assembly  had  been  sitting  about  a  month — very  uncertain 
whether  they  would  pass  the  bill  providing  for  the  Government, — ex- 
pected to  be  in  his  house  in  Ellizabethtown  in  about  a  month.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct,  17.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Woodruff,  Eliza- 
bethtown — Regrets  to  Icarn  that  one  of  the  vessels,  laden  with  his 
efiects,  had  carried  the  small  pox  to  Elizabethtown — hopes  that  it 
may  not  spread.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


280  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751, 

Oct.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Mr.  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield  was  refused  admittance  to  sit 
in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  as  the  King's  Attorney  General  laid 
before  the  Governor  a  bill  of  indictment  against  him  "  for  damning 
the  King's  law  " — Mr.  Ashfield  declined  pleading,  and  called  "  the 
King's  Governor  "  to  an  account  for  his  conduct  in  not  admitting 
him  to  sit  at  the  Board — [depends  on  their  Lordships'  approbation, 
or  otherwise  "  Government  must  be  turned  Topsy  Turvy,  and  An- 
archy and  Confusion  must  Insue."]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  6,  G.  96.     Original.     6  folios. 

[A  copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.]  Enclosing  Bill  of  Indict- 
ment against  Mr.  Ashfield,  Aug.  17,  1751,  and  Gov'r  Belcher's  Mes- 
sage to  Mr.  Ashfield,  Sept.  24,  1751. 

[Oct.  22.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  General  Assembly 
— Their  course  in  sending  a  bill  to  him  which  had  been  before  the 
Council,  and  returned  to  them  with  amendments,  &c.,  irregular. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Oct.  22.  Burlington.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  James 
Alexander  to  Mr.  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  giving  an  account  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  with  respect  to  the 
support  bill,  and  in  Ashfield  and  Ogden  affairs — the  petitions  were 
sent  to  the  Assembly  in  favor  of  Wm.  Harris  and  Samuel  Smith, 
and  against  Ashfield  and  Ogden,  signed  by  about  400  names,  mostly 
the  leading  rioters,  and  by  Morris  and  Smith  themselves — observa- 
tions upon  the  said  petitions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
6,  G.  107.     Copy.     26  folios. 

[Oct.  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge — 
Encloses  a  copy  of  his  "  reprimand  "  of  the  Council  (see  the  follow- 
ing)— the  Assembly  had  that  day  adjourned  after  a  session  of  six 
weeks,  without  making  any  provision  for  the  support  of  the  Govern- 
ment.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  23.  Burlington.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council — Cen- 
suring them  for  their  course  in  relation  to  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield — 
it  was  I." an  unwarrantable  freedom" — greatly  surprised  that  they 
should  be  so  "  Extreamly  fond  of  power  and  void  of  good  manners, 
in  Assuming  to  yourselves  to  intermeddle  w'th  matters  wh'h  is  quite 
out  of  y'r  Province  and  jurisdiction."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.]^ 

Oct.  23.  Whitehall  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade. to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Council,  enclosing  draft  of  additional 
instructions  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  agreeable  to  the  direc- 
tions contained  in  the  Order  of  Council,  of  the  30th  of  July  last. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  350.     Entry.     13  folios. 

Nov.  2.  Deposition  of  Samuel  Tucker,  Jr.,  made  before  Rich- 
ard Saltar,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  as  to  the  char- 
acter of  Mr.  Wm.  Morris,  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 


1751,]  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  281 

for  the  County  of  Huntingdon,  giving  several  instances  of  Lis  dis- 
honest practices  (presented  to  the  B.  T.  by  Mr.  Morris.)  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  102.     Copy.     14  folios. 

[Nor.  4.  ElizabethtoAvn.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Benj.  Franklin — 
Regrets  that  Mr.  F.'s  engagements  had  prevented  his  coming  to 
Burlington  with  his  electrical  machine — thanks  him  for  an  offer  of 
his  machine  with  directions  for  its  use,  which  he  would  he  glad  to 
have  sent  to  him.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Andrew  Johnston, 
Treasurer — Had  arrived  at  Elizabethtown  on  1st  inst., — "  heart 
whole,  tho'  money-less  " — wishes  him  to  remove  the  difficulty  as 
soon  as  he  can.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

^Nov.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Nevill — En- 
quiring whether  the  refusal  of  Thomas  Barton  to  furnish  him  with 
a  copy  of  the  indictment  of  Lewis  M.  Ashfield,  was  warranted  b}' 
law  or  by  any  rule  of  Court.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer,  of 
State  Lord  Holdernesse — Congratulates  his  Lordship  on  his  appoint- 
ment as  Principal  Seer,  of  State — on  account  of  the  imhealthy  sit- 
uation of  Burlington  he  removed  to  Elizabethtown — the  readiest 
conveyance  of  despatches  to  New  Jersey  will  be  by  ships  from  Lon- 
don to  New  York — Mr.  Partridge,  Gov'r  Belcher's  brother,  trans- 
acts all  his  business  at  home.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
15,  p.  193.     Original.     4  folios. 

Nov.  4.  Bellville,  N.  J.  Certificate  of  Joseph  Warrell,  Esq., 
the  Att.  Gen'l  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  effect  that  Mr.  Samuel  Tucker 
(see  1751,  Nov.  2,  Dep.  of  Samuel  Tucker)  is  a  man  of  good  under- 
standing, of  probity  and  veracity.  (Presented  to  the  B.  T.  by  Mr. 
Morris.)  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6,  G.  103.  Origi- 
nal.    2  folios. 

[Nov.  11.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Did  not  begrudge  or  envy  the  new  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  York  his 
appointment — Partridge  right  in  using  his  best  endeavours  to  pre- 
vent the  Lord  Chancellor's  being  influenced  by  his  (Morris's)  inter- 
meddling with  the  affairs  of  New  Jersey — care  to  be  taken  to  have 
his  nominations  for  the  Council  confirmed — desirable  that  some  then 
in  office  should  be  removed — while  so  many  of  them  continued  to  be 
such  large  landed  Proprietors,  he  expected  nothing  but  confusion  in 
the  Government.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  18.  Elizabethtown.  GovV  Belcher  to  Benj.  Franklin, 
Phila. — Wishes  his  electrical  apparatus  to  be  sent  to  Mr.  Sanmel 
Smith,  at  Burlington,  with  the  request  that  he  would  forward  it  to 
Mr.  John  Deare,  at  Amboy.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  18.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  "Wm.  Mor- 


282  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

ris — Enquiring  into  the  cireunistanees  of  an  altercation  between  his 
son  Wm.  Morris,  Jr.,  and  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield,  which  liad  oc- 
curred during  the  sitting  of  the  Supreme  Court  at  Burlington. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  21.  Trenton,  N.  J.  Affirmation  of  Mr.  Wm.  Morris,  Jr., 
of  Trenton,  in  the  County  of  Hunterdon,  in  New  Jersey,  Attorney 
at  Law,  (a  Quaker  by  persuasion,)  respecting  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  Ash- 
field's  rude  treatment  of  the  King's  Grovernor — (a  very  amusing  nar- 
rative of  Mr.  Ashfield's  violent  conduct,  with  regard  to  Mr.  Morris 
himself,  as  well  as  with  regard  to  the  volley  of  abuses  heaped  by 
him  upon  the  Grovernor — told  in  a  style  of  simplicity  peculiar  to  the 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  7,  H.  14.     Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Sept.  15,  1752. 

Nov.  (21.)  New  Jersey.  Recognizance  of  Mr.  Lewis  Morris 
Ashfield,  (himself  in  fifty  pounds,  and  Mr.  John  Coxe  in  twenty- 
five  pounds  proclamation  money,)  to  keep  the  peace,  and  to  appear 
at  the  next  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature,  to  be  held  at  the  City  of 
Perth  Amboy,  to  answer  to  such  matters  as  shall  be  objected  against 
him  by  AVm.  Morris,  Jr.  S.  R  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7, 
H.  15.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Sept.  15,  1752. 

[Nov.  25.  Elizabethtowm  G-ov'r  Beleher  to  Judge  Wm.  Mor- 
ris— Relative  to  the  altercation  between  Judge  Morris's  son  and  L. 
M.  Ashfield — affidavits  to  be  obtained — condoles  with  him  on  the 
death  of  Richard  Smith.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Benj.  Franklin, 
Phila. — Thanks  him  for  the  promised  visit  from  the  electrical  ma- 
chine— for  a  copy  of  "  Mr.  Peters  Ingenious  Sermon  upon  the  Edu- 
cation of  Youth  *  *  *  the  Christian,  the  Divine,  and  the  Polite 
G-entleman  being  toucht  thro'  the  whole  discourse  in  an  easy,  hand- 
some manner" — and  for  his  idea  of  an  English  school.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  26.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
— Had  dissolved  the  Assembly — high  time  they  were  "  sent  about 
their  business  " — refers  to  some  of  their  acts — Chief  Justice  De  Lan- 
eey  and  others  plotting  against  Mr.  Morris,  to  prevent  his  being  ap- 
pointed Lieut.  Governor — Wraxall,  the  "  little  dirty  dog  "  going 
home — his  son,  Henry  Clinton,  had  purchased  a  commission  as  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  Guards  for  £1250  ;  £900  the  highest  ever  paid — en- 
closes the  Post  Boy  containing  the  Assembly's  address.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  28.     New  York.     Letter  from  Gov'r   Clinton  to  Robert 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  283 

Hunter  IMorris — Humors  put  in  circulation  by  Oliver  Dc  Lancey,  of 
the  death  of  the  Duke  of  Newcastle,  and  the  termination  of  the 
Pelham  interest,  &c.,  to  affect  the  elections.  Orig'l.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[Dee.  2.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Att'y  General  War- 
rell — Pleased  with  his  course  to  obtain  testimony  adverse  to  L.  M. 
Ashfield,  in  the  matter  of  the  altercation  with  Wm.  Morris,  Jr., — 
the  whole  matter  should  be  kept  "  a  dead  secret  "  at  least  till  after 
Christmas.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Chancellor 
Ilardwicke — Repelling  the  accusation  that  he  had  in  any  way  shown 
any  ftivor  to  the  rioters — Gov'r  Morris  during  the  whole  of  his  ad- 
ministration had  not  been  able  to  quell  the  disturbances,  and  had  not 
been  blamed  by  the  Ministers — it  was  "  very  hard  "  that  he  should 
be  so  unjustly  rebuked  for  their  continuance — had  used  his  best  ex- 
ertions to  harmonize  matters  between  the  Council  and  Assembly — 
exonerates  Mr.  Partridfre  from  having;  encourao-ed  the  rioters — com- 
plains  of  the  slight  shown  him  by  not  confirming  his  nommations  for 
the  Council — the  impropriety  of  the  appointment  of  L.  M.  Ashfield 
— proposes  a  Commission  of  Inquiry  into  the  affairs  of  the  Province, 
and  proposes  James  De  Lancey,  Chief  Justice  of  New  York,  Thos. 
Fitch,  Dep.  Gov'r  and  First  Judge  of  Connecticut,  and  llichard 
Salstonstall,  Fii'st  Judge  of  Mass.,  as  proper  persons  to  compose  the 
Commission — would  be  pleased  to  send  his  Lordship  some  plants — 
apologizes  for  his  prolixity,  and  adds  a  postscript  of  half  a  page,  to 
say  that  R.  H.  Morris's  insinuations  about  his  keeping  open  the  dif- 
ferences between  the  Council  and  Assembly  Avere  base,  silly  and  false. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  Elizabethtown.  Govt  Belcher  to  llichard  Partridge — 
Reminds  him  of  his  advice  two  years  before,  not  in  any  way  to  be 
concerned  for  the  rioters — encloses  to  him  the  foregoing  letter  from 
him  to  Lord  Hardwieke,  to  be  read,  then  sealed  and  delivered — 
Sal^n  would  not  have  been  called  the  Father  of  Lies,  had  he  never 
wandered  farther  from  the  truth  than  when  he  said  "  Skin  for  skin, 
and  all  that  a  man  has  will  he  niive  for  his  life  " — regard  for  his  life 
had  alone  actuated  him  in  removing  from  Burlington — no  evil  likely 
to  result  from  his  removal  in  consequence  of  Elizabethtown  not  be- 
ing the  capital  of  either  Province.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.]        • 

Dec.  7.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  James  Alexander  to  Mr. 
Robert  Hunter  Morris,  containing  observations  upon  some  parts  of 
the  Minutes  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  relative  to  the  state  of  the 
Council  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  6, 
G.  108.     Copy.     12  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
— Sends  copy  of  letter  to  him  from  Cadwallader  Colden,  dated  Nov. 
28th — comments  upon  the  agent,  Mr.   Charles — regrets  that  Lord 


284  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1751. 

Granville  opposed  Mr.  Morris's  appointment — thinks  it  the  under- 
hand work  of  Sir  Peter  Warren,  through  Admiral  Rowle}' — Row- 
ley's obligations  to  him  (Gov'r  C.,) — should  Mr.  3Iorris  not  succeed, 
hopes  he  will  advocate  the  appointment  of  Dr.  Golden — does  not 
wish  to  have  to  suspend  De  Lancey — refers  to  some  action  of  the 
Assembly  in  reference  to  his  leaving  the  Colony.  Original.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Dec.  12.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer, 
of  State  Lord  Holdernesse — Transmits  Journals  of  Council  and 
Assembly,  and  eight  several  Acts  passed  in  N.  Jersey  in  Sept.  and 
Oct.  last — the  Council  and  Assembly  are  still  at  variance — no  mo- 
ney in  the  Public  Treasury — the  Governor  and  officers  were  not  paid 
for  the  last  two  years  and  a  half — the  orders  from  the  King  to  put 
a  stop  to  the  riots  are  eagerly  expected.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  15,  p.  194.      Original     5  folios. 

Dec.  12.  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield  is  to  have  his  trial 
upon  the  indictment  in  March  next — the  indecent  manner  in  Avhich 
the  Council  treated  the  Governor  in  the  Ashfield  affair — Ashfield 
called  the  Governor  "  a  damned  rascal " — Mr.  Ogden  presented  his 
mandamus,  but  not  sworn  in  yet — the  Council  and  Assembly  are 
continually  at  variance  about  the  bill  for  raising  a  tax — no  money 
in  the  Treasury — the  Governor  and  officers  have  not  been  paid  for 
the  last  two  years — sends  several  public  papers — the  seat  of  Gov- 
ernment removed  to  Elizabethtown,  the  situation  of  Burlington  be- 
ing unhealthy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  2.  Orig- 
inal.     12  folios. 

[A  copy  of  tliis  in  the  Belcher  Papers.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS  ] 

[Dec.  16.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Exertions  to  be  used  to  have  Ashfield  set  aside  and  "Wm.  Morris 
recognized  as  d  Councillor.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Repeating  his  cautions  against  Partridge's  having  any  thing  to  do 
with  the  rioters — would  take  care  to  make  known  to  the  Assembly 
how  basely  he  (P.)  had  been  treated  by  the  Council.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

•  [Dec.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Haliftix — 
Cautioning  him  against  any  endeavors  on  the  part  of  R.  H.  Morris 
to  palliate  his  nephew's  (L.  M.  Ashfield)  "  bold  and  impudent  mis- 
conduct."    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Benj.  Franklin — 
Had  received  the  electrical  apparatus,  but  on  opening  the  box  "  the 
glass  globe  was  broke  all  to  pieces  " — "  a  great  misfortune  to  me  in 
the  delay  of  what  I  desired  to  be  done  " — had  tried  to  get  another 
in  New  York  without  success — asks  where  one  can  be  obtained. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 


1751.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  285 

Dec.  19.  Extract  of  a  letter  from  Mr.  James  Alexauder  to  Mr. 
Hobert  Hunter  Morris,  coutaining  remarks  upon  the  Gov'r  Belcher's 
conduct  in  appointing  several  officers  in  the  Province  of  New  Jer- 
sey without  the  advice  of  the  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  I>.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  6,  G.  109.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[Dec.  23.  New  York.  John  Ayscough  (Gov'r  Clinton's  Secre- 
tary) to  Robert  Hunter  Morris — Governor  Clinton  had  been  ill — 
still  unable  to  write — Mr.  Catherwood  to  consult  with  Mr.  Morris 
about  "  Wraxall's  aff"air" — matters  of  diiference  with  Lord  Holder- 
nesse  in  relation  to  an  appointment  of  Town  Clerk  for  Albany — 
"  C(hief)  J(ustice)  Billy  Walton,  Oliver  (De  Lancey)  and  H.  Cruger," 
had  met  to  propose  representatives — Walton  would  have  thrown  a 
bottle  at  the  Chief  Justice  had  he  not  been  prevented — H.  Cruger 
told  the  Chief  Justice  that  he  took  leave  both  of  him  and  politics. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1752. 

Jan.  10.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  of  Mr.  Lamb  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  in  favour  of  four  Acts  of  New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  March, 
1749,  and  one  Act  in  February,  1750.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  7,  H.  43.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Jan.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Brattle,  Mas- 
sachusetts— The  electrical  experiment  which  he  had  tried  "  over 
and  again"  had  not  resulted  in  any  benefit,  but  he  intended  to  perse- 
vere— Mr.  Pemberton  had  not  been  able  to  go  to  Scotland  on  ac- 
count of  the  opposition  made  by  his  people  in  New  York,  a  great 
disadvantage  to  the  College,  as  their  friends  in  Scotland  were  expect- 
ing some  such  agent  to  visit  them  on  behalf  of  the  Institution — be- 
lieves it  would  have  been  salutary  to  the  Colonies  had  the  Act  of 
Parliament  "  entirely  damned  all  paper  currency"  in  America. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Jan.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Bisnj.  Franklin — 
Had  made  some  use  of  the  rest  of  the  (electrical)  apparatus,"  (see  Dec. 
18,  1751,)  with  Mr.  Burr's  assistance,  several  times  without  any  al- 
teration in  the  state  of  his  nervous  system — Mr.  Burr  having  a  simi- 
lar apparatus,  and  allowed  him  to  use  it,  he  returned  Mr.  F.'s  "  with 
a  great  many  thanks  *  * — very  sorry  for  the  mischance  it  met  with." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Jan.  21.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors 
of  all  Plantations  in  America,  requiring  them  to  cause  all  the  old 
laws  to  be  revised,  and  in  lieu  thereof  to  form  a  body  of  new  laws  ; 
also  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors  of  the  Proprietary  and 
Charter  Governments  to  transmit  authentic  copies  of  all  their  laws 
now  in  force.  Copy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0. 
102.     Original.     7  folios. 

[Jan.  21.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  John  Alford, 


286  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

Massachusetts — Thanks  him  for  the  generous  and  noble  example  he 
had  set  in  heading  a  subscription  for  the  College.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers. 

A  donation  of  £100.  See  Steam's  First  Church  in  Newark,  pages  18G,  188 — 
Note.']  ' 

[Jan.  21.  Governor  Clinton  to  Kobert  Hunter  Morris — Mr. 
Chambers  to  run  against  Oliver  De  Lance}' — prospects  of  the  election 
in  different  counties.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Wm.  Smith,  New 
York — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  "  two  of  Parker's  paper,"  con- 
taining a  speech  which  he  had  thought  a  genuine  production  of  a 
Creek  Indian,  and  intended  to  send  copies  to  England — learns  from 
Mr.  S.  that  its  author  was  Wm.  Livingston.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Jan.  24.  Appointment  of  John  Chambers  to  be  one  of  the 
Council  of  New  York,  in  the  room  of  Stephen  Bayard.  Copy.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  28.  Perth  Amboy.  Gov'r  Belcher's  Message  to  the 
Council  and  Assembly  on  opening  the  session.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

Jan.  30.  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Kob't  Hunter  Morris  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  state  of  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey — causes  of  disagreement  between  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  6,  G.  99.     Original.     20  folios. 

Feb.  4.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  re- 
lating to  the  state  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  in  proportion  to 
both  divisions  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  6,  G.  94.     Kough  draft.     10  folios. 

[Feb.  12.  Perth  Amboy.  Message  from  Governor  Belcher  to 
the  Council  and  Assembly  on  the  adjournment — Thanking  them  for 
the  alacrity  and  despatch  they  had  exhibited,  and  for  the  support  of 
the  Government  which  they  had  provided.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Feb.  14.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew  Mr. 
Foye,  Mass'ts — The  General  Assembly  just  terminated,  the  most 
peaceable  and  comfortable  that  had  been  held  since  he  had  been  in 
the  Province — had  provided  for  the  support  of  Government,  after 
having  made  him  live  nearly  three  years  by  running  in  debt.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr — 
Eefers  to  a  conversation  had  with  him  at  Perth  Amboy,  relative  to 
certain  exercises  which  the  President  had  countenanced  in  the  Col- 
lege, which  he  was  fearful  might  "  take  a  wrong  turn  in  the  world," 
(not  particularly  specified,)  and  might  be  considered  by  those  inimi- 


1752.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  287 

cal  to  them,  "  in  some  sort,  a  prostitution  of  our  little  daughter,  of 
whose  reputation  and  character  we  must  be  as  tender  as  CfBsar  was 
of  his  wife's."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  17.  Elizabeth  town.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Nevill — 
Desiring  him  to  issue  a  special  search  warrant  to  be  used  for  discov- 
ei'ing  counterfeiters'  tools  in  the  North  Valley,  in  Lebanon  Town- 
ship, Hunterdon  County — two  men,  Joseph  Hornbaker  and  James 
Tulford,  having  been  arrested  at  Elizabethtown  for  passing  counter- 
feit dollars.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Feb.  19.  Letter  from  Governor  Clinton  to  Eobert  Hunter 
Morris — Exertions  to  be  used  to  have  Mr.  Smith  confirmed  in  the. 
offices  of  Att.  and  Advocate  General  in  England — great  encourage- 
ment would  be  given  the  faction  should  he  be  debarred  the  privilege 
of  nominating  civil  officers — an  application  to  be  made  to  Mr.  Pel- 
ham  for  the  payment  of  Col.  Johnson's  salary  out  of  the  quit  rents — 
determined  to  suspend  Chief  Justice  De  Lanccy  before  leaving  for 
England,  but  was  in  doubt  how  to  do  it — Captain  Cosby  had  orders 
to  carry  him  home — desires  an  account  of  Catherwood's  investments 
on  his  account — had  £8000  thus  invested — election  over — strong 
opposition  every  where.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Feb.  25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Clinton — 
Introducing  two  Mohawk  Indians,  who  represented  themselves  as 
having  come  from  a  great  distance  to  wait  upon  him — having  no  in- 
terpreter, he  could  not  fully  understand  the  object  of  their  visit. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

March  7.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  at  Perth  Amboy, 
and  pretty  unanimously  passed  an  Act  for  the  support  of  Govern- 
ment, and  for  the  payment  of  public  debts  to  the  21st  of  Nov.  next 
— the  public  papers  are  to  be  sent  by  the  next  conveyance.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.    T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  3.     Original.     2  folios. 

Similar  letter,  and  of  the  same  date,  was  written  to  the  Seer,  of 
State — [copy  in  Belcher  Papers.]  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  15,  p.  201. 

March  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors  in 
America,  that  they  do  for  the  future  transmit  particular  accounts  of 
their  proceedings  in  their  respective  Governments  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  only.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0.  105. 
Original.     12  folios. 

March  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  additional  instructions  for  the 
Governors  of  the  Colonies  and  Plantations  in  America  as  to  their 
more  accurate  transmitting  accounts  of  all  their  proceedings,  and  of 
the  condition  of  affairs  within  their  respective  Governments.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  286.     Entry.     9  folios. 


288  JOXATBAN"   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

Marcli  12.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  a  draft  of  instructions  to  the  Gov- 
ernors in  America,  directing  them,  jointly  with  the  Councils  and  As- 
semblies, to  revise  the  laws  now  in  force  in  each  Province,  and  in  lieu 
thereof,  to  frame  and  pass  a  new  and  well-digested  body  of  laws, 
taking  care  that  a  clause  be  inserted  in  each  law  to  prevent  its 
taking  effect,  until  His  Majesty's  pleasure  can  be  known.  S.  P.  0., 
E.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  291.     Entry.     11  folios. 

March  12.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  complaining  of  the  improper  publication 
made  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  of  their  Lordships'  Order 
issued  in  consequence  of  the  Board's  report  of  the  1st  of  June,  1750, 
upon  the  affairs  of  that  Province,  as  also  that  the  said  Assembly 
make  a  claim  to  exclude  Council  from  making  any  amendments  to 
money  bills.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  365. 
Entry.     15  folios. 

March  13.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  Grovernors  in  America,  enclosing  copy  of  an  Order  of 
Council  of  the  11th  instant,  containing  regulations  and  the  conduct 
of  the  Governors  and  other  officers  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  300.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[March  11-14.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris — The  faction  had  carried  their  point  in  most  places — expects 
the  Assembly  will  be  impudent — he  will  "  soon  send  them  about  their 
business" — had  only  received  two  letters  from  the  new  Secretary  of 
State,  and  both  of  them  removed  friends  to  make  room  for  enemies — 
Smith  not  allowed  to  retain  the  office  of  Attorney  General — pleased 
at  the  idea  of  having  his  power  to  appoint  Chief  Justice  Be  Lancey 
(which  he  had  done)  called  in  question — Capt.  Cosby  would  not  be 
ready  to  leave  before  June — refers  to  the  prorogation  of  the  Assem- 
Ibly — displeased  with  Catherwood's  letters.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[March  14.  Duplicate  of  letter  from  Governor  Clinton  to  Robt. 
Hunter  Morris,  with  postscript — Desires  letters  during  his  absence 
to  be  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Council — had  been  advised  not 
to  meet  the  Assembly,  the  spreading  of  the  small-pox  sufficient  ex- 
cuse— had  prorogued  them  until  April  20th.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist, 
Soc.  MSS.] 

IMarch  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Hill  to  Mr. 
Lamb,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  several  Acts  passed 
by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  June  and  October,  1751.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  371.     Entry.     6  folios. 

[March  20.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  William  Pear 
tree  Smith,  New  York — Introducing  his  son-in-law,  James  Teale,  and 
wife,  who  were  to  sail  for  London  with  Capt.  Bryant.     Copy.     Bel- 
cher Papers.] 


1752.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  289 

[March  22.  Elizabetlitowii.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Wm. 
Morris,  expressing  his  surprise  that  his  son  had  not  obtained  some 
avaihable  testimony  from  Salem,  relating  to  his  altercation  with  L. 
M.  Ashfield.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[March  24.  Perth  Amboy.  James  Alexander  to  R.  H.  Morris, 
London — Communicating  the  result  of  the  trial  of  Mr.  Ashfield  (ap- 
pointed one  of  the  Council)  for  assault  and  battery — acquitted — a 
formal  demand  to  be  made  of  the  Governor  on  10th  May  for  his  ad- 
mission to  his  seat,  which  had  not  been  done  in  consequence  of  the 
pending  trial — circumstances  connected  with  a  suit  against  one  of  the 
"  Indian  Purchase"  claimants — Judge  Read  sat  in  place  of 'Judge 
Nevill — Simon  Wickoff,  Captain  of  the  Ten-mile  Run  rioters,  present, 
and  afterwards  arrested  for  high  treason.  Original.  Rutherfurd 
MSS.] 

(March.)  Notes  of  Mr.  Warrell,  Att.  Gen'l  of  New  Jersey,  upon 
the  trial  of  Mr.  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield — By  a  "  nice  distinction  in 
law,"  he,  Mr.  Ashfield,  was  acquitted  of  that  part  of  indictment  of 
speaking  the  identical  words,  but  reprimanded  for  his  irregular  and 
outrageous  behaviour  towards  a  sworn  Constable — the  evidence 
shows  sufficiently  clear  that  Mr.  Ashfield  is  not  worthy  of  a  seat  in  the 
Council — "  his  gross,  vulgar,  and  unseemly  language  to  the  Consta- 
ble at  first  he  mistook  to  be  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  such  as — You, 
Mr.  Black  Jacket,  are  you  not  a  pretty  Devil  of  a  Justice,  d:c."  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  16.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
Sept.  15,  1752. 

March  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Eirl  of  Holdernesse  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Explains  new  powers  granted  to  the  Board  as 
regards  the  appointment  of  officers,  &c.,  in  the  Plantations — encloses 
a  copy  of  the  Order  of  Council  of  11th  March,  and  a  copy  of  the 
Circular  Letter  of  30th  March,  directed  to  all  the  Governors  in 
America,  in  pursuance  of  the  said  order.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  15,  0.  107.     Original     20  folios. 

[April  7.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  London — The  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  had  agreed  to  join 
with  the  Proprietors  (Messrs.  Penn)  of  Pennsylvania,  in  bearinw  the 
expense  of  a  suit  brought  by  the  latter  against  the  occupant  of  some 
land  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State — 1500  acres  of  rights  had  been 
sold  to  bear  the  expense  of  Elizabethtown  suit — a  rumour  current 
that  James  Parker,  (the  printer,)  who  had  become  a  Proprietor,  had 
been  seized  by  the  rioters  when  surveying  lauds  near  the  Blue  Hills, 
and  kept  a  prisoner  in  reprisal  for  Simon  Wickoff,  (see  March  24th, 
1752,)  and  had  threatened  to  make  similar  reprisals  for  all  who 
might  be  arrested — did  not  believe  the  rumour.  Original  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[April  ?  Letter  from  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  Govt  Clinton — 
19 


290  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

Keferring   to  investments   made  by    Catlierwood   on    his  account. 
Original  draft.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[April  ?  Request  of  Governor  Clinton  for  the  Government  at 
Home  to  order  the  President  of  Council  to  assume  the  chief  authority 
in  New  York,  when  he  shall  leave.  Original  draft.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[April  8.  Elizahethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Young  Ashfield  had  been  tried  upon  his  indictment,  and  "  clear'd 
by  a  nicety  in  law,"  although  every  body  thought  him  guilty  of  the 
fact  charged  (see  1752,  March  24th,  and  previous  entries) — had  been 
told  that  Commissioners  were  coming  from  England  to  inquire  into 
the  affairs  of  the  Province.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

April  8.  Elizahethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  public  papers  relating  to  the  late  session  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  at  Amboy — the  accounts  of  the  sev- 
eral Treasurers  of  the  Province  are  not  yet  received.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  4.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.]  Similar  letter  of  the  same 
date  was  written  to  the  Seer,  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  205. 

[April  11.  Elizahethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Andrew  John- 
ston and  Judge  Nevill,  Perth  Amboy — Understanding  that  Simon 
Wickoff,  committed  to  the  Perth  Amboy  jail  for  high  treason,  was 
likely  to  be  rescued  by  his  friends — he  calls  upon  them  to  aid  the 
jailer  in  resisting  every  such  attempt.  See  1752,  March  24.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  11.  Elizahethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Edward  Antill, 
New  Brunswick — Relating  to  an  order  for  a  quantity  of  beer  to  be 
brewed  for  him,  with  directions  as  to  the  time  when  it  should  be 
done,  &c.,  "  for  you  must  know  if  I  indulge  my  taste  in  any  one 
thing  more  than  another,  it  is  in  malt  drink."  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[April  12.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
— Fears  he  will  not  get  away  before  June — ■"  the  faction  "  very  as- 
siduous in  spreading  false  reports — the  small  pox  spreading — was 
about  leaving  the  city.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

April  14.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  for  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations  in 
America,  conformable  to  the  Order  of  Council  of  the  11th  of  March 
last,  touching  their  corresponding  for  the  future  with  the  Board  of 
Trade  only.  S.  P.;0.,B.T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  15,  0.  111.  Copy. 
3  folios. 

April  14.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  for  the   Governors  of  the  Plantations  in 


1752.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  291 

America,  to  cause  the  laws  in  force  in  the  said  Plantations  to  he  re- 
vised, and  to  form  a  body  of  new  and  well  digested  laws  in  lieu 
thereof.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0.  112.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

April  14.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Judge  Nevill — In 
relation  to  the  rescue  of  Simon  Wickoff  from  the  Amboy  jail — the 
Sheriff  (Deare)  negligent,  and  the  jailer  culpable  in  having  allowed 
Wickoff  to  absent  himself  from  the  jail  for  three  days  together — 
approving  of  the  Judge's  plan  for  Wickoff's  recovery.  (See  1752, 
May  1.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  14.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.  Read — Di- 
recting him  to  convene  the  Council  at  an  early  day,  in  consequence 
of  the  rescuing  of  Simon  AVickoff  from  the  Amboy  jail  the  day  be- 
fore.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[April  24.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Gentlemen  of 
the  Council — Laying  before  them  the  rescue  of  Wickoff  from  jail, 
and  asking  their  advice  as  to  calling  the  Assembly  together.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers. 

As  anly  three  of  the  members  attended  nothing  was  done — (see  May  1,  17j)2.)] 

April  15.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  with  four  Acts  of  Parliament,  viz., 
an  Act  for  regulating  the  commencement  of  the  year — an  Act  for 
encouraging  the  growth  of  coffee  in  America — an  Act  for  putting 
an  end  to  certain  doubts  relating  to  the  alteration  of  wills — and  an 
Act  to  amend  an  Act  for  regulating  the  commencement  of  the  year. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  310.     Entry.     4  folios. 

April  17.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Samuel  Nevill,  Esq., 
one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey,  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  being  a  summary  of  the  trial  of  Mr. 
Ashfield  upon  the  indictment  brought  against  him  in  the  said  Court, 
in  order  to  point  out  that  not  one  evidence  appeared  in  behalf  of  the 
King,  to  support  ihe  ivords  charged  in  the  indictment.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  17.     Copy.     10  folios. 

April  24.  Elizabethtown.  Several  papers  relating  to  the  riot 
committed  at  Perth  Amboy,  being  copies  of  correspondence  between 
the  Governor  of  New  Jersey  and  the  officers  of  that  Province,  on 
the  subject  of  the  said  riot.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
7,  H.  0.     Copies.     28  folios. 

April  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  two  additional  instructions 
from  the  Lords  Justices — One  relating  to  the  conduct  of  the  Gover- 
nors, with  respect  to  the  future  correspondence,  the  other  relating  to 
a  revisal  of  the  laws  of  the  Colonies,  under  their  respective  Govern- 
ments. S.  P.  0.,B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43,  p.  314.  Entry.  C 
folios. 


292  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  [1762. 

f  May  1.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — On  the  13th  of  April  a  riot  was  committed  in 
Perth  Amboy  ;  the  jail  was  broken  into  and  one  Simon  Wickoif,  who 
stood  committed  as  a  prisoner  for  high  treason,  was  set  free — sends 
papers  relating  to  the  said  riot — Wickoflf  voluntarily  returned  to  his 
confinement.  [Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  5.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  several  papers  relating  to  the  riot  at  Perth  Amboy, 
April  24,  1752.  Similar  letter  of  the  same  date  was  written  to  the 
Seer,  of  State.     Sec.  S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  238. 

[May  1.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— The  riot  at  Amboy  on  13th  April,  committed  "  by  a  number  of 
about  twenty  lawless  villains " — although  Wickoff  had  returned 
(voluntarily)  to  jail,  he  feared  the  circumstance  would  give  an  unfor- 
tunate turn  to  the  affairs  of  the  Province.      Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

May  7.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  refei-ring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  Report  of  His  Majesty's  Att.  & 
Sol.  Gen'ls,  with  a  draft  of  a  Commission  prepared  by  them  and  an- 
nexed to  the  said  Report,  for  making  an  enquiry  of  the  rise,  pro- 
gress and  continuance  of  the  riots  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  7. 

Order,  original,  3  folios ;  Rep't  and  Cora'n,  copies,  22  folios — 25 
folios. 

[May  7.  Power  of  Attorney  from  the  Committee  of  W.  Jersey 
Society  to  Henry  Lane  and  Lewis  Johnston,  to  be  their  agents  and 
factors  in  the  Province — Authenticated  before  the  Lord  Mayor  of 
London.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  19.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Upon  the  occasion  of  the  late  riot,  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey  were  against  taking  any  steps  until  the  arrival  of  His 
Majesty's  order  on  that  head — such  orders  are  very  necessary  to  stop 
the  course  of  such  seditious  and  riotous  proceedings — Minutes  of 
the  Council  transmitted.  [Copy  in  Belcher  Papers.]  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  8.     Original.     3  folios. 

Similar  letter  of  the  same  date  was  written  to  the  Seer,  of  State. 
Sec.  S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  15,  p.  239. 

[May  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Par- 
tridge— Observes  that  Partridge  had  been  before  the  Board  of  Trade, 
to  present  the  impropriety  of  having  an  unequal  representation  in 
the  Council  from  the  two  divisions — cautions  him  against  some  one 
who  professed  to  be  his  friend,  but  who  would  be  likely  to  betray 
him,  and  also  against  countenancing  the  rioters — "  a  set  of  impudent, 
lawless  rascals."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  21.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Prince,  Mass. 
— Expressing  a  hope  that   "  some  generous   souls   without,"   would 


1752.]  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVEKNOR.  29o 

contribute  to  the  sustaining  of  the  infant  College.     Copy.     Belcher 
Papers.] 

("May  28.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Capt.  Huske— As 
no  Postmaster  lived  nearer  than  fourteen  miles  of  Elizabethtown, 
requests  him  to  conform  to  his  directions  relative  to  the  transmission 
of  letters.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[May  30.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Woodruff- 
Mr.  W.  having  a  vessel  going  to  Madeira,  desires  him  to  import  for 
his  use  three  pipes  of  the  best  Madeira  wine,  and  a  quarter  cask  of 
Malmsey.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  2.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Pilchard  Partridge 
— Had  seen  an  extract  from  a  letter  of  4th  March,  saying  that 
Lord  Loudon  was  likely  to  be  nominated  Governor  of  New  York 
and  New  Jersey.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

June  3.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  letters  from 
the  Board.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  9.  Origi- 
nal.    1  folio. 

June  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  recommending  strict  adherence  to 
their  instructions,  and  not  to  pass  any  laws  inconsistent  therewith, 
and  to  transmit  their  opinion  of  such  parts  of  their  instructions 
as  appear  to  them  useless,  improper,  or  liable  to  objection,  with  their 
reasons  for  such  opinions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43, 
p.  318.     Entry.     9  folios. 

June  9.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  the  accounts  of  the  Eastern  and  Western 
New  Jersey  Treasurers  [from  1733  to  1751],  which  are  very  imper- 
fect, owing  to  the  "  loose  way  "  in  which  the  public  records  are  kept, 
and  that  the  public  officers  are  "  meanly  paid  " — sends  also  the  ac- 
counts of  customs  of  New  Jersey  [to  Dec.  25,  1751.  Copy  of  this 
in  Belcher  Papers.]  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  10, 
11,  12.     Originals.     Letter,  3  folios ;  acc'ts,  52  folios — 55  folios. 

June  10.  Whitehalh  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Hill  to  Mr.  Wood, 
Seer,  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs,  enclosing  a  general  draft 
of  instructions  relating  to  the  Acts  of  trade  and  navigation,  for*  the 
Governors  of  the  Plantations  in  America,  desiring  the  observations 
of  the  Commissioners  upon  the  said  instructions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  324.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[June  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  George  Whitefield, 
England — A  long  letter  upon  religious  subjects — encloses  a  letter 
for  the  Countess  of  Huntington,  to  be  read  and  then  delivered. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  24.     Elizabethtown.     Govt  Belcher  to  the  Eight  Honora- 


294  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

ble  the  Countess  Dowager  of  Huntington — Although  personally  un- 
known to  her,  writes  to  compliment  her  upon  her  bright  example, 
&c.,  (a  long  religious  letter.)     Copy.      Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Capt.  Stevens, 
Perth  Amboy — Sends  him  £55  for  a  negro  boy  his  wife  had  pur- 
chased ;  £60  the  price  asked,  too  much,  as  he  did  not  appear  to  be 
in  the  best  health — if  the  amount  sent  was  not  enough  he  would  re- 
turn the  boy.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[June  30.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr — 
Congratulating  him  upon  his  marriage  with  Miss  Edwards.  (See 
Stearns'  First  Church  in  Newark,  page  190,  and  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  Pro- 
ceedings, Vol.  V.  p.  169,  for  particulars  of  this  marriage.)  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Messrs.  Truman 
and  Douglass,  London — Remitting  £16  sterling  to  pay  for  lottery 
tickets  which  had  all  drawn  blanks.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  (in  Ireland) 
— His  paralytic  affection  had  so  far  increased  that  for  18  months  he 
had  not  been  able  to  hold  a  pen.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

July  9.  Wliitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,'  enclosing  copy  of  Gov'r  Belcher's 
letter  of  1  May,  1752,  relating  to  the  riot  committed  at  Perth  Am- 
boy on  the  13th  of  April  last.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
15,  p.  374.     Entry.     2  folios. 

July  23.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  pursuant  to  their  order  of  the  7th  of 
May  last,  to  consider  the  report  of  the  Att.  and  Solic.  General  rela- 
tive to  the  great  riots  and  disturbances  in  New  Jersey,  and  also  the 
commission  prepared  by  them  for  making  enquiry  into  the  causes  of 
those  riots — The  Board  in  their  report  of  the  1st  of  June,  1750, 
stated  not  only  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  riots,  but  also  the  par- 
ticular grievances  which  are  alleged  the  people  of  New  Jersey  la- 
bour under — if,  however,  the  commission  of  inquiry  be  thought  ne- 
cessary, the  commissioners  ought  to  be  men  of  "prudence,  temper 
and  abilities,"  and  those  sent  from  England  "  would  be  least  liable 
to  suspicion  of  interest,  prejudice  and  partiality,"  than  those  which 
may  be  chosen  out  of  the  neighbouring  Colonies — the  commissioners 
to  have  proper  ^instructions — the  property  of  lands  is  to  be  decided 
in  a  judicial  way.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  375. 
Entry.     11  folios. 

July  23.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  enclosing  copy  of  a  letter  from 
Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  19  May,  1752,  relating  to 
the  riot  committed  at  Perth  Amboy  the  13th  of  April  last.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  379.     Entry.     2  folios. 


1752.]  JONATHAN    BELCHER   GOVERNOK.  295 

[July  26.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris 
— Had  received  a  letter  from  Lord  Holdernesse,  commanding  him 
to  remain  in  his  Government — expects  to  be  superseded — his  em- 
barrassments.    Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[July  26-28.  Aug.  9.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert 
Hunter  Morris — Transmits  duplicate  of  letter  of  26th  of  July, 
with  postscript — had  been  directed  to  correspond  only  with  the 
Lords  of  Trade — Without  many  instructions  he  desired — wishes  Mr. 
M.  to  ascertain  to  whom  his  ill-treatment  is  owing — thinks  Lords 
Holdernesse  and  Halifax  prevented  his  return,  in  order  to  advance 
the  views  of  some  one  else — his  remaining  in  the  Province  rather 
detrimental  than  otherwise,  in  consequence  of  the  dissensions  be- 
tween him  and  the  Assembly — urges  renewed  exertions  to  get  him 
away — still  suggests  the  suspension  of  De  Lancey — Endorsement  by 
Mr.  Morris,  under  date  of  Oct.  25 — that  he  had  been  informed  by 
Gov'r  Powuall  that  Mr.  Clinton  had  been  charged  with  having  taken 
money  for  an  office.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[July  28.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rich'd  Partridge 
— Regrets  to  learn  that  he  (P.)  was  not  allowed  access  to  the  Minis- 
ters, or  public  offices — if  such  was  the  case  he  was  earnestly  advised 
to  take  steps  to  be  reinstated  in  favor — (again  under  date  of  Aug. 
6th  to  same  effect.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Shippen,  Phil- 
adelphia— The  necessity  of  having  some  one  to  go  to  England  to 
solicit  donations  for  the  College — Rev.  Mr.  Teunent  thought  to  be 
a  proper  person — Mr.  S.  to  speak  to  Mr.  T.  on  the  subject — the 
Commencement  to  be  on  16th  at  Newark — (similar  letter  to  Mr. 
Hazard,  Philadelphia.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  5.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Chancellor 
Hardwicke — Anxiously  expecting  orders  from  the  Government  that 
might  tend  to  quiet  the  disturbances  in  the  Province — the  Assembly 
had  provided  for  the  payment  of  all  the  public  debts  up  to  the  pre- 
ceding Nov. — Wickoff's  escape  from  jail — had  been  one  of  the  riot- 
ers five  years  before,  and  assisted  to  break  open  a  jail  then — hopes 
to  receive  his  continued  favor  and  patronage,  notwithstanding  the 
exertions  of  young  Mr.  Morris.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Earl  Granville - 
Deprecating  course  of  R.  H.  Morris  in  misrepresenting  his  Adminis- 
tration and  undermining  his  influence  at  home — and  praying  to  be 
served  with  authentic  copies  of  any  complaints  that  might  be  made 
against  him.  (Letter  of  similar  date  to  Lord  Halifax.)  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  11.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Gentlemen  of 
the  Council — Surprised  at  a  motion  made  by  James  Alexander,  the 
day   before,   relative  to   the   mandamus   of  Mr.    Ashfield — "  I  once 


296  JONATHAM    BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

more  tell  you  you  have  no  business  or  concern,  (with  it)  nor  'will  I 
hear  any  thing  from  you  about  it,"  &c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  1-3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Bich'd  Partridge 
— The  Council  determined  not  to  do  any  thing  in  relation  to  the 
riots  until  the  long-expected  orders  from  the  King  should  arrive — 
agrees  with  them  in  the  opinion  that  nothing  effectual  can  be  done 
before  their  receipt — by  late  letters  received  had  reason  to  believe 
that  E..  H.  Morris  was  using  his  utmost  efforts  to  have  him  removed. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Aug.  13.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Met  Council  of  New  Jersey  on  the  10th  inst., 
who  were  of  opinion  that  it  would  be  fruitless  to  call  the  Assembly, 
or  to  order  a  prosecution  of  any  of  the  rioters,  until  His  Majesty 
sends  his  special  orders — the  public  debts  of  the  Province  are  all 
punctually  paid  up  to  this  time,  "  and  that  there  is  peace  and  tran- 
quility among  the  people  in  all  things,  the  affair  of  the  rioters  ex- 
cepted "  (!) — Minutes  of  Council,  of  the  10th  and  11th  Aug.  en- 
closed. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  18.  Original. 
2  folios. 

[Aug.  19.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Messrs.  Belcher 
and  Foye,  Mass. — The  promotion  of  manufactures  in  Massachusetts 
the  best  way  of  retrieving  the  condition  of  theif  Province — had  often 
wondered  that  a  glass  house  had  not  been  erected  there  before — one 
had  been  established  in  New  Jersey,  and  conducted  profitably,  but 
he  could  not  give  them  any  information  relative  to  it  as  the  mana- 
gers "  are  very  close  and  secret."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  24.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Alford,  Bos- 
ton— Thanks  him  for  his  "  kind  and  generous  subscription  "  for  the 
College — and  through  him  to  Mr.  (James)  Allen  and  other  contribu- 
tors— had  made  some  enquiries  for  him  relative  to  the  glass  works 
in  New  Jersey,  but  as  they  were  130  miles  distant  he  had  ob- 
tained very  little  information — one  Gaspar,  a  German,  was  the  first 
and  principal  undertaker,  with  whom  he  had  had  some  conversation 
five  years  before — Gaspar  had  recently  died,  leaving  a  fortune  of  20 
or  30,000  pounds  sterling,  although  starting  a  very  poor  man— had 
understood  that  there  was  a  general  complaint  of  want  of  proper 
materials — advises  Col.  A.  to  send  to  London  for  workmen — the 
glass  manufacture  established  in  New  York — five  skilful  workmen 
had  arrived  there  a  mouth  before  from  Holland  or  Loudon.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers. 

In  reference  to  Col.  Alford's  subscription,  see  Dr.  Stearns'  First  Church  in  New- 
ark, pp.  186,  188.] 

Aug.  28.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Duke  of 

— Grateful  sense  of  his  Grace's  patronage  in  naming  him  to  the 
Government  of  New  Jersey — understands  that  some  in  England  are 
carping  at  his  Administration — impossible   to   please   every   body, 


1752.]  JONATHAN  *BELCHEll   GOYERXOR.  2 97 

though  the  Province  was  never  in  greater  peace — the  riots  began  50 
years  before  his  arrival — has  been  informed  that  his  predecessor  com- 
bined -with  others  to  break  open  the  King's  gaol  and  to  rescue  him- 
self therefrom* — stringent  laws  necessary  to  suppress  the  vile  spirit 
of  mobbing — prays  a  continuation  of  the  Duke's  favours.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  "VV.  Indies.     (Bundle.)     Original.     8  folios. 

*  [Probably  an  aHusion  to  a  circumstance  in  the  life  not  of  Gov.  Morris  but  of* 
his  uncle,  growing  out  of  disturbances  in  Monmouth  Co.  in  168i.     See  Papers  of 
Lewis  ]\Iorris,  p.  6.] 

Sept.  15.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Ashfield  was  acquitted  from  the  indictment 
in  March  last  by  a  mere  criticism  in  the  law — sends  copy  of  a  letter 
from  the  Judge  who  tried  the  matter,  as  also  the  Attorney  General's 
note.3 — the  said  Mr.  Ashfield  was  bound  over  in  his  own  recognizance 
to  be  of  good  behaviour  for  his  rude  and  indecent  treatment  of  the 
King's  Governor,  and  upon  that  refused  to  be  admitted  to  sit  at  the 
Council  Board  of  N.  Jersey — Mr.  Ashfield  is  resident  of  East  New 
Jersey,  and  stands  nominated  to  sit  for  the  Western  Division,  which 
is  against  the  6th  Art.  of  the  Governor's  instruction.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  13.     Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosing  Mr.  Wm.  Morris's  afiirmation,  Nov.  21,  1751 ;  Mr. 
L.  M.  Ashfield's  recognizance,  Nov.  21,  1751 ;  the  Att.  General's 
notes,  March,  1752,  and  letter  from  Samuel  Nevill,  Esq.,  to  Gov'r 
Belcher,  April  17,  1752. 

[Sept.  16,  Newark.  Rev.  Aaron  Burr  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy — 
Rejoicing  in  his  marriage — nothing  in  his  life  he  can  reflect  on  with 
more  satisfaction  than  his  courtship.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc.  Pa- 
pers, Phila  The  original  Bellamy  papers  are  in  the  possession  of 
Mrs.  E.  M.  Loomis,  Bethlehem,  Penu.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Oct.  16.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letters 
of  April  28  and  June  3 — the  difficulty  of  executing  the  orders  iii 
these  letters  represented.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7, 
H.  25.     Orig'l.     10  folios. 

[Nov.  24.  Letter  from  John  Ayscough  to  Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris— Mr.  Clinton  sick — he  approves  of  Mr.  Morris's  suggestion  to 
have  a  public  hearing  by  Council — the  displeasure  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  gives  him  no  uneasiness,  as  he  is  not  conscious  of  deserving  it 
— is  indiflFerent  as  to  his  successor,  but  wishes  to  get  away  himself— 
thinks  it  will  be  a  long  while  before  Lord  Halifax  will  find  any  one 
to  take  the  office,  if  no  one  but  a  "  Nobleman  of  fortune,  integrity 
and  understanding  "  is  to  be  selected— the  Assembly  had  met  and 
adjourned — promising  to  provide  for  Indian  afi"airs  at  the  next  ses- 
sion  in  consequence  the   Governor  had  appointed  Commissioners. 

Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


298  JONATHAN   belcher"  GOVERNOR.  [1752. 

Nov.  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  Council — enclosing  an  extract  of  Gov'r 
Belcher's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  13th  of  Aug.,  1752, 
and  of  the  Journals  of  the  Assembly  relative  to  the  riots  in  New 
Jersey,  in  order  that  the  same  may  be  laid  before  the  King.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  381.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  2.  Surry  street,  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Paris  to  Mr. 
Pownall,  desiring  that  the  Board  of  Trade  may  fix  a  day  for  taking 
into  their  consideration  the  Act  of  New  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in 
Feb.,  1747-48,  for  running  and  ascertaining  the  line  of  partition 
between  that  Province  and  the  Province  of  New  York.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  19.     Original.     2  folios. 

Dec.  23.  Lincoln's  Lm.  Report  of  Mr.  Lamb  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  giving  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  in  fayor  of  the  twelve  Acts 
of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  June  and  October,  1751.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  44.     Original.     4  folios. 

Dec.      Account  of  the  quantity  of  pig  and  bar  iron  imported 
into  England  from   the  several  colonies  in  America  from  Christmas, 
1749,  to  Christmas,  1752.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  15, 
0.  123.     Original.     6  folios. 
1T53. 

[Jan.  IG.  Summons  to  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  attend  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  next  day — The  result  endorsed  by 
Mr.  Morris — had  waived  the  claim  of  his  brother  to  a  seat  in  the 
Council  of  New  York  in  favor  of  Mr.  Smith,  recommended  by  Gov'r 
Clinton.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  17-19.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris — Sends  him  "  the  character  of  a  disbanded  Courtier''  as  a 
"just  picture"  of  Chief  Justice  De  Lancey — the  winter  very  severe 
— stages  cross  the  river  on  the  ice — Mr.  Chambers  so  alarmed  at  the 
idea  of  running  for  the  Assembly,  that  it  has  made  him  sick — no  one 
willing  to  run  in  opposition  to  the  De  Lanceys — "  if  Oliver  would 
but  set  up  his  four  coach  horses,  they  would  carry  it" — the  "  scan- 
dalous" interference  of  the  Chief  Justice  in  the  elections — the  "  soli- 
citations" to  have  Chambers  made  a  Councillor  to  be  slackened,  for, 
if  in  that  body,  he  would  be  afraid  of  the  Chief  Justice — either 
Oliver  De  Lancey  or  James  Livingston  to  be  run,  and  Chambers 
says  he  would  rather  give  £500  than  oppose  either.  Original.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Jan.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — The  Board  does  not  approve  Gov'r  Belcher's  conduct  in 
refusing  to  admit  Mr.  Ashfield  to  his  seat  in  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey— desire  he  will  be  immediately  admitted — he  may  be  suspended 
with  the  Council's  advice.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15, 
p.  382.     Entry.     4  folios. 


1753.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  299 

[Jan.  24.  Perth  Amboy.  Samuel  Nevill  to  James  Alexander 
— The  Bookbinders  in  Philadelphia  had  used  him  ill  in  not  properly 
binding  his  Laws  of  the  Province — other  arrangements  to  be  made 
for  their  binding.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Feb.  22.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Council  are  indifferent  about  the  revising  of 
the  Laws  of  the  Province — the  Council  will  do  nothing  to  suppress 
the  riots — sends  copies  of  public  papers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  26.     Original.     4  folios. 

April  7.  Report  from  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  certain  amended  articles  of  instructions 
for  the  Governors  in  America,  relating  to  appeals.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Voh  15,  0.  117.     Original.     10  folios. 

[April  16.  Letter  from  Governor  Clinton  to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris — Refers  to  the  conflicting  claims  of  Messrs.  Lewis  Morris  and 
Smith  to  a  seat  in  the  Council — had  been  ordered  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  not  to  suspend  De  Lancey — intelligence  had  been  received 
that  Mr.  Morris  had  been  appointed  Collector  at  Philadelphia.  Orig'l. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letter  of  the  18th 
of  January  last — Mr.  Ashfield  admitted  to  sit  in  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey — Mr.  Ashfield,  who  is  an  inhabitant  of  East  Jersey, 
stands  now  a  Councillor  for  the  Western  Division,  which  is  not  in 
accordance  with  the  6th  instruction.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  7,  H.  27.     Original.    2  folios. 

[May  29.  Kingwood.  Rev.  James  Davenport,  of  Hopewell,  to 
Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy — State  of  religion  ;  remarkable  revival  in  March 
in  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent's  congregation.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc. 
Phil'a.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  "Webster.] 

June  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — Desire  him  to  give  all  possible  assistance  to  the  Missiona- 
ries in  New  Jersey  for  propagating  the  Gospel.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  384.     Entry.     3  folios. 

July  12.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  that  the  instructions  relative  to  ajipeals,  pre- 
pared by  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General,  shall  be  sent  to  the 
Governors  of  all  the  Colonies  and  Plantations  in  America.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  335.     Entry.     4  folios. 

July  18.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  repeal  of  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  Feb.  1747-48,  for  running  the  line  of 
partition  between  that  Province  and  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  386.     Entry.     38  folios. 

[A  copy  of  this  amoug  Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 


oOO  JONATHAN   BELCHEK   GOVERNOR.  [1753. 

July  26.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  to 
prepare  drafts  of  such  additional  instructions  to  all  the  Governors  in 
the  American  Plantations,  as  were  given  to  the  Cxovernors  of  Lee- 
ward Islands  and  New  York,  relating  to  the  admitting  of  appeals 
from  the  courts  thei:e  in  cases  of  error.  S.  P.O.,  B.  T,  Plant  Gen. 
Vol.  12,  0.  118.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Aug.  4.  London.  Official  notice  from  J.  Sharpe,  agent  for 
New  York,  to  Ferd.  John  Paris — That  the  Lords  Commissioners 
would  be  moved  on  the  succeeding  Tuesday  to  repeal  the  Act  passed 
by  the  New  Jersey  Legislature  in  1747-48,  entitled  "  An  Act  for 
running  and  ascertaining  the  line  of  partition  and  division  betwixt  this 
Province  of  New  Jersey  and  the  Province  of  New  York."  Ruther- 
furd  MSS. 

Tlie  question  of  approval  came  up  before  the  Board  of  Trade  June  7tli,  1753. 
For  the  proceedings  and  grounds  of  disapproval,  sec  New  York  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  VI.  p.  775.] 

Aug.  8.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  held  their  sessions 
at  Burlington  in  May  and  June — sends  eleven  Acts  passed  there 
and  some  other  public  papers — the  Assembly  have  no  inclination  to 
revise  the  Laws — there  is  more  harmony  now  between  the  Council 
and  Assembly — no  riots  or  disturbances  did  take  place  of  late  in  New 
Jersey — the  Proprietors  avoid  bringing  their  actions  of  trespass  and 
ejectment,  and  the  Council  does  not  seem  inclined  to  give  order  to 
prosecute  such  rioters  as  lie  under  bonds.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  28.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Aug.  18.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris— Complains  of  the  condition  in  which  he  finds  himself  engaged  in 
a  matter  of  vast  importance,  (securing  the  approval  of  the  Act  rela- 
tive to  the  boundary  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey,)  without 
any  requisites  to  ensure  success — not  even  knowing  how  to  address 
Mr.  Morris — encloses  a  copy  of  the  Lords  of  Trade's  "  most  extraor- 
dinary report" — containing  much  extraneous  matter  (see  N.  Y.  Col. 
Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  775) — in  doubt  what  to  do — had  applied  for 
time  to  draw  up  a  petition,  praying  for  leave  to  oppose  the  adoption 
of  the  report — had  done  so,  and  sends  a  copy — wishes  directions,  as 
the  subject  will  come  up  in  October  or  November.  Original.  Ruth- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Aug.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
the  Earl  of  Holdernesse,  to  all  the  Gov'rs  in  North  America,  di- 
recting them  to  repel  any  invasion  that  may  be  attempted  upon  their 
respective  Governments  by  the  Indians  supported  by  some  regular 
troops.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     5  folios. 

Sept.  18.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  to  the  several  Governors 
in  the  American  Plantations,  relative  to  the  appointing  of  Commis- 
sioners, jointly  with  the  Gov'r  of  New  York,  to  hold  an  interview 


1753.]        JONATHAN  EELCHER  GOVERNOR, 


301 


with  the  Six  Nations  of  Indians.     S.   P.    0.,   B   T      New  Jersey 
Vol.  43,  p.  337.     Entry.     5  folios.  ^ 

[Oct.  26.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris 
— The  Boundary  question— Mr.  P.'s  proceedings  approved  of— his 
letter  to  Mr.  Morris  and  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  received, 
but  the  latter  not  yet  particularly  examined.  Original  draft  Puith- 
erfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  2.  Petition  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Colony 
of  New  Jersey  (signed  by  Mr.  Partridge,  their  agent)  to  the  King, 
praying  His  Majesty  to  grant  his  leave  to  the  Governor  to  give  his 
assent  to  a  bill  for  making  current  £60,000  in  bills  of  credit  S  P 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  29.     Copy.     10  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Order  of  Council,  (H.  29,)  Dec.  18,  1753. 

[(Nov.  ?)  Letter  from  Ferd.  John  Paris  .to  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  informing  him  of  the  death  of  Sir  Danvers  Osborne  in  New 
York  shortly  after  his  arrival  there. 

(Sir  D.  Osborne  hung  himself  Sept.    12th,  1753.     See  New  York  Col  Docts 
Vol.  VI.  p  803.)     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Nov.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Mr.  Bead  to  Mr.  R.  H. 
Morris — The  Sheriff  Act  is  a  great  grievance  to  N.  Jersey,  as  well  as 
the  Acts  which  made  the  Board  of  Freeholders  necessary  in  the  sinkino- 
of  paper  money — should  Mr.  Morris  resign  his  office  as  Chief  Jus° 
tice  of  New  Jersey,  Mr.  Saltar  would  be  a  fit  and  proper  person  to 
be  recommended  in  his  stead — Mr.  Read  himself  is  desirous  to  resi"-a 
his  seat  on  the  Bench,  and  thought  of  Mr.  Kemble  as  his  successor 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  35.     Orig'l.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
March  31,  1754. 

Nov.  10.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Govt  Belcher  to  Seer 
of  State  (Earl  of  Holdernesse) — Received  His  Lordship's  letter  of 
the  2Sth  of  Aug.  last,  containing  intelligence  of  an  intended  invasion 
of  the  Southern  Governments  by  the  Indians,  supported  by  some 
regular  troops — he  will  endeavour  to  defend  the  Territory  uuder  his 
administration,  and  to  engage  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  crant 
supplies,  as  the  exigency  of  affairs  may  require.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol  67.     Original.     4  folios. 

Nov.  20.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  New  Jersey  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  on  the  subject  of  the  Boundary 
Line  between  that  Province  and  New  York,  recapitulating  their  title 
to  the  lands  in  ([uestion,  giving  an  account  of  the  trespasses  commit- 
ted by  the  people  of  New  York,  and  claiming  the  line  of  division  run 
•in  1719;  also  several  documents  bearing  on  the  subject  of  the 
Boundary  question.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H. 
33.     Printed.     31  folio  pages.     250  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  fi'om  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board,  March  31, 
1754,  and  see  also  Aug.  23,  1754.     H.  57. 


302  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1753. 

Nov.  23.  Affirmation  of  John  Herring  and  Richard  Gardner,  of 
Newtown,  in  the  County  of  Sussex,  in  New  Jersey,  relating  to  a 
trespass  and  battery,  committed  by  some  people  of  New  York,  upon 
the  said  affirmants.  S.  P.  0.,  13.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H. 
34.     Attest  copies.     18  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Mr.  Morris  to  the  Board,  Mar.  31,  1754. 

Nov.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  transmitting  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer,  Collec- 
tor, and  Naval  Officer,  for  the  port  of  Perth  Amboy — Some  ac- 
counts, though  ordered,  were  not,  as  yet,  received.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  36.     Original.     3  folios. 

Nov.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Seer,  of  State,  (Earl  of  Holdernesse,)  desiring  orders  from  His  Maj- 
esty how  the  money  brought  into  New  Jersey  from  North  Caro- 
lina, supposed  to  belong  to  the  subjects  of  Spain,  is  to  be  disposed 
of.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  67.     Orginal.     1  folio. 

Dee.  5.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  enclosing  drafts  of  additional  instruc- 
tions to  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations  in  America,  relative  to  the 
admitting  of  appeals  in  cases  of  error  from  the  courts  in  the  said 
Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43,  p.  340.  En- 
try.    12  folios. 

Dec.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr. 
Lamb,  desiring  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  upon  eleven  Acts  of  New 
Jersey,  passed  by  their  Assembly  in  May  and  June  last.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  406.     Entry.     9  folios. 

Dec.  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  drafts 
of  additional  instructions  to  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations  in 
America,  relative  to  the  admitting  of  appeals  in  cases  of  error  from 
the  courts  in  the  said  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  15,  0.  121.     Copy.     3  folios. 

Dec.  13.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Mr.  Lamb  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion,  in  point  of  law,  in  favour  of  eleven  Acts 
of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  June,  1753.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  45.     Original.     6  folios. 

December  18.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  for  their  consideration,  the  petition  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  praying 
His  Majesty  to  grant  leave  to  the  Gov'r  to  give  his  assent  to  a  bill 
for  creating  £60,000  of  paper  money.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  7,  H.  29      Original.     2  folios. 

Enclosing  petition  of  H.  of  Repr.  of  N.  Jersey  to  the  King, 
Nov.  2,  1753. 

Dec.  18.     Whitehall.     Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  Board's 


1753.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  303 

consideration  the  remonstrance  of  Mr.  Partridge,  agent  for  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  praying  that  His  Majesty  grant  his  instruction 
to  the  Governor  of  that  Province  to  give  his  assent  to  a  bill  for 
emitting  at  least  the  sum  of  £60,000  in  bills  of  public  credit.  S.  P. 
0.,B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  30.  Order,  orig'l ;  2  folios  : 
Kemonstr.,  copy ;   17  folios  :   19  folios. 

Dec.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letter  of 
the  18th  of  September  last;  and  as  soon  as  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  shall  meet,  he  will  recommend  to  them  to  appoint  Commis- 
sioners to  treat  with  the  Indians,  jointly  with  the  Gov'r  of  New 
York — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  however,  always  was  indifferent 
about  the  Indian  aftairs — sends  Minutes  of  Council — great  riot  and 
outrage  committed  by  the  people  of  New  York  upon  the  people  of 
New  Jersey — the  necessity  of  a  settlement  of  the  line  of  division  be- 
tween those  two  Provinces,  strongly  urged.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  40.     Original.     G  folios. 

[Dec.  21.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  K.  H.  Morris  or  F. 
J.  Paris,  London — Mr.  Paris's  petition  to  the  Board  of  Trade  to  be 
heard  in  opposition  to  the  report  of  the  Board  on  the  Boundary  Act, 
had  been  laid  before  the  Council  of  Proprietors  on  19th  Nov.,  and 
approved  of — difficulties  with  New  York — does  not  think  that  Prov- 
ince will  approve  of  a  commission  to  settle  the  Boundary,  any  more 
readily  than  it  had  approved  of  the  Act  passed  by  New  Jersc}' — the 
line  run  in  1719  desired  for  a  temporary  line  of  jurisdiction.  Origi- 
nal draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

1754. 

Jan.  6.  (Enclosure.)  Copy  of  the  King's  95th  and  9Gth  in- 
structions to  Sir  Danvers  Osborne,  late  Governor  of  New  York, 
stating  the  quota  of  men  and  money  to  be  furnished  by  East  and 
West  New  Jersey  for  the  erecting  of  Forts  for  the  defence  of  New 
York,  enclosed  in  a  letter  from  Gov'r  Shirley  to  the  Secretary  of 
State,  who  proposes  that  each  Province  contribute  in  a  similar  man- 
ner towards  the  general  defence.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  67.     Copy.     8  folios. 

[March  1.  Printed  copy  of  Report  of  Committee  of  New  York 
Council,  relative  to  the  controverted  Boundary  Line  between  New 
York  and  New  Jersey.     Boundary  Papers.     "Whitehead  MSS.] 

March  18.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  pursuant  to  the  Order 
of  Council  of  18th  Dec,  1753,  upon  the  petition  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  New  Jersey  and  Mr.  Partridge's  remonstrance, 
recommending  His  Majesty  to  grant  leave,  upon  certain  conditions, 
to  the  Gov'r  of  that  Province  to  give  his  assent  to  the  bill  for  issu- 
ing £60,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol 
15,  p.  411.     Entry.     18  folios. 


804  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1754. 

March  26.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  a  draft  of  instructions  for  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  give  his  assent  to  a  bill  for  making  current  £60,000  in  bills  of 
credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  31.  Original. 
3  folios. 

[March  29.  London.  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  the  Lords  of 
Trade — Transmitting  a  copy  of  memorial  from  the  Proprietors  of 
East  Jersey  to  Governor  Belcher,  relative  to  the  New  York  Bound- 
ary— apprehensions  of  bloodshed  should  the  controversy  not  be  soon 
settled — the  line  runin  1719  recommended  as  a  temporary  line 
of  jurisdiction — advises  the  repeal  of  an  Act  passed  by  the  New 
Jersey  Legislature  in  1747,  obliging  Sheriffs  to  give  security,  &c. — 
suggests  the  appointment  of  a  man  of  character  and  ability  to  the 
office  of  Attorney  General — the  gentleman  then  filling  the  office 
had  never  made  the  law  his  study  until  after  his  appointment — 
"  given  to  him  rather  to  keep  him  from  starving  than  to  answer 
any  purposes  of  Government" — should  a  change  be  made,  recom- 
mends David  Ogden  "  among  the  first  of  his  profession  in  the 
country" — resigns  his  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province,  and  re- 
commends Richard  Saltar  as  his  successor,  not  thinking  it  advisable 
that  the  second  Judge,  Samuel  Nevill,  should  be  made  Chief  Justice, 
"  his  circumstances  being  low,  and  for  that  reason  unfit  to  be  trusted 
in  the  principal  seat  of  justice" — discusses  the  propriety  of  Colonial 
Governors  appointing  to  office  during  good  behavior.  (J.  Warrell 
was  then  Att.  Gen'l.     Copy.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

March  31.  Letter  from  Mr.  Robert  Hunter  Morris  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Encloses  a  memorial  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors 
of  East  Jersey  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  relating  to  the  partition  line  be- 
tween that  Province  and  New  York — formidable  riots  may  be  ex- 
pected if  some  measures  to  prevent  them  are  not  adopted — tempo- 
rary line,  run  in  1719,  would  be  necessary  to  preserve  public  peace 
— the  Act  for  the  appointment  of  Sheriffs  in  New  Jersey  is  very  in- 
convenient, and  ought  to  be  repealed — recommends  Mr.  David 
Ogden  to  be  Attorney  General  of  New  Jei'sey,  in  the  room  of  the 
present  one,  who  was  not  a  lawyer  before  his  appointment — he,  Mr. 
Robert  H.  Morris,  resigns  the  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  that  Prov- 
ince, and  recommends  Mi-.  Rich'd  Saltar  to  be  appointed  in  his  stead 
— Mr.  Samuel  Nevill,  second  Judge,  is  in  very  low  circumstances,  and 
for  that  reason  unfit  to  be  trusted  with  the  principal  seat  of  justice — 
ill  consequences  of  the  Governors  giving  places  for  life — ^goes  to 
America  in  the  course  of  a  few  weeks.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  7,  H.  32.     Original."   12  folios. 

Enclosing  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey's  Memorial  to  Gov'r 
Belcher,  Nov.  20,  1753.  John  Herring's  Affirmation,  Nov.  23, 
1753  ;  and  Mr.  Read  to  Mr.  Morris,  Nov.  10,  1753. 

[Presumed  to  be  the  same  as  the  foregoing.] 

April  4.     Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the  Lords  of  the 


1754.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  305 

Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  with  a  draft  of  additional  instruc- 
tions to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  to  give  his  assent  to  a  bill  of  the 
Assembly  of  that  Province  for  making  current  £60,000  in  bills  of 
credit.  S.  P.  0.  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  15,  p.  421.  Entry. 
16  folios. 

[ (?)  Propositions  or  suggestions  towards  obtaining  a  rev- 
enue in  the  Colonies  from  grants  of  Crown  lands,  made  by  Robert 
Hunter  Morris  (probably  to  the  Board  of  Trade.)  Original  draft. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[ (?)  Fragment  in  the  handwriting  of  Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris endorsed  "  Some  consequences  of  the  Crown's  not  having  revenues 
in  America."     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

April  6.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  to  the  several  Governors 
in  the  American  Plantations,  desiring  them  to  send  Minutes  of  Coun- 
cil and  other  public  papers  of  their  respective  Governments,  which 
they  have  neglected  to  transmit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  43,  p.  398.     Entry.     3  folios. 

April  8.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  an  additional 
instruction  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  empowering  him  to  give  his  assent  to 
the  bill  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  for  making  current  £60,000 
in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  46. 
Copy.  8  folios  [and  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  103.  Original. 
13  folios.] 

[April  10.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  H.  Morris, 
London — On  learning  of  the  repeal  of  the  Boundary  Line,  some  of  the 
New  York  people  intended  to  carry  the  jurisdiction  of  that  Province 
down  to  the  forks  of  Delaware,  but  some  action  of  the  Council  of 
Proprietors  of  East  Jersey  had  prevented — the  French  attempts  upon 
Ohio  likely  to  result  in  a  French  war  in  North  America — the  impu- 
nity enjoyed  by  the  rioters  in  New  Jersey  for  eight  years  had  greatly 
encouraged  them — an  attack  had  been  made  upon  a  body  of  wood- 
cutters in  the  employ  of  Allen  and  Turner  on  the  West  Jersey  So- 
ciety's tract — the  woodcutters  defended  themselves  successfully — a 
larger  force  threatened,  but  preparations  for  defence  had  prevented 
their  threats  being  put  in  execution — Allen  and  Turner  obliged  to 
keep  sentries,  &c. — riots  elsewhere  heard  of — the  result  of  the  ex- 
ample of  the  people  of  New  Jersey — Theodosius  Valleau,  High 
Sheriff  of  Bergen,  had  been  identified  as  one  of  the  rioters  who  broke 
open  Amboy  jail — pleased  to  hear  of  Mr.  Morris's  intended  return 
— glad  that  he  has  acquired  some  knowledge  of  the  manner  in  which 
iron  and  potash  are  manufactured — it  would  be  of  great  service  to 
himself  and  friends.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.], 

May  15.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  Minutes  and  Journals  of  Council  and  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey— the  Assembly  are  very  indifferent  as  to  the 

i  20 


306  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  [1754. 

joining  other  Colonies  in  mutual  defence.     Si  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New 
Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  47.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

[May  17.  Agreement  of  Thomas  and  Richard  Penn  to  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  appointed  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  on  4th — That 
he  shall  receive  £1500  per  annum  as  his  salary,  &c.  Original  on 
parchment.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  21.  New  York.  Lieut.  Gov'r  De  Lancey  to  the  Lords  of 
Trade — Transmits  papers  referring  to  the  Boundary  Line  between 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  with  a  copy  of  an  ancient  Map,  said  to  be 
signed  by  Andrew  Hamilton,  who  was  then  Governor  of  East  Jer- 
sey— his  views  relative  to  the  subject — had  recommended  a  tempo- 
rary line  to  Gov'r  Belcher — leaves  it  to  their  Lordships  to  consider 
the  propriety  of  Mr.  James  Alexander  occupying  places  in  the  Coun- 
cils of  both  Provinces  while  such  a  dispute  is  pending. 
Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  838.] 

[June  4.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  H.  Morris, 
London — The  New  Yorkers  hoped  to  get  orders  to  Gov'r  Belcher 
from  England  establishing  a  temporary  Line  of  Boundary  between 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  running  to  Minisink  Island,  and  con- 
firming the  jurisdiction  of  the  latter  south  of  that  line — should  they 
succeed,  they  would  never  consent  to  a  commission  for  settling  any 
other  line — position  of  affairs  in  the  Province  in  relation  to  the 
Boundary.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[June  9.  Elizabethtown.  Charles  Read  to  James  Alexander — 
Proceedings  of  the  Assembly — Mr.  Saltar  had  qualified  in  his  room 
(as  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court) — hopes  the  Province  will  be  per- 
fectly pleased  as  his  friends  are.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

June  14.  Whitehall  Letter  from  Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  one  of 
the  principal  Seers,  of  State,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  communicating 
the  King's  orders,  that  the  Board  do  prepare  and  lay  before  him 
plan  of  general  concert  to  be  entered  into  by  the  American  Planta- 
tions for  their  mutual  defence.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  15,  0.  125.     Original.     2  folios. 

July  2.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Pownall — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  letter,  with  an 
additional  instruction  from  the  King,  relating  the  Acts  for  issuing 
the  paper  currency  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  7,  H.  48.     Original     1  folio. 

July  2.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer,  of 
State,  (Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  afterwards  Earl  of  Grantham,)  congratu- 
lating upon  his  promotion,  and  acquainting  that  in  pursuance  to  the 
orders  he  will  address  all  future  letters  to  him.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  G7.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  5.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State,  Sir  Tho's 


1754.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  307 

Robinson,  to  Gov'r  Belcher — The  King  does  not  doubt  but  that  he 
will  keep  up  a  regular  correspondence  with  the  other  Governors — the 
King  wishes  to  know  what  steps  the  people  of  New  Jersey  have  taken 
upon  the  occasion  of  the  French  invasion.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  74.     Drafts.     3  folios. 

July  5.  Belleville,  N.  J.  Resignation  of  Mr.  Warrell  of  the 
office  of  Attorney  General  of  New  Jersev,  in  favor  of  Mr.  Cortlandt 
Skinner,  Esq.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  49. 
Copy.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Partridge,  July 
25,  1754. 

[For  notice  of  Cortlandt  Skinner,  see  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History."] 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — The  conduct  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  not  raising 
any  supplies  for  the  mutual  defence  disapproved — the  instruction 
relative  to  the  revisal  of  the  laws,  is  for  the  advantage  and  interest 
of  the  Colonies — the  present  peaceable  condition  of  New  Jersey,  it 
is  hoped,  will  continue — to  urge  the  Proprietors  to  bring  their  action 
of  trespass  and  ejectment,  and  to  direct  the  Att.  General  to  prose- 
cute such  rioters  as  have  been  apprehended  and  lie  under  bonds — 
the  Government  feels  the  necessity  of  fixing  a  temporary  line  of  divi- 
sion between  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  429.     Entry.     14  folios. 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Sir 
Tho's  Robinson,  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  State,  enclosing  copy  of 
Gov'r  Belcher's  letter  of  14th  May  last,  and  other  papers  relating  to 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  refusing  supplies  for  the  mutual  de- 
fence of  the  Colonies  against  the  encroachments  of  the  French,  in 
order  to  lay  the  same  before  the  King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  15,  p.  435.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[July  12  and  27.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Robert  H. 
Morris,  London — Irruptions  by  the  people  of  New  York  had  been 
made  into  the  northern  part  of  New  Jersey  on  May  10th  &  June  18th 
or  19th,  during  the  latter,  a  man  and  his  family  had  been  ousted,  and 
his  house  burnt — sends  a  copy  of  the  representation  of  the  Proprietors 
to  Gov'r  Belcher,  which  would  be  presented  the  next  month — a  peti- 
tion from  the  people  of  Minisink  and  Wawayanda  had  been  sent  to 
the  Governor  and  Council,  asserting  many  "  idle,  false,  and  foolish 
facts"  against  the  Proprietors.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.J 

July  25.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Partridge,  desiring  h'^:;  assistance  to  obtain  Mr.  Skinner's  confirma- 
tion as  Att.  General  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  48-49.     Original.     2  folios. 

Enclosing  Mr.  Warrell's  resignation,  July  5,  1754. 

[July  29.    London.   Ferd.  John  Ptris  to  Ja's  Alexander,  N.  York 


308  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1754. 

— Mr.  Morris  (R.  H.  Morris  appoiuted  Gov'r  of  Penn'a)  had  gone  on 
board  a  man-of-war  for  America  about  24th  June,  but  had  been 
driven  back  several  times  by  adverse  winds,  &c. — had  been  obliged 
to  ask  for  a  postponement  of  the  hearing  before  the  Lords  of  Trade 
on  the  Boundary  question — Mr.  Charles  (the  New  York  agent)  had 
not  taken  any  steps  towards  having  a  temporary  line  established — 
difficulties  in  the  way  of  carrying  on  the  matter — the  Minutes  of 
Council  in  the  Provinces,  when  communicated,  kept  "  as  choice 
secrets  of  State."     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[ ?     "A  state  of  the  Province  of  Penn'a  (in  the  handwriting 

of  Robert  Hunter  Morris) — A  representation  of  the  grievances  un- 
der which  the  Province  labored  from  the  preponderating  influence  of 
the  Quakers,  Germans,  &c.,  (without  date,  but  presumed  to  have 
been  written  shortly  after  the  appointment  of  Mr.  Morris  as  Gov- 
erner.)     Original     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Aug.  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Sir 
Tho's  Robinson,  enclosing  a  representation  to  His  Majesty,  with  a 
plan  of  general  concert  and  mutual  defence  to  be  entered  into  by  the 
Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43,  p. 
368.     Entry.     51  folios. 

[Aug.  13.     New  York.     James  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris 
—The  temporary  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey  discussed. 
Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Aug.  14.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  transcripts  of  the  Minutes  of  Council  and 
Journals  of  Assembly — there  has  been  a  choice  of  a  new  Assembly, 
whom  he  will  urge  to  come  into  an  union  with  the  rest  of  the  Colo- 
niesfor  their  mutual  defence — received  the  additional  instructions  for 
an  emission  of  £60,000  in  paper  money,  but  it  is  to  be  feared  that  the 
Assembly  will  not  accept  of  any  emission  on  the  conditions  therein 
stated.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  53.  Original. 
4  folios. 

Aug.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  and  other  docu- 
ments relating  to  the  Boundary  question  between  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,  being  a  continuation  of  the  Memorial,  &c.,  dated  20th 
Nov.,  1753,  presented  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  Mr.  Morris  the  31st 
March  1754,  and  containing  many  official  documents  which  very 
probably  now  are  lost.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7, 
H.  57.     Printed.     59  folio  pages.     Ab't  450  folios. 

[Several  copies  extant  in  public  libraries,  &c.] 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to  the  Board,  Nov. 
23,  1754. 

See  also  1753,  Nov.  20.     H.  33. 

Aug.  24.     Elizabethtown.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 


1754:.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  "         309 

Board  of  Trade — Sends  the  Treasurers'  and  the  Collectors'  accounts 
— the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  are  called  to  meet  at  Perth  Amboy 
on  the  1st  day  of  October.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
8,  J.  1.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Sept.  5,  11,  &  30.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferd. 
John  Paris,  London — Forwards  various  papers  bearing  upon  the 
Boundary  (Question — his  son  (Wm.  Alexander)  had  returned  two  days 
before  from  an  exploration,  in  company  with  Mr.  Powuall,  (brother 
of  Mr.  Pownall,  of  the  Board  of  Trade,)  through  N.  Jersey,  extend- 
ing as  far  as  the  Moravian  settlement  in  Pennsylvania — account  of 
the  rivers  and  streams,  &c.,  in  comparison  with  the  Delaware  "  at 
the  forks" — Gov'r  Belcher  had  sent  a  copy  of  the  Proprietors'  repre- 
sentation to  L't  Gov'r  Delancey  of  New  York,  who  had  presented  it 
to  his  Council — the  Lieut.  Governor  considered  himstdf  ill  used  by 
Mr.  Alexander's  statements  therein — Governor  Morris  (R.  H.  Morris 
appointed  Gov'r  of  Penn.) — had  arrived  at  N.  York  on  12th,  "  where 
he  was  well  received" — left  on  27th  for  Elizabethtown,  where  he 
waited  on  Gov'r  Belcher — is  presumed  to  have  arrived  at  Philadel- 
phia before  30th — course  to  be  pursued  relative  to  the  temporary 
line  of  jurisdiction  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey — news  of 
the  appointment  of  a  new  Governor  for  New  York  daily  expected — 
should  one  be  appointed,  it  would  be  proper  for  Mr.  Paris  to  wait  on 
him  with  a  copy  of  the  Proprietors'  Memorial,  &c.  Original  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  13.  Commission  from  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Wm. 
Hunter,  Deputy  Postmaster  General,  to  James  Parker,  to  be  Post- 
master at  Woodbridge.      Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[See  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  375.] 

(October  ?)  "  Notes  for  forming  Answer  of  Council  of  Proprie- 
tors to  a  part  of  [the  paper]  of  the  Council  of  New  York  of  March 
4th,  1754,  and  L't  Gov'r  Delancey's  letters  of  March  15th  and  June 
5th,  1754,  [to  Gov'r  Belcher"]  by  James  Alexander.  Original 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Oct.  8.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander — The 
hearing  before  the  Committee  of  Council  against  the  Board  of  Trade's 
report  upon  the  Boundary  Bill  to  come  on  the  next  month — appre- 
hensions expressed  as  to  the  result  from  the  want  of  authenticated 
documents  that  would  be  accepted  as  proof.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd MSS.] 

Oct.  16.  London.  Memorial  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  praying  that  Mr.  Cortlandt  Skinner  may  be  appointed  to 
the  office  of  Attorney  General  of  New  Jersey,  in  consequence  of  the 
resignation  of  Mr.  Joseph  Warrell.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  7,  H.  48.     Original.     3  folios. 

Oct.  17.  New  Jersey.  Petition  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  New   Jersey  to   the  King — The  impossibility  of  complying 


810  •   JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1754. 

with  the  King's  instructions  to  Gov'r  Belcher  about  the  bills  of 
credit  of  that  Province  induced  the  Assembly  to  draw  up  a  new  Act 
for  issuing  £70,000  of  paper  money — pray  that  His  Majesty  would 
give  his  Royal  approbation  of  the  said  Act,  and  direct  the  Gov'r  to 
put  the  same  in  execution.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
7,  H.  50  &  H.  60  (the  Act.)     Copy.     10  folios. 

Oct.  17.  New  Jersey.  Opinion  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey 
in  favor  of  the  petition  of  the  House  of  Representatives  to  the  King, 
and  a  draft  of  an  Act  for  issuing  £70,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  7,  H.  51.     Original.     10  folios. 

Oct.  25.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  informing 
them  that  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint  James  Pitcher,  Esq.,  to 
be  Commissary  of  the  Musters  of  all  the  forces  in  America.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[Oct.  25.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris 
— The  new  Assembly  for  New  Jersey  had  met  early  in  the  month — 
the  friends  of  order  and  government  in  the  majority — doubtful,  how- 
ever, if  any  thing  would  be  done  to  punish  past  rioters,  &c.,  but  be- 
lieved they  would  be  cautious  how  they  entered  upon  any  new  pro- 
ceedings of  the  kind,  lest  they  should  be  brought  to  justice.  Orig'l 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Oct.  26.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America — The 
King  has  ordered  two  regiments  of  500  men  to  repair  to  Virginia, 
which  are  to  be  augmented  to  700  each,  and  to  raise  two  more  of 
1000  men  each — the  Governors  are  to  give  every  encouragement  to 
men  to  enlist — to  exert  themselves  in  order  to  repel  the  common 
enemy — to  provide  sufficient  quantity  of  provisions — to  furnish  offi- 
cers with  all  necessaries  for  travelling  by  land — to  enforce  the  ob- 
servance of  the  Commander-in-Chief's  orders,  and  to  induce  the  As- 
semblies to  raise  a  large  sum  of  money  to  defray  local  charges.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     14  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  the  proceedings  of  the  Commissioners  appointed 
by  the  several  Colonies  to  hold  an  interview  with  the  Six  Nations  at 
Albany  in  June,  1754 ;  the  chief  points  of  it  were  :  1.  The  man- 
agement and  direction  of  Indian  affairs — 2.  The  strengthening  the 
frontiers ;  and  3.  The  providing  for  these  services  by  a  general  plan 
of  union  of  the  Colonies  for  their  mutual  defence  and  security.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  402.     Entry.     31  folios. 

Nov.  4;  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Secretary  of 
State,  Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America, 
informing  them  that  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint  Sir  John  St. 
Clair,  Deputy  Quarter  Master  General  of  his  forces  in  America.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     2  folios. 


1754.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  311 

No.  5.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Seer, 
of  State,  Sir  Tho's  Robinson — Dissolved  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey for  not  answering  the  King's  expectations  upon  the  present 
emergency  and  extraordinary  circumstances  of  the  American  Colo- 
nies— he  will  endeavour  to  prevail  with  the  new  Assembly  to  assist 
in  defending  the  Colonies  against  the  French  depredations.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  67.     Original.     5  folios. 

Nov.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's  letter  of 
the  5th  of  July  last — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  was  dissolved, 
and  a  new  one  called,  who  are  more  inclined  to  enter  into  an  union 
with  the  rest  of  the  Colonies  for  thair  mutual  defence — no  expecta- 
tion even  from  the  new  Assembly,  that  the  Koyal  instructions,  rela- 
tive to  therevisal  of  the  laws,  should  be  complied  with — the  subject 
of  the  persecution  of  the  rioters  shall  be  laid  before  the  Council — the 
Boundary  dispute  with  New  York  is  still  going  on — the  Government 
of  that  Province  does  not  coincide  with  the  New  Jersey  Government, 
in  wishing  a  temporary  until  the  true  line  of  property  can  be  ascer- 
tained. S.  P.  0.,  B.  t.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  54.  Original. 
8  folios. 

Nov.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  for  settling  the  rank  of  the  Pro- 
vincial and  regular  troops — the  Provincial  General  to  have  no  rank 
with  those  who  serve  by  commission  from  the  King,  all  captains  and 
inferior  officers  of  the  regular  troops  to  command  and  take  post  of 
the  Provincial  officers  of  the  same  rank,  though  the  commissions  of 
the  Provincials  may  be  of  older  date.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.74.     Draft.     4  folios.    • 

Nov.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  copies  of  papers  relative  to  the  boundary 
question  between  New  Jersey  and  New  York — if  Gov'r  Delancey 
will  not  agree  to  the  proposals  contained  in  Gov'r  Belcher's  letter, 
no  less  than  actual  war  between  the  two  Colonies  must  be  expected 
— the  necessity  of  an  order  from  the  King  to  Gov'r  Delancey  to 
join  in  the  measures  proposed  is  strongly  urged,  in  order  to  restore 
and  preserve  the  peace.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7, 
H.  55.     Duplicate.     4  folios. 

Enclosing  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Delancey,  Nov.  23, 
1754,  and  memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  E.  Jersey,  Aug.  23,  1754. 

Nov.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r 
Delancey,  containing  proposals  for  settling  a  temporary  line  of  di- 
vision between  the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  until 
the  actual  one  could  be  ascertained.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey 
Vol.  7,  H.  56.     Copy.     13  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  foregoing. 

[Nov.  26.     New  York.     James  Alexander  to  Ford.  John   Paris, 


312  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1754. 

Loudon — Proceedings  of  New  York  Council  of  Oct.  29tli  and  Nov. 
8th  in  relation  to  New  Jersey — narrative  of  what  had  recently  oc- 
curred relative  to  the  boundary  question — desire  expressed  by  Gov'r 
Morris  to  have  the  matter  pressed  to  a  termination  before  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  new  Governor  for  New  York.  0^'iginal  draft. 
Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Nov.  26.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Desires  that  the  orders  of  the  King  on  the  subject 
of  the  boundary  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey  should 
speedily  arrive  to  prevent  bloodshed  among  the  borderers — encloses 
several  public  papers — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  will  not  assist 
the  neighbouring  Colonies  in  their  present  distressed  circumstances 
— observations  on  the  bill  for  emission  of  paper  money.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  58.     Original.     5  folios. 

[Dec.  "  Brief  state  of  case  of  line  between  New  York  and  New 
Jersey,  made  by  W.  A.,  (William  Alexander)  with  manuscript  map, 
showing  all  the  lines,  the  different  tracts  involved  in  the  controver- 
sy, &c.      Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Dec.  2.  New  York.  Jas.  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris — En- 
deavors to  be  made  to  have  him  displaced  from  the  Council  of  New 
York,  in  consequence  of  the  part  taken  by  him  in  the  controversy 
between  that  Province  and  New  Jersey  respecting  the  boundary. 
Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Dec.  16.  London.  Ferd.  John  Paris  to  James  Alexander,  N. 
York — The  hearing  upon  the  Board  of  Trade's  Report  respecting 
boundary  bill  had  been  unaccountably  postponed — no  time  fixed  for 
it — observations  upon  Mr.  Alexander's  views  relative  to  the  settle- 
ment of  the  matter  by  a  commissioner,  and  against  a  temporary  line, 
such  as  might  be  suggested  by  New  York.  Original.  Rutherfurd 
MSS.] 

Dec.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir 
Thos.  Robinson,  Seer,  of  State — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  sev- 
eral of  his  letters — Mr.  James  Pitcher  will  meet  with  every  aid  and 
assistance  in  the  execution  of  his  duty  as  Commissary  of  the  Mus- 
ters of  all  His  Majesty's  forces  in  N.  America — he  will  summon  the 
Council  and  ask  their  advice  as  to  what  can  be  done  at  present  for 
His  Majesty's  service — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  will  do  nothing 
until  they  have  a  full  answer  to  their  petition.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  68.     Original.     6  folios. 

[Dec.  17.  Printed  copy  of  Report  of  a  Committee  of  N.  York 
Council,  relative  to  the  controverted  boundary  line  between  N.  York 
and  New  Jersey.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Dec.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  answers  to  the  queries  sent  him  i-especting 
the  state  and  circumstances  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol  8,  I.  4.     Original.     32  folios. 


1754.]  JONATHAN   BELCHER  GO^RNOR.  313 

Dec.  31.  Wliitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
Sir  Thos.  Robinson,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  transmit- 
ting a  clause  inserted  in  the  Mutiny  Bill,  enacting  that  all  the  Pro- 
vincial forces  whilst  in  conjunction  with  the  British  army,  shall  be 
liable  to  the  same  martial  law  and  discipline  as  the  regular  troops 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.74.     Draft.     3  folios. 

Similar  circular  letter  with  a  copy  of  the  Mutiny  Bill  was  sent 
1755,  Jan.  23.     See  S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  7-1. 

Dec.  Reply  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  objection  against  the 
clause  of  an  Act  relating  to  bills  of  credit  in  tenders  for  payments 
being  obligatory — proving  that  if  refusal  of  these  bills  in  private 
contracts  should  be  allowed,  it  would  be  destructive  of  the  public 
faith  and  the  medium  of  commerce  in  New  Jersey,  and  render  their 
credit  with  the  inhabitants  entirely  precarious  and  uncertain.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  7,  H.  52.  Original.  8  folios. 
1755. 

Jan.  2  &  28.  New  York.  Jas.  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris, 
London — In  answer  to  letter  of  Oct.  8th,  1754 — the  New  York 
Council  on  17th  Dec.  had  made  a  report  on  the  subject  of  the  boun- 
dary, advising  vigorous  measures  to  secure  possession  of  as  much  of 
the  disputed  territory  as  possible — should  this  be  carried  out  an  ac- 
tual war  upon  the  frontier  would  ensue — his  sou,  at  the  request  of 
Mr.  Pownall,  had  drawn  up  a  "  brief  state  of  the  dispute,"  [see 
above,  Dec.,]  with  an  illustrative  map,  a  copy  of  which  he  trans- 
mits— as  he  cannot  much  longer  expect,  as  he  has  "  grown  old,"  to 
take  such  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  East  Jersey  Pro- 
prietors, tlie  chief  care  of  them  would  devolve  upon  his  son  and 
Gov'r  Morris — as  he,  Mr.  Paris,  was  likewise  getting  "  well  ad- 
vanced in  years,"  suggests  the  employment  of  some  competent  gen- 
tleman to  assist  him  in  conducting  their  affairs  in  England,  in  order 
that  an  acquaintance  with  them  might  be  acquired  in  time — no 
prospect  of  a  speedy  termination  of  the  controversy  with  New  York 
— list  of  papers  transmitted  to  him,  eighteen  in  number.  Original 
draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Secretary  of 
State,  Sir  Thos.  Robinson,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  sig- 
nifying the  King's  intention  to  augment  the  regiments  in  British 
pay  to  1000  men — the  Governors  are  to  correspond  with  Gen.  Brad- 
dock,  and  to  send  their  certain  contribution  of  men — they  are  to 
encom*age  enlisting,  and  defray  the  charge  of  a  levy.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     5  folios. 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Sir  Thomas  Robinson, 
to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — that  all  troops  in  America  while 
serving  with  the  British  forces,  and  under  the  command  of  an  officer 
bearing  the  King's  commission,  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  martial 
law  and  discipline  as  the  British  forces  are.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     2  folios. 


814  JONAT^N   BELCHER   GOVEP.NOR.  [1755. 

March  17.  London.  Memorial  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  offering  his  observations  in  support  of  the  New  Jersey 
bill  for  emitting  £70,000  in  bills  of  credit,  "  which  the  Assembly  of 
that  Colony  conceived  to  be  as  nearly  conformable  to  the  terms  of 
the  Royal  instruction  sent  over  to  their  Governors  last  year,  for  is- 
suing £60,000  as  they  could  well  come  into."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  7,  H.  61.      Original.     16  folios. 

March  19.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Bord  of  Trade, 
upon  the  petition  of  the  House  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  (pray- 
ing that  a  bill  which  they  have  prepared  for  making  current  £70,000 
in  bills  of  credit  be  approved,)  showing  that  some  parts  of  it  are  not 
conformable  with  the  Royal  instructions,  whilst  others  deserve  a  fa- 
vorable comment.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  15,  p. 
437.     Entry.     11  folios. 

April  16.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America — A  squadron  of  ships  of  war 
is  ordered  to  sail  to  America  under  the  command  of  V.  Admiral 
Boscawen — whenever  any  naval  assistance  shall  be  wanted  for  the 
protection  of  either  of  the  Provinces,  the  Governors  are  to  apply  for 
the  same  to  the  said  V.  Admiral  or  to  Commodore  Keppell.     S.  P. 

0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     3  folios. 

April  22.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  that  Thos.  Pownall,  Esq.,  may  be  appointed 
Lieut.  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
15,  p.  443.     Entry.     2  folios. 

April  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  in  Feb.  last, 
and  upon  having  laid  before  them  the  pressing  necessity  of  their 
joining  with  the  other  Provinces  for  driving  the  French  from  their 
encroachments,  they  have  passed  several  Acts  for  that  purpose,  which 
Acts  and  other  public  papers  are  transmitted — the  Assembly  insist 
on  having  an  answer  to  their  petition  about  their  Act  for  emitting 
£70,000  in  bills  of  credit — 500  men  are  to  be  raised  in  New  Jersey 
under  the  command  of  Col.  Peter  Schuyler,  to  be  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Gen.  Braddock.     S.    P.   0.,  B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  8, 

1.  7.     Original.     5  folios. 

April  30.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir 
Thos.  Robinson,  Seer,  of  State — Gave  Sir  John  St.  Clair  the  assu- 
rance of  aiding  and  assisting  him  in  the  execution  of  his  duty  as 
Deputy  Quartermaster  General  of  the  forces  in  America — received 
printed  copy  of  the  Mutiny  Bill,  by  which  all  troops  in  America, 
whilst  in  conjunction  with  the  British  forces,  shall  be  liable  to  the 
same  martial  law  and  discipline  as  the  British  troops  are — there  is 
no  money  raised  for  defraying  the  augmentation  of  the  British  regi- 
ments— neither  are  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  inclined  to  raise 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  315 

any  until  they  have  an  answer  from  the  King  to  their  petition — the 
Assembly  raised  a  regiment  of  500  men  at  their  own  expense.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  68.     Original     5  folios. 

[May  6.  Muster  roll  of  Capt.  Wm.  Skinner's  company  of  Nevr 
Jersey  troops,  in  Col.  Schuyler's  regiment  on  the  Northern  frontier. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[May  11.  Perth  Amboy.  John  Johnston  to  Wm.  Alexander, 
N.  York — Capt.  Wm.  Skinner's"company  (Provincial  troops  for  regi- 
ment under  command  of  Col.  Schuyler,)  mustered  the  day  before — 
Capt.  John  Parker's  would  be  in  a  few  days — had  been  to  Eliza- 
beth town  to  muster  Capt.  Risco's,  but  found  he  only  had  79  all  told 
— Capt.  Woodward  would  probably  resign  his  company  to  one  Doct. 
Ogden,  who,  it  was  said,  had  50  or  sixty  men.  Original.  Ruther- 
furd  MSS.] 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  draft  of 
a  commission  for  Thos.  Pownall,  Esq.,  to  be  Lieut.  Governor  of  New 
Jersey.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  J.     Vol.  8,  I.  8.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[For  a  summary  of  Mr.  Po\vnairs  public  career,  with  references  to  authorities, 
by  Mr.  O'Callaghan,  see  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  \^.  p.  1009'  See  also  Minot's 
Massachusetts — Force's  Amer.  Archives,  4th  series  I.  pp.  74,  1600 — Letter  to  a  No- 
bleman on  MOitary  Operations  from  1753  to  1756,  &c.] 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  approving  Thos.  Pow- 
nall, Esq.,  to  be  Lieut.  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  5.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  ^Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices,  enclosing  a  commission  prepared  by  the  said 
Board,  appointing  Thos.  Pownall,  Esq.,  Lieut.  Governor  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.15,  p.  444.  Entry. 
7  folios. 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  acquaint  Gov'r  Belcher,  that  the  petition  of  the  Assem- 
bly of  N.  Jersey,  in  favor  of  the  draft  of  a  bill  for  making  current 
£70,000  in  bills'of  credit,  was  by  the  Lords  Justices,  with  the  ad- 
vice of  the  Privy  Council,  rejected.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  6.     Original.     4  folios. 

May  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — Enclosing  copy  of  a  report  of  the  Board  to  the  Lords 
Justices,  and  copy  of  an  Order  of  Council  upon  a  bill  passed  in  N. 
Jersey  for  emitting  £70,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  15,  p.  448.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[June  7.  New  York.  James  Alexander  to  Ferd.  John  Paris, 
London — Proceedings  relative  to  the  boundary  line,  with  documents. 
Original  draft.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[June    16.      Message  from  the   Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to 


316  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

Gov'r  R.  H.  Morris — Calling  for  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  General 
Braddock,  which  had  caused  the  Governor  to  summon  the  Assembly. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  17.  Message  of  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of  Penn- 
sylvania— Kelative  to  supplies  for  the  men  engaged  in  opening  and 
clearing  the  road  towards  the  Ohio.  Original  copy.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

June  19.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
Sir  Thos.  Robinson,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  directing 
them  not  to  draw  bills  upon  the  Paymaster  General  for  money  on 
account  of  the  services,  &c.,  but  to  apply  for  such  sums  to  General 
Braddock,  or  to  the  Commandei--in-Chief  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  74.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[June  21.  Message  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Declining  to  furnish  them  with  a  copy  of  Gen.  Brad- 
dock's  letter,  (see  1755,  June  16,)  unless  a  promise  is  given  that  it 
shall  not  be  printed.     Original  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  21.  Message  from  the  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to 
Gov'r  Morris — Relative  to  bills  for  granting  money  for  the  King's 
use,  &c.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  25.  Message  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Relative  to  the  amount  of  money  on  hand  to  ex- 
change for  old  and  deferred  bills  of  credit.  Original  copy  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  25.  Message  from  the  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to  Gov'r 
Morris,  in  answer  to  the  foregoing.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  26.  Message  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of  Penn- 
sylvania— Calling  for  the  adoption  of  measures  to  prevent  exporta- 
tions  of  produce  that  may  get  to  the  French.  Original  copy.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  27.  Rejoinder  of  the  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to  Gov'r 
Morris,  (see  1755,  June  21,)  asserting  their  right  to  determine  what 
papers  before  them  should  be  printed.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[June  27.  Message  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Adhering  to  certain  amendments  to  a  money  bill. 
Original  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

June  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Sends  public  papers — the  500  men  raised  in  New  Jersey  for 
the  Canadian  expedition  are  as  fine  a  regiment  as  could  have  been 
raised — encloses  copy  of  Capt.  Bradstreet's  letter,  containing  an  ac- 
count of  the  state  of  things  at  Oswego.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  8,  I.  9.     Original,  with  enclosure.     9  folios. 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  317 

[July  9.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gen.  Braddock — 
Approves  of  putting  the  New  Jersey  regiment  under  the  command 
of  Gov'r  Shirley,  to  aid  him  in  his  attack  upon  Niagara,  although 
he  should  not  have  done  it  without  the  General's  direction.  (Jopy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  9.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  R.  H.  Mor- 
ris, of  Penn'a — Would  comply  with  his  wishes  in  endeavoring  to 
suppress  the  exportation  of  provisions — the  scalping  and  "  captivat- 
ing "  Virginians,  Marylanders  and  Pennsylvanians,  likely  to  arouse 
a  spirit  of  indignation  against  the  French.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[The  "  young  man  "  so  frequently  alluded  to  in  Gov.  B.'s  letters  to  his  coiTes- 
pondents  in  England,  in  1751-52 — having  been  appointed  Governor  of  Pennsylva- 
nia in  1754,  this  letter  concludes,  "  with  mine  and  Mrs.  Belcher's  compliments,  I 
am,  sir,  your  Honor's  most  oh't  servant. "] 

July  16.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Sir 
Thos.  Bobinson,  proposing  that  Gen.  Braddock  be  directed  to  con- 
sider and  report  his  opinion  in  what  manner  the  frontiers  of  the 
American  Plantations  may  be  best  defended.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  417.     Entry.     6  folios. 

July  16,  WhitehaU.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  the 
several  Governors  of  the  North  American  Plantations,  desiring  their 
opinion  upon  the  best  method  for  protecting  the  frontiers  and  for  the 
management  of  Indian  aifairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
43,  p.  420.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[July  19.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.  Read — In 
consequence  of  the  melancholy  news  received  of  the  death  of  Gen. 
Braddock  and  the  defeat  of  his  army,  it  was  necessary  that  the  As- 
sembly should  be  convened  as  soon  as  possible — he  was  requested  to 
summon  the  members  by  express.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  19.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Governor 
Phipps — Transmitting  intelligence  of  the  death  of  Gen.  Braddock 
and  defeat  of  his  army.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  21.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.  Peters,  of 
Penn'a — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  the  intelligence  from  him  of 
the  defeat  of  Braddock's  army — had  just  received  intelligence,  how- 
ever, from  Mr.  Pownall,  that  the  General  was  not  killed,  and  was 
retreating  in  good  order — hopes  the  Southern  Colonies  may  be 
aroused  by  the  news,  and  raise  2000  or  3000  men  to  join  the  army. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  21.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Governor 
Pownall,  at  Phil'a — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  his  letter  con- 
veying the  intelligence  respecting  Braddock's  defeat — had  called  the 
Assembly  to  meet  him  the  next  week.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[July  25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.  Read,  "  pr. 
an  Irish  Pedlar  " — A  difficult  matter  to  come  to  any  conclusion  as 


318  JONATHAN  BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

to  what  was  actually  the  condition  of  Braddock's  army — hoped  that 
the  Legislature  would  get  together  on  the  31st.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[July  30.  Elizabethtown.  Grov'r  Belcher  to  Admiral  A.  Bos- 
cawen — Congratulating  him  on  successes  at  sea  and  in  Nova  Scotia. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  1.  Elizabethtown.  Message  of  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Council  and  Assembly.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  1.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Assembly — 
Pleased  to  receive  their  message  intimating  their  intention  to  pro- 
ceed with  their  regular  business,  as  well  as  to  attend  to  the  extraor- 
dinary matters  to  which  their  attention  had  been  drawn — in  answer 
to  their  objections  to  meeting  in  Elizabethtown,  asserts  his  right 
xmder  the  Royal  orders  to  convene  them  there — but  to  avoid  all  dis- 
putes at  that  time,  he  had  ordered  the  Secretary  to  adjourn  the 
House  to  meet  the  next  day  in  Perth  Aniboy.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

Aug.  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey's  conduct  approved — a 
commission  for  settling  the  boundary  question  between  that  Province 
and  New  York  proposed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16, 
p.  1.     Entry.     10  folios. 

[Aug.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Din- 
widdle— The  good  accounts  from  the  Eastward  of  the  successes  of 
the  army  and  navy,  in  some  measure  relieved  the  gloomy  intelli- 
gence from  the  Southern  Colonies — had  laid  his  letter  of  2d  June 
before  the  New  Jersey  Commissioners,  and  they  had  made  a  remit- 
tance to  Mr.  Hanbury,  in  accordance  with  his  request — the  Assem- 
blies of  both  N.  York  and  Pennsylvania  then  sitting — had  brought 
the  critical  condition  of  affairs  to  the  notice  of  the  N.  Jersey  As- 
sembly, on  1st — thought  the  Colonies  ought  to  raise  a  body  of  at 
least  20,000  men.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  7.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  N.  Jersey  As- 
sembly— Granting  permission  to  them  to  choose  a  Speaker  ^ro  iem. 
during  the  absence  of  that  officer,  (Robert  Lawrence,) — the  person 
chosen  to  be  presented  to  him  for  his  approval.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Aug.  7.  "  In  Camp  about  2  miles  above  Casses."  Wm.  Alex- 
ander to  Vanbrugh  Livingston,  New  York — Encloses  orders  from 
Gen.  Shirley,  to  the  effect  that  they  are  to  furnish  vessels  and  sup- 
plies for  the  two  regiments  of  New  Jersey  troops — suggestions  rela- 
tive to  the  fitting  up  of  the  vessels,  &c.,  for  their  transportation 
from  Amboy  to  Albany.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

[Aug.  8.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.   Read — Di- 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  319 

recting  him  to  adjourn  the  Council  and  Assembly  to  meet  him  at 
Elizabethtown  the  next  day,  as  he  had  something  to  communicate  to 
them  which  could  not  so  well  be  done  by  message  as  in  person — 
eight  days  had  elapsed  since  the  opening  of  the  session — a  great  part 
of  the  time  in  passing  between  Amboy  and  Elizabethtown,  which 
would  continue  to  be  the  case,  at  a  great  expense  to  the  Province, 
&c.,  "while  the  King's  Governor  is,  in  the  Providence  of  God,  dis- 
abled from  travelling  " — it  was  necessary  that  some  provision  should 
be  made  for  such  contingencies — had  not  heard  from  the  House  in 
relation  to  their  choice  of  a  Speaker  pro  tern.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Aug.  8.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  GTov'r  Dc- 
lancey — Intended  to  press  upon  the  Assembly  the  passing  of  a  law 
authorizing  the  Governor  to  enforce  embargoes — agrees  with  him  in 
thinking  the  most  efiectual  aid  the  Assembly  could  render  at  that 
juncture,  would  be  sending  more  men  to  Col.  Schuyler,  to  reinforce 
Gen.  Shirley.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  9.  Elizabethtown.  Message  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Council  and  Assembly^ — Communicating  papers  from  Lieut.  Gov'r 
Delancey,  of  New  York,  &c. — urges  the  raising  of  additional  men 
for  the  frontier — the  establishment  of  an  embargo  for  three  months 
— and  the  amendment  of  the  militia  law.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  21.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr. 
Oliver — Did  not  think  the  forces  sent  to  Crown  Point  and  Niagara 
sufficient  for  the  reduction  of  those  places — news  had  been  received 
at  Philadelphia  that  a  French  fleet  of  24  sail  was  coming  to  Amer- 
ica, and  that  Sir  Edward  Hawk  was  to  follow  it  with  a  strong  squad- 
ron— the  Assemblies  had  prohibited  the  exportation  of  provisions, 
&c.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Visschcr — 
Sundry  documents  received  from  Col.  Schuyler — hopes  that  the 
Commissioners  will  without  delay  forward  supplies  "to  the  good 
men  who  are  jeoparding  their  lives  in  the  high  places  of  the  field." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Schuyler — 
The  Assembly  had  not  authorized  the  raising  of  any  more  men,  but 
had  appropriated  15,000  pounds  as  a  further  provision  for  his  regi- 
ment until  the  ensuing  May — reference  to  the  pay  of  the  Colonel's 
Adjutant,  and  a  recommendation  relating  thereto  to  the  Legislature. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Aug.  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Jonathan 
Belcher,  Chief  Justice  of  Nova  Scotia— A  private  _  letter,  recom- 
mending economy — his  marrying  again — and  to  resign  his  Lieut. 
Col's  Commission,  &c.— Enclosing  a  letter  for  Governor  Lawrence. 
Copy,     Belcher  Papers.] 


820  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOE.  [1755. 

[Aug.  28.  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Mr.  William  Hog,  merchant, 
to  President  Burr — Heard  Mr.  Davies  died  on  the  return  voyage — 
have  £1000  for  the  College,  for  which  you  may  draw  on  Mr.  Wm. 
Belcher,  London — the  Assembly  renewed  the  order  to  parishes 
which  have  not  yet  collected  to  do  so — the  Marquis  of  Lothian  gave 
£50 — it  will  be  necessary  for  the  Trustees  to  write  a  vote  of  thanks 
to  him  as  you  did  to  the  Earl  of  Dumfries — a  surprising  appearance  of 
Providence  in  giving  Mr.  Tennent  and  Mr.  Davies  such  unexpected 
success — have  just  got  a  confused  account  of  the  awful  stroke  of 
Providence  in  Braddock's  defeat.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc.  Papers, 
Philadelphia.] 

[From  Rev'd  Richard  Webster.] 

Aug.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
Sir  Tho's  Robinson,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  informing 
them  that  the  King  appointed  Major  General  Shirley  Commander- 
in-Chief  of  the  forces  in  America,  in  the  room  of  the  late  Major 
General  Braddock,  killed  in  the  affair  on  Mononghela  the  9th  of 
July  last.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  74.  Draft.  3 
folios. 

Aug.  29.  Whitehall.  Ptepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Justices,  enclosing  an  account  of  the  number  of  white 
inhabitants  in  the  Colonies  in  North  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  423.     Entry.     8  folios. 

[Aug.  29.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Barberie,  Col- 
lector at  Perth  Amboy — Drawing  his  attention  to  a  proclamation 
prohibiting  the  exportation  of  provisions,  &c.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Sept.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  John  St.  Clair 
— Braddock's  defeat  and  other  circumstances  would  likely  prevent 
the  carrying  out  the  plan  of  the  campaign,  and  the  French  in  conse- 
quence would  gain  a  vast  advantage — during  the  winter,  exertions 
should  be  made  to  raise  25,000  men  in  the  Colonies,  to  be  joined  by 
5000  more  from  England,  so  that  in  the  spring  they  could  commence 
operations,  and  extirpate  the  French — regrets  to  hear  tbat  Sir  John 
was  wounded  on  the  fatal  day  of  Braddock's  disaster.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Sept.  5.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  Cha's  Hardy, 
Governor  of  New  York — Congratulating  him  on  his  arrival.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers. 

Gov'r  Hardy  arrived  Sept.  2d,  1755.] 

Sept.  7.  New  York.  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  commission  as  Lieut.  Gov't 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  14. 
Original.     1  folio. 

[Sept.  7.     Oswego.     Letter  from  Capt.   Wm.  Skinner,  of  the 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  321 

New  Jersey  troops,  to  his  brother  Cortlandt  Skinner,  of  Perth  Am- 
boy — Griving  an  account  of  the  health  of  the  regiment — liis  expecta- 
tion of  going  upon  active  service — disturbances  in  Shirley's  regiment 
— a  fort  being  built  on  "  the  east  side  of  the  river  upon  a  hiirwhich 
commands  the  Lake,  *  *  so  that  it  sfiW  be  impossible  to  hurt  us 
when  that's  finished."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Order  of  Council 
of  13th  May,  rejecting  the  petition  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey in  favor  of  their  bill  for  emitting  £70,000  in  paper  currency, 
which  order  will  be  communicated  to  the  Council  and  Assembly  of 
that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  15.  Orig'l. 
2  folios. 

[Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers.] 

Sept.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Seer,  of  State,  Sir  T.  Robinson — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his 
letters,  in  which  he  is  glad  to  observe  that  Admiral  Boscawen  is  sent 
with  a  squadron  of  ships  of  war  to  protect  the  North  American  Colo- 
nies— the  Assembly  made  ample  provision  in  support  of  a  regiment 
of  500  men  till  May  next — proposes  the  raising  of  25,000  men  out 
of  the  13  Provinces,  and  5000  British  Regulars  to  incorporate  with 
them,  with  the  assistance  of  the  squadron  of  ships  to  reduce  Quebec 
by  May  next.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  69.  Original. 
8  folios, 

[Copy  of  this,  so  far  as  it  refers  to  New  Jersey,  in  Belcher  Papers.  The  whole 
despatch  in  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Advising  him  to  be  watchful  at  the  offices  against  any  attempt  to 
appoint  a  Lieut.  Gov'r  for  New  Jersey — "  when  you  think  it  may  be 
of  service,  it  will  be  well  to  put  my  speeches  into  the  public  prints." 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Sept.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Sir 
Thomas  Robinson,  enclosing  a  representation  to  the  King  upon  the 
expediency  of  establishing  packet  boats  between  Ennfland  and  the 
North  American  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43, 
p.  426.     Entry.     6  folios. 

Sept.  19.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  them  to  send  an  account 
of  the  forts  and  fortifications,  ordnance,  stores  of  war,  and  number  of 
inhabitants  in  each  colony  and  island  under  their  respective  Govern- 
ments. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43,  p.  429.  Entry.  4 
folios. 

[Sept.  19.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Pownall  (in 

New  York) — Congratulating  him  on  his  being  appointed  Lieut.  Gov'r 
of  New  Jersey  (see  Sept.  17) — had  summoned  the  Council  to  meet 
21 


822  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

on  the  22d,  in  order  to  bis  qualification  before  tbem — ^hopes  Mr. 
Alexander  will  come  with  bim.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  19.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  bis  nephew,  Mr. 
Oliver — Gov'r  Fitch  gives  information  of  1500  additional  troops 
from  Connecticut,  and  there  were  to  be  2000  more  from  Massachu- 
setts to  reinforce  Gov'r  Johnson — hopes  it  may  result  in  the  reduc- 
tion of  Crown  Point.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  20.  Oswego.  Account  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey 
with  Peter  Schuyler,  Colonel  of  the  New  Jersey  regiment  from 
June  6th  to  Sept.  7th,  1755,  showing  a  balance  due  bim  of  £294 
16s.  4|^d.     Original  copy  with  autograph.     Rutberfurd  MSS.] 

[Sept.  27.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Dunbar 
— Had  just  received  intelligence  by  the  hands  of  Sir  John  St.  Clair, 
that  the  troops  under  bis  command  would  reach  Trenton  from 
Philadelphia  on  1st  October — had  issued  orders  to  have  them  sup- 
plied with  provisions  and  carriages,  and  should  expedite  bis  march 
to  Amboy.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Sept.  27.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Yard,  one  of 
the  New  Jersey  Commissioners,  for  furnishing  supplies,  &c. — Mr. 
Johnston,  of  Amboy,  and  Sir  John  St.  Clair,  then  with  him — the 
latter  stated  that  Colon(^l  Dunbar,  with  near  1700  men,  officers  in- 
cluded, would  require  37  wagons  for  his  baggage,  21  horses  for  the 
cannon  and  ammunition  wagons,  90  saddle  horses,  and  lib.  meat  and 
lib.  of  biscuit  or  flour  per  day  for  each  man — all  possible  despatch 
to  be  made  to  furnish  these  supplies.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  1.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Seer.  Read — Direct- 
ing him  to  summon  the  Assembly  to  meet  at  Elizabetbtown  on  6tb 
November — complains  of  the  delay  of  Mr.  Bradford  in  printing 
the  Laws  and  Journals  of  the  previous  session.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Oct.  2.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Hardy — 
Drawing  his  attention,  at  the  request  of  the  Council,  to  the  long- 
pending  controversy  relative  to  the  Boundary  between  New  York 
and  New  Jersey.     Copy.    .Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  3.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Schuyler — 
Thanking  him  for  a  present  of  venison,  the  produce  of  his  own  Park. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  14.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  (Mr.  Alexander  ?) 
— Would  write  to  the  Lords  of  Trade  in  relation  to  Boundary  Line 
— as  New  York  had  taken  off  the  prohibition  against  the  exportation 
of  provisions,  he  would  do  the  same.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  16.  Elizabetbtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Din- 
widdie — In  relation  to  the  movement  of  Colonel  Dunbar's  troops — 
the  example  of  his  Province  in  raising  1000  men  for  its  defence — a 


1755.]  JONATHAN    BELCHER    GOVERNOR.  328 

handsome  example  to  the  others — Grov'r  Johnson  had  behaved 
bravely  in  the  recent  action  (at  Lake  George) — they  had  at  Albany 
2000  men,  at  Oswego  upwards  of  2000,  with  Gen.  Johnson  6000— 
but  he  understood  all  further  operations  were  to  cease.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Treasurers  John- 
ston and  Smith — Calling  upon  them  for  their  accounts  to  be  trans- 
mitted to  England.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Oct.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Collector  Bar- 
berrie,  Perth  Amboy — Informing  him  of  the  revocation  of  the  em- 
bargo upon  provisions.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Oct.  21.  Gen'l  Post  Office.  Letter  from  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral to  the  Board  of  Trade — Acquainting  them  that,  in  obedience  to 
the  King's  commands,  vessels  are  provided  for  the  carrying  on  a 
regular  monthly  correspondence  with  the  American  Colonies.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  15,  0.  130.     Orig'l.     7  folios. 

[Nov.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Rev.  George  White- 
field — Nassau  Hall  erected  and  roofed,  and  to  be  finished  with  "all 
expedition.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Nov.  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
(signed  by  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall)  to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  in- 
forming them  that  packet  boats  are  established  between  Falmouth 
and  New  York  for  carrying  on  a  regular  correspondence.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  43,  p.  435.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[Nov.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  T.  Robinson — 
The  withdrawal  of  the  French  and  English  Ministers  from  their  re- 
spective courts  afforded  reason  to  anticipate  an  open  rupture  between 
the  two  nations — should  notify  the  people  of  New  Jersey — should 
conform  to  the  instructions  making  known  the  appointment  of  Major 
General  Shirley  to  the  command  of  the  forces  in  America — had  re- 
ceived intelligence  the  night  before  from  Governor  Morris  of  Penn- 
sylvania, of  the  reported  march  of  1500  French  and  Indians  against 
the  frontiers  of  Virginia  and  Penn'a — refers  to  what  he  had  previ- 
ously written  in  relation  to  the  necessity  of  taking  Quebec.  Copy 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  4.  Message  from  Governor  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Had  called  them  together  in  consequence  of  the  en- 
croachments of  French  and  Indians  on  the  frontiers — urges  them  to 
promptness  in  making  provisions  for  the  defence  of  the  Province. 
Original  draft  and  fair  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  5.  Message  from  Governor  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Further  intelligence  received  from  the  Indians — the 
settlements  at  the  Great  Cove  destroyed.  Original  copy.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


324  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

Nov.  5.  New  Jersey.  Accounts  of  the  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments of  the  Treasurers  of  the  Eastern  and  Western  Divisions  of 
New  Jersey  from  April,  1754,  to  November,  1755.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  19  &  20.      Original.     21  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  6,  1755. 

[Nov.  5.  Message  from  the  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  to  Gov- 
ernor Morris — Enquiring  as  to  the  information  he  may  have  relative 
to  the  disposition  of  different  tribes  of  Indians.  Copy.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Morris — 
Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  his  various  despatches  relative  to  the 
approach  of  the  French  and  Indians — would  lay  the  information  be- 
fore the  Assembly,  but  they  would  scarcely  think  it  reasonable  to 
send  them  to  the  protection  of  Pennsylvania,  when  that  Province 
would  do  nothing  for  its  own  defence — there  were  no  arms  in  New 
Jersey  belonging  to  the  Crown,  and  but  very  few  belonging  to  the 
inhabitants — suggests  an  application  to  Gov'r  Shirley  for  a  portion 
of  his  forces.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Allen — 
Had  sent  by  expresses  to  every  Colonel  in  the  Province  his  orders 
to  muster  their  regiments,  and  have  them  in  readiness  for  service — 
(see  below.)     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Colonel  Andrew 
Johnston— Having  received  advice  from  Governor  Morris  of  Penn- 
sylvania of  the  near  approach  of  the  French  and  Indians,  he  directs 
the  mustering  the  regiment  of  militia  in  Middlesex  County,  and  an  ex- 
amination into  their  equipment,  &c.,  and  that  they  be  kept  in  readi- 
ness to  march  with  all  possible  despatch  to  repel  any  invasion — (the 
same  to  Colonels  Abraham  Van  Campen,  of  Sussex;  John  Low,  of 
Essex  ;  Joseph  Stout,  of  Hunterdon  ;  Nicholas  Gibbon,  of  Cumber- 
land and  Cape  May ;  Joseph  Tuttle,  of  Morris ;  Cbarles  Read,  of 
Burlington  ;  Cornelius  Van  Home,  of  Somerset ;  John  Read,  of 
Momnouth ;  and  John  Schuyler,  of  Bergen.)  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

Nov.  7.  General  Post  Office.  Letter  from  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral to  the  Board  of  Trade — That  they  recommend  to  the  Governors 
and  Chief  Officers  in  America  to  assist  the  Captains  of  the  packet 
boats  appointed  to  carry  the  monthly  correspondence.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  15,  0.  13L     Original.     3  folios. 

[Nov.  8.  Message  from  Gov'r  Morris  to  the  Assembly  of  Penn- 
sylvania— Censuring  them  for  delay  in  furthering  his  views — in- 
tended to  start  for  the  back  counties,  taking  a  quorum  of  the  Coun- 
cil with  him.     Original  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  10.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Governor 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  825 

Pownall — Expressing  some  disapprobation  at  being  overlooked  by 
Gov'r  Shirley,  wben  sending  notifications  to  other  Governors  to  meet 
in  Congress — encloses  an  affidavit  relative  to  the  approach  of  French 
and  Indians — believes  the  Moravians  are  "  snakes  in  tlie  grass,  and 
enemies  to  King  George."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  10.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gov'r  Morris — 
Is  sorry  at  the  position  Gov'r  M.  is  placed  in — threatened  by  the 
enemy,  and  without  men,  money,  or  arms — thinks  the  wisest  course 
for  the  Proprietors  to  pursue,  would  be  to  invite  the  King  to  take 
the  Government  into  his  own  hand — "  the  present  constitution  seems 
to  me  to  stand  upon  a  very  farraginous  system" — the  enemy  would 
meet  with  a  warm  reception  should  they  attempt  to  invade  New 
Jersey — should  his  suspicions  of  the  loyalty  of  the  Moravians  bo  con- 
firmed, he  should  direct  all  their  arms,  ammunition,  and  public  papers 
to  be  seized.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  10.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  James — Rela- 
tive to  the  purchase  of  servants  ;  would  not  have  married  people,  if 
they  could  be  obtained  for  nothing — had  bought  a  German  two 
years  before  for  a  coachman  and  gardener,  to  serve  five  years  for  £16 
17s.  Od   York  money.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  10.  John  Beading,  President  of  Council  of  West  Jersey 
Proprietors,  to  James  Alexander,  New  York — Relative  to  a  deed  for 
lands  purchased  from  the  Indians  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State 
in  his  possession,  dated  Nov.  1st,  1714,  which  was  not  on  record — 
presumed  to  be  the  fifth  of  the  series  referred  to  in  the  extracts  from 
the  Minutes  of  Proprietors,  1709,  April  1,  &c.,  (which  date  see.) 
Original.     Rutherfurd  West  Jersey  Papers.] 

[Nov.  10.  Message  from  Governor  Morris  to  tlie  Assembly  of 
Pennsylvania — Urging  attention  to  the  Indian  aftairs  of  the  Province. 
Original  draft  partly  written  in  another  hand.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[Nov.  11.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Van  Campen 
— Approves  of  his  resolution  to  march  his  regiment  into  Pennsylvania 
to  meet  and  repel  the  enemy,  should  they  appear,  before  they  should 
reach  the  frontiers  of  New  Jersey.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  13.  Elizabethtown.  Message  of  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Council  and  Assembly,  on  the  opening  of  the  session.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Nov.  14.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Assembly — 
Reminding  them  that  there  is  no  provision  made  for  incidental  ex- 
penses of  the  Government,  sending  expresses,  &c.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  requiring  them  to  give  all  possible 
assistance  to  the    Commanders  of  the   packet  boats  at  their  several 


326  JONATHAfJ    BELCHER   GOVERNOR,  [1755. 

Governments.     S.  P.   0.,  B.    T.     Plant.    Gen.     Vol.    43,    p.   437. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

[Nov.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  President  Burr — 
The  affairs  of  the  College  wearing  an  unfavorable  complexion  for 
want  of  money — from  several  sources  only  1700  pounds  proc.  might 
be  expected,  and  they  might  be  brought  to  a  stand.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Nov.  19.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Gordon  of 
Penn'a — Detailing  what  he  had  done  towards  repelling  the  enemy 
should  they  advance.     Copy,     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Governor  Hop- 
kins—  His  broken  health  would  not  allow  of  his  attending  the  Con- 
vention of  Commissioners  appointed  by  General  Shirley,  to  meet  in 
New  York  the  latter  end  of  the  month — he  had  desired  Lieut.  Gov'r 
Pownall  to  represent  him.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  General  Shirley 
— Thinks  they  are  playing  a  small  game  at  a  vast  expense  of  blood 
and  treasure — instead  of  attacking  the  enemy's  small  forts,  they  had 
better  attempt  their  Capital  on  this  Continent — did  not  think  it 
would  prove  difficult  to  raise  30,000  men  in  the  Colonies,  if  the 
Crown  would  furnish  the  money — "  if  we  would  hew  the  tree  down 
effectually,  the  sacred  pages  tell  us,  we  must  lay  the  axe  to  the  root" 
— the  coming  year  would  test  the  ascendency  of  the  French  or  Eng- 
lish arms  in  North  America,  "  which,  in  time  to  come,  will  be  a 
glorious  empire" — would  not  be  able  to  attend  the  meeting  of  Com- 
missioners in  New  York ;  but  as  Barzillai  asked  David  to  accept 
Chimham  in  his  place,  so  he  wished  to  have  Mr.  Pownall  permitted 
to  represent  him — wishes  to  have  the  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  War 
at  Oswego  sent  to  him — thinks  the  Assembly  will  consent  to  continue 
Col.  Schuyler  and  his  regiment  on  the  frontier — had  met  his  Assem- 
bly on  the  12th,  and  laid  his  letter  before  them,  but  they  had  not 
appointed  a  commission,  as  recommended.    Copy,     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  21.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Governor 
Pownall — Requesting  him  to  attend  the  Convention  in  New  York  in 
his  stead.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  22.  Elizabethtown.  Governor  Belcher  to  Colonel  Ford 
— Agrees  with  him  in  the  propriety  of  enquiring  into  the  correctness 
of  the  reports  relative  to  the  stories  about  Indians,  and  if  false,  the 
propagators  should  be  punished — the  plan  of  bringing  all  the  strolling 
Indians  to  Elizabethtown  would  be  attended  with  great  inconve- 
nience and  expense,  for  which  there  was  no  provision.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Nov.  24.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Van  Campen 
— Thanking  him  for  information  relative  to  the  position  of  affairs  in 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  327 

Sussex  with  respect  to  the  enemy — had  given  notice  to  the  several 
Colonels  to  muster  their  regiments  and  repel  the  enemy  now  in 
Pennsylvania,  so  as  to  prevent  their  crossing  the  Delaware.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Mor- 
ris— Disapproves  of  having  the  French  neutrals  admitted  into  the 
Colonies — coincides  in  opinion  with  Grov'r  M.,  that  they  would  read- 
ily join  with  the  Irish  Roman  Catholics,  to  the  injury  of  the  Colo- 
nies.    Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  "25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Din- 
widdie — Had  he  been  at  the  late  Council  of  War,  he  would  not  have 
consented  to  the  withdrawal  of  Col.  Dunbar  and  IGOO  men  from 
Fort  Cumberland,  by  long  and  tedious  marches,  to  parade  all  winter 
in  Albany — Gov'r  Morris  informs  him  under  date  of  17th  Nov., 
that  the  enemy  had  crossed  the  Susquehannah,  and  attacked  one  of 
the  finest  settlements  in  Pennsylvania — thought  a  successful  attempt 
might  have  been  made  on  Crown  Point — one  of  the  most  glorious 
campaigns  of  the  Duke  of  Marlborough  was  made  in  a  severe  winter 
— by  the  last  advices  from  England  it  was  uncertain  when  war  would 
be  declared.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  25.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Andrew  John- 
ston— Repeated  advices  of  the  approach  of  the  French  and  Indians, 
render  it  necessary  that  his  regiment  should  be  in  readiness  to  march 
to  the  borders  of  the  Province  or  of  Pennsylvania,  upon  notice  of 
their  coming — (similar  orders  to  all  the  other  Colonels.)  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  26.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Joseph  Tut- 
tle  of  Morris,  Col.  John  Schuyler  of  Bergen,  Col.  John  Low  of 
Essex,  and  Col.  Joseph  Stout  of  Hunterdon — Orders  to  muster 
their  respective  regiments  and  march  with  them  towards  the  Dela- 
ware to  repel  the  enemy,  having  just  received  intelligence  that  the 
French  and  Indians  had  burned  a  town  at  the  Forks  of  Delaware, 
and  murdered  the  people.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Sewall — Had 
received  his  letter  by  Mesrs.  Noyes  and  Pierce,  two  young  gentle- 
men, and  had  given  them  a  letter  of  recommendation  to  President 
Burr,  from  whom  he  had  received  good  accounts  respecting  them — 
the  College  then»under  "  a  good  regime  " — he  can  boldly  recommend 
it.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew  P.  Oliver, 
Boston —Alludes  to  the  pleasure  a  recent  visit  from  him  and  his 
wife  had  afforded  him — the  ease  of  his  administration — if  the  office 
were  elective  nineteen  in  twenty  would  vote  for  him — thanks  God 
that  he  has  been  enabled  to  keep  his  hands  empty  and  clean,  and  his 
fino-ers  from  all  corruption — had   consulted  Mr.  Ogden  of  Newark, 


828  JONATHAN    BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

and  his  cousin,  Mr.  Robert  Ogden,  about  supplying  him  (Oliver) 
with  twenty  tons  of  pig  iron — tinally  consented  on  the  terms  pro- 
posed, and  if  he  was  punctual,  Ogden  would  supply  him  with  90  or 
100  tons  yearly,  but  if  he  could  get  ore  it  would  be  better  for  him 
to  cast  his  own  pigs.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  27.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Smith— 
"  The  amazing  earthquake  you  mention  was  felt  at  New  York  and 
in  this  and  the  neighbouring  towns,  about  the  same  hour  it  was  with 
you."     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Anderson 
— Col.  Stout  and  Col.  Van  Campen  were  raising  men,  and  nearly  3000 
had  marched  the  day  before  from  Morris  County,  and  Col.  Low  of 
Essex,  and  Col.  Schuyler  of  Bergen,  are  to  march  on  Monday,  Dec. 
1,  with  500  more — and  he  hoped  a  body  of  2000  men  would  soon 
be  ready  to  give  the  enemy  a  warm  reception — as  to  a  garrison,  it 
must  be  kept  up  by  the  Assembly,  and  the  firelocks  and  ammunition 
also  must  be  supplied  by  them — should  call  them  together  as  soon 
as  possible.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  28.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Johnston  and 
other  Colonels — Directing  the  execution  without  delay  of  his  orders 
of  the  12th  Nov.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Nov.  29.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Joseph  Tut- 
tle — Relative  to  the  defence  of  the  frontier.  Copy.  Belcher  Pa- 
pers.] 

[Nov.  30.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Schuyler  and 
Col.  Low — Directing  them  to  proceed  with  all  possible  despatch  to 
the  frontier,  with  the  three  northernmost  companies  of  Essex  County 
— had  received  a  particular  account  of  the  number  of  the  enemy 
that  had  done  the  mischief  at  Minisiuk.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  1.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Morris 
— Referring  to  the  recent  proceedings  on  the  frontier.  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Dec.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer.  Read — 
Directing  him  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  Council  at  Elizabethtown, 
Dec.  15th.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  3.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  John  Low  of 
Essex — Orders  to  command  one  Captain  and  one  SJbaltern  to  march 
with  fifty  men  to  the  house  of  Col.  Abraham  Van  Campen  of  Sus- 
sex— there  to  place  themselves  under  such  Commander-in-Chief  as 
he  might  appoint.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Similar  orders  to  Col.  Van  Home,  of  Somerset,  for  40  men ; 
Col.  Stout,  of  Hunterdon,  for  GO ;  Col.  Johnston,  of  Middlesex,  for 
45 ;  Col.  Tuttle,  of  Morris,  for  40 ;  and  Col.  Schuyler,  of  Bergen, 
for  30  men.] 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  829 

[Dec.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gen.  Shirley — Had 
received  from  him  the  Minutes  of  the  Council  of  War  held  at  Os- 
wego— would  attend  the  proposed  conference  of  the  Governors,  to 
be  held  at  New  York,  if  his  health  permitted — Lieut.  Gov'r  Pow- 
nall  would  attend — hopes  arrangements  may  be  made  for  taking  the 
field  early — had  Gen.  Braddock  been  at  Fort  Duquesne  a  month  or 
six  weeks  sooner,  he  and  the  troops  would  not  have  met  with  the  de- 
feat they  did — was  taking  every  step  for  the  protection  of  N.  Jersey 
— Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall,  who  had  met  with  the  Council  the  day  be- 
fore, would  give  the  particulars.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  4.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Sir  Charles  Hardy, 
Governor  of  New  York — Will  co-operate  with  him  in  endeavoring 
to  have  the  differences  between  the  two  Provinces,  relative  to  their 
boundary,  settled — mentions  what  had  been  done  by  New  Jersey  for 
the  defence  of  the  frontier  on  the  Delaware — forts  and  block-houses 
to  be  erected — requests  co-operation  of  New  York  in  sending  per- 
sons to  select  the  proper  sites.  A  postscript  states  that  Col.  Schuy- 
ler had  returned  from  Minisink,  and  reported  that  the  affair  at  that 
point  was  a  mistaken  alarm — that  no  enemy  had  been  seen  there. 
Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Dec.  5.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher's  answers  to  the  queries 
from  the  Board  of  Trade,  with  regard  to  the  state  of  defence  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  the  number  of  the  inhabitants,  and  the  state 
of  the  militia.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  18. 
Original.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Dec.  6,  1755. 

Dec.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Pownall — Informs  that  an  answer  to  the  queries  about  the 
State  of  New  Jersey  is  transmitted  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  16.     Original.     1  folio. 

Dec.  6.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  did  their  duty  in 
raising  500  men  for  the  Canadian  expedition — the  Governor  of  New 
York  wrote  to  Gov'r  Belcher,  that  he  had  received  the  King's  in- 
structions to  bring  the  long  controverted  line  between  New  Jersey 
and  New  York  to  a  final  settlement — sends  answer  to  the  queries 
about  the  state  of  the  Province — also  several  Acts  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  Minutes  of  Council,  Journals  of  the  Assembly,  the 
Treasurer's  and  other  accounts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  17.     Original.     9  folios,  (without  enclosures.) 

[Copy  of  this  in  Belcher  Papers,  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  M-SS.  ;  and  part  of  it  in  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Dec.  8.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Russell,  (of 
Sussex  ?) — Had  received  a  petition  from  Sussex  County,  as  well  as 


330  JO>JATHAN   BRLCHKR   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

others  from  different  parts  of  the  Province,  which  he  should  lay  be- 
fore the  Assembly  on  the  15th — had  procured  from  the  Council  an 
Ordinance  directing  the  Courts  of  Sussex  thereafter  to  be  held  at 
Justice  Wool ver ton's.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  8.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Hardwicke — 
Thanking  him  for  the  honor  done  him  in  accepting  a  horse  sent 
through  Mr.  Partridge — Lord  Orford  had  been  recommended  to 
use  a  pacing  horse  for  "  the  gravel " — hoped  his  Lordship  felt  no 
"  such  ail  " — wishes  to  be  allowed  to  send  any  North  American  ex- 
otics that  might  be  designated  by  his  Lordship's  gardener — refers  to 
the  defeat  of  Braddock — apprehends  that  France  will  obtain  pos- 
session of  all  the  Colonies  unless  the  whole  of  Canada  is  reduced^ 
suggestions  as  to  the  course  to  be  pursued  to  effect  this.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dee.  10.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Richard  Partridge 
— Had  observed  that  Mr.  Wm.  Aisleby  [Aisley]  was  appointed 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Province — hoped  he  would  have  a  good  salary 
from  the  Crown,  as  the  Assembly  only  appropriated  £25  sterling  per 
annum — the  Assembly  had  made  provision  for  his  [P.'s]  bill — urges 
him  to  be  vigilant  at  the  public  offices  to  detect  any  movement  ad- 
verse to  his  interests — his  son,  the  Chief  Justice  of  Nova  Scotia, 
had  arrived  at  Elizabethtown  the  day  before  on  a  visit.  Copy. 
Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  12.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Seer.  Read — 
Disapproves  of  the  course  of  Richard  Salter  and  Wm.  Morris,  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace  at  Trenton,  in  committing  a  number  of  Susque- 
hannah  and  Delaware  Indians  to  jail — as  they  belong  to  Pennsylva- 
nia, encloses  an  order  for  their  delivery  to  the  Government  of  that 
Province — the  Governor  had  called  upon  him  two  days  before  on  his 
way  to  New  York — had  adjourned  Gloucester  Court — hopes  the  As- 
sembly will  grant  the  requisite  relief  to  the  people  on  the  frontier 
— sent  by  express,  which  was  "  to  ride  night  and  day."  Copy.  Bel- 
cher Papers.] 

[Dec.  13.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Van  Cam- 
pen — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  information  from  him  as  to  the 
mischief  done  by  the  Indians  in  Philadelphia — if  Pennsylvanians 
will  not  protect  themselves,  they  could  not  expect  "  that  this  poor 
little  Province  should  do  it  for  them."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  16.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council  and 
Assembly — His  address  at  the  opening  of  the  session — referring  en- 
tirely to  the  dangers  anticipated  from  the  Indians.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Dec.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gen.  Shirley — 
Sends  him  a  copy  of  an  address  from  the  Assembly  by  the  hands  of 
two  of  the  members,  [Messrs.  Stevens  and  Johnston,]  relating  to  the 


1755.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  831 

employment  of  the  New  Jersey  regiment  upon  the  frontiers  of  the 
Province  until  wanted  elsewhere.  See  Dec.  20.  Copy.  Belcher 
Papers.] 

[Dec.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  son  Andrew 
Belcher — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  a  letter  of  the  9th,  inform- 
ing him  of  the  preservation  of  himself  and  family  "  in  the  time  of 
the  late  awful  and  amazing  Earthquake  " — his  brother  from  Nova 
Scotia  would  probably  remain  all  winter  in  New  Jersey — a  vessel 
had  been  cast  away  on  the  back  of  Cape  Cod,  which  would  give  his 
son  £300  sterling  in  perquisites.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  daughter  Mrs. 
Lyde — Relating  to  family  matters.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Col.  Van  Home — 
Approving  of  his  course  relative  to  the  drafting  of  men  for  the  de- 
fence of  the  frontier.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr.  Walley— Al- 
ludes to  the  reception  of  Whitefield  at  Boston,  and  to  his  journey 
Southward  to  Georgia.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  18.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  his  nephew,  Mr. 
Oliver — Advice  relative  to  his  endeavors  to  obtain  ofl&ce — thinks  the 
pursuit  will  be  attended  with  much  uncertainty,  and  "  some  charge 
at  home,  where  there  are  constantly  ten  gapers,  always  ready  to  swal- 
low down  every  thing."     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

Dec.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State  (R't  Hon. 
H.  Fox,)  to  the  Board  of  Trade— Enclosing  the  copy  of  an  Address 
from  the  House  of  Lords  to  the  King,  for  copies  of  several  papers 
relating  to  French  encroachments  in  America,  desiring  to  have  co- 
pies of  such  papers.  S.  P.O.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0.  132. 
Original.     3  folios. 

[Dec.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Consul  Dean — Mr. 
Davies  on  his  return  had  informed  him  of  the  interest  manifested  by 
Mr.  D.  for  their  College — for  which  he  returns  his  thanks — the  gen- 
erous benefactions  received  in  England  had  enabled  them  to  progress 
with  the  building,  which  he  hoped  would  be  ready  for  students  the 
next  year — his  paralytic  disorder  was  increasing  upon  him — then  74 
years  old.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  20.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council  and 
Assembly — Communicating  the  answer  of  Gen.  Shirley  to  his  letter 
of  17th  Dec. — the  General  applauds  the  patriotism  and  zeal  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey — speaks  in  high  praise  of  Col.  Schuyler 
— who  had  been  insti-ucted  to  employ  the  New  Jersey  regiment  as 
might  be  most  needed  until  the  1st  March,  when  it  would  be  time 
for  it  to  march  to  Albany.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  23.     Elizabethtown.     Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lieut.  Governor 


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8o2  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1755. 

Pownall — Granting  leave  of  absence   for  six  months  to  visit  Eng- 
land to  settle  his  private  aifairs.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the  Council  and 
Assembly — Asking,  at  the  suggestion  of  Gen.  Shirley,  for  additional 
forces,  to  be  raised  by  New  Jersey,  and  transmitting  a  copy  of  a 
letter  from  Col.  Dunbar,  returning  thanks  for  the  attention  received 
by  himself  and  his  troops  on  their  way  through  the  Province,  from 
Trenton  to  Amboy.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  23.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Lord  Halifax — 
Asking  for  the  continuance  in  office  of  Cortlandt  Skinner,  the  Att. 
General  of  the  Province,  as  he  had  learned  some  exertions  were  be- 
ing used  to  have  him  supplanted.     Copy.     Belcher  Papers.] 

[Dec.  26.  Elizabethtown.  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Gen.  Shirley — 
Approving  of  the  plan  marked  out  for  the  ensuing  campaign — no 
probability  of  any  augmentation  to  the  forces  of  New  Jersey — ref- 
erence to  a  pretended  right  of  Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall  to  sit  in  the 
Congress  of  Governors  at  New  York — condoles  with  him  on  the  loss 
of  two  sons.  Copy.  Belcher  Papers.] 
1756. 

Jan.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State  (R't  Hon. 
H.  Fox,)  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Desiring  to  know  what  sum  of 
money  it  may  be  proper  to  ask  of  Parliament  for  the  Colonies  in 
North  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  15,  0.  133. 
Original.     1  folio. 

Jan.  9.  Crosswicks.  A  Treaty  between  the  Government  of  N. 
Jersey  and  the  Indians,  inhabiting  the  several  parts  of  said  Prov- 
ince, held  at  Crosswicks,  in  the  County  of  Burlington,  on  Thursday 
and  Friday,  the  8th  and  9th  day  of  Jan.,  1756 — Philadelphia,  print- 
ed by  Wm.  Bradford,  printer  to  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  23.     50  folios. 

Jan.  16.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Fox,  (Seer,  of  State,)  acquainting  him  what  sum  it  may  be 
proper  to  ask  of  Parliament  for  the  assistance  of  His  Majesty's  sub- 
jects in  North  America,  in  consideration  of  the  expenses  which  they 
have  been  at  on  account  of  the  three  expeditions  which  have  been 
carried  on  against  Canada.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
43,  p.  438.     Entry.     11  folios. 

Feb.  5.  Treasury  Chambers.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hardinge,  Seer. 
to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  signifying 
their  Lordships'  desire  that  the  Board  would  consider  what  part  of 
the -money  granted  by  Parliament,  for  the  assistance  and  encourage- 
ment of  the  four  New  England  Colonies,  New  York  and  New  Jersey, 
may  be  properly  allotted  to  each  Colony.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  15,  0.  134.     Original     4  folios. 

Feb.   11.     Elizabethtown.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 


1756.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVEKNOR.  333 

Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  on  the  IGth  of 
Dec. — sends  several  public  papers — four  small  forts  have  been  built 
on  the  frontiers,  and  250  men  are  placed  in  them — before  the  forts 
were  built,  sometimes  a  thousand  and  sometimes  fifteen  hundred  men 
were  patrolling  and  ranging  the  woods  on  the  frontiers.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  22.     Original.     5  folios. 

Feb.  11.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Pownall — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Circular  Letters  of 
4th  and  1-tth  of  Nov.  last,  and  promises  to  give  all  possible  counte- 
nance and  assistance  to  the  Captains  of  the  packet  boats,  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  8,  I.  21.     Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Treasury — Recommending  a  certain  allotment  to  be 
made  to  the  Colonies  in  North  America,  (£5000  to  New  Jersey,)  out 
of  £115,000  granted  by  Parliament  as  a  free  gift  and  reward  for 
their  past  services,  and  an  encouragement  to  them  to  continue  to  ex- 
ert themselves  with  vigor  in  defence  of  His  Majesty's  just  rights  and 
pretensions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  43,  p.  443.  En- 
try.    8  folios. 

Feb.  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — The  spirited  conduct  of  the  people  of  New  Jersey  in  the 
defence  of  America  and  for  distressing  the  enemy,  is  commended — 
the  Earl  of  Loudoun  is  appointed  Commander-in-Chief  of  all  the 
forces  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  IG,  p.  5. 
Entry.     5  folios. 

March  13.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
R't  Hou'ble  H.  Fox,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America — The  as- 
sistance to  be  given  to  the  Earl  of  Loudoun,  and  the  troops  sent  from 
England — to  call  the  Council  and  xVssembly,  and  to  urge  upon  them 
to  make  pi'ovision  for  augmenting  the  regiments — the  recruits  are  to 
serve  only  in  North  America;  they  or  their  widows  and  children  to 
have  200  acres  of  land  free  from  the  quit-reut  for  ten  years — the 
Parliament  granted  £115,000  for  the  North  American  Colonies — 
each  Province  to  raise  the  same  number  of  men  as  they  did  last 
year ;  their  pay,  arms  and  clothing,  to  be  found  by  the  Province ; 
the  provisions  will  be  at  the  sole  expense  of  the  Crown — the  Assem- 
blies to  make  provision  for  repaying  the  masters  cf  such  indented 
servants  as  shall  engage  in  the  service,  and  |to  appropriate  a  fund  for 
the  disposal  of  the  Commander-in-Chief.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.   Vol.  75.     Draft.     10  folios. 

March  13.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Governors  in  N.  America — The  Governors  are  to  correspond 
with  Col.  Webb  until  the  arrival  of  the  Earl  of  Loudoun — to  encour- 
age foreign  Protestants  to  enter  into  the  King's  service — to  inform 
the  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  real  state  of  defence  of  each  Colony, 
and  the  quantity  of  ordnance  and  stores  of  war.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &> 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  75.     Draft.     7  folios. 


384  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1756. 

April  23.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Hon'ble  James  Alexander,  one  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  died  on  the  2d  of  April — Mr.  William  Alexander, 
his  only  son,  is  recommended  to  fill  the  vacancy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  26.      Original.     2  folios. 

[William  Alexander,  afrerwards  known  as  Earl  of  Stirling,  (by  courtesy,) 
Major  General  in  the  Continental  Army.  See  "  Collections  New  Jersey  Hist. 
Soc."  Vol.  II.,  for  his  Life  by  his  Grandson,  Wm.  Alexander  Duer,  LL.  D.  See 
also  Stirling  MSS.  in  N.  Y.  Hist  Soc.  Library,  and  copies  among  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.,  many  of  which  are  printed  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  Vols.  V.  VI. 

vn.] 

April  27.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  and 
other  public  papers — tranquillity  and  unanimity  prevails  throughout 
the  Province.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  24. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[May  4.  Lancaster.  Draft  of  a  Proclamation  for  a  Fast  (on 
17th  May)  in  Pennsylvania — Corrections  and  interlineations  by  Gov- 
ernor Morris.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Belcher — Directing  that  in  case  his  age  and  infirmity  make  it  very 
painful  and  hazardous,  if  not  impracticable,  to  attend  the  meetings  of 
His  Maj'ty's  Gov'rs,  appointed  by  the  Earl  of  Loudoun,  he  would 
depute  Mr.  Pownall,  the  Lieut.  Gov'r,  to  act  in  his  stead.  S.  P.O., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  7.     Entry.     3  folios. 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King  on  the  present  state  of  defence  of  the  Colonies  in 
North  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  44,  p  41. 
Entry  (relative  to  N.  Jersey.)     5  folios. 

May  25.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  that  an  additional  instruction  be  given  to  all 
the  Governors  in  America,  directing  them  to  hinder  all  correspond- 
ence with  the  French,  and  to  prevent  their  being  supplied  from  any 
of  the  Colonies  with  provisions  or  warlike  stores  of  any  kind.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  94.     Entry.     3  folios. 

May  27.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  additional  instructions  for  the  Governors 
of  several  Colonies  in  America,  directing  them  to  use  their  utmost 
endeavours  to  hinder  all  correspondence  between  the  British  and 
French.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0.  136.  Orig'l. 
3  folios. 

June  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governors  in 
America,  proposed  in  their  representation  of  the  25th  of  May  last. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  95.     Entry.     7  folios. 


1756.]   "     JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  335 

June  15.  Elizabetlitown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  letters — glad 
to  find  that  the  conduct  of  the  people  of  New  Jersey  is  approved 
of — Lord  Loudoun  shall  meet  with  every  assistance  tliat  lays  within 
his  power — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  from  20th  3Iay  to  2d 
June,  and  their  proceedings  were  unanimous.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  28.     Original.     5  folios. 

June  16.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Fox — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  letters — when  the  Earl 
of  Loudoun  arrives,  he  will  correspond  with  him,  as  was  done  for- 
merly with  Gen'l  Braddock — he  will  call  the  Council  and  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  and  urge  upon  them  the  necessity  to  assist  the  offi- 
cers in  recruiting  the  regiments  in  N.  America — the  Assembly  are 
grateful  to  hear  that  they  may  expect  a  grant  of  money — they  passed 
an  Act  to  prohibit  exportation  of  provisions — until  the  arrival  of  the 
Earl  of  Loudoun  or  Gen'l  Abercrombie,  he  will  correspond  with  Col. 
Webb — he  will  assist  to  raise  troops  among  certain  foreigu  Prot- 
estants settled  in  N.  America.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  «fc  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
70.     Original.     6  folios. 

June  30.  Kensington.  Order  in  Council  directing  that  certain 
copies  of  commissions  and  instructions  be  sent  to  the  several  Gov- 
ernors in  America,  for  their  guidance  during  the  present  war  with 
France.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0.  145.  Orig'l. 
3  folios. 

June  30.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  instructions  to  the  Gov'rs  of  the  several  Colonics  in  America,  di- 
recting them  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  to  hinder  all  correspond- 
ence between  the  British  and  French.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  15,  0.  146.     Copy.     2  folios. 

July  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  that  instructions  be  given  to  the  several  Gov- 
ernors in  America,  rei^uiring  them  strictly  to  observe  in  the  Letters 
of  Marque,  &c.,  which  they  shall  grant,  the  regulations  prescribed 
by  His  Majesty's  commission  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  102.     Entry.     4  folios. 

July  17.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belclier  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Transmits  the  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey and  several  other  public  papers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol  8,  L  30.     Original.     2  folios. 

July  27.  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Partridge  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Pownall — Communicates  an  extract  from  Gov'r  Belcher's  letter, 
acquainting  him  of  the  tranquil  state  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey. 
S.  P.   0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  25.     Original.     1  folio. 

Aug.  12.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
B't  Hon'ble  H.  Fox,  Seer,  of  State — The  proceedings  of  the  Assem- 


836  JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.     '   [175(5. 

bly  of  New  Jersey  are  sent  to  the  Board  of  Trade — he  received, 
through  the  care  of  the  Earl  of  Loudoun,  declaration  of  war  ag'st 
the  French  King,  which  was  published  in  three  principal  towns — 
several  privateers  are  fitting  out  from  the  ports  in  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.O.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.70.     Original.     4  folios. 

Aug.  12.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Pursuant  to  the  letter  from  the  Board  of  11th 
May  last,  he  empowered  Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall  to  attend  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Governors,  whenever  such  were  ordered  by  the  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, the  Earl  of  Loudoun.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  8,  I.  29.     Original.     3  folios. 

[Aug.  18.  Fort  Eagle,  New  York.  Capt.  John  Parker  to  his 
brother,  James  Parker — Preparing  for  an  attack — "  Jack  Parker 
will  never  be  taken  in  this  poor  little  yooi(?/  fort,  without  losing  more 
than  five,"  (the  number  lost  at  Oswego,)  "  if  all  the  force  that  was  at 
Oswego  comes  against  him."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS. 

For  notice  of  Capt.  Parker,  see  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  1^0.] 

[Notes  for  a  Memorial  detailing  the  services  of  Peter  Schuyler, 
Colonel  of  the  New  Jersey  troops  on  the  northern  frontier,  in  the 
handwriting  of  William  Alexander.     Original  draft.     Rutherfurd 

MSS.] 

[Aug.  25.  Albany.  Letter  from  Captain  James  Parker  to  his 
brother,  Lewis  Parker,  at  Perth  Amboy — Informing  him  of  the  ap- 
prehensions felt  for  the  safety  of.  Oswego,  &c.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Sept.  1.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Complains  of  the  dilatory  proceedings  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  York,  with  regard  to  the  settling  of  the  Boundary 
Line  between  that  Province  and  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  3L     Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosing  petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of 
New  Jersey,  respecting  the  Boundary  Line  between  New  York  and 
New  Jersey.     Copy.     9  folios. 

Sept.  17.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
R't  Hon'ble  H.  Fox,  Seer,  of  State — The  strictest  obedience  shall 
be  paid  to  the  King's  commands  respecting  any  prisoners  that  may 
be  put  on  shore  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
70.     Original.     1  folio. 

Oct.  2.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Fox  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
— That  instructions  be  sent  to  the  Governors  in  America,  relative  to 
the  embargo  to  be  laid  on  the  exportation  of  provisions.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol  15,  0.  144.      Original.     3  folios. 

Oct.  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  to  all  the 
Governors  in  North  America,  directing  them  to  lay  an  embargo  upon 


1756,]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOTERNOK.  337 

all  ships  and  vessels  bound  to  neutral  ports  with  provisions      S   P 
0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  123.     Entry.     15  folios. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  162.] 

Oct.    30.     Elizabethtown.     Letter  from   Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Transmits  Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey, 
Journals  of  the  Assembly  and  other  public  papers — the  things  in  the 
American  Colonies  seem  to  wear  a  gloomy  complexion.     S.  P.   0 
B.   T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  34.     Original.     4  folios. 

Oct.  New  Jersey.  The  Treasurers'  of  East  and  West  New 
Jersey  accounts  from  Nov.,  1755,  to  October,  1756.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  35  &  36.     Original.     20  folios. 

Nov.  19.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — John  Rodman,  Esq.,  of  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey, died  few  months  ago,  and  Samuel  Woodruff,  Esq.,  is  recom- 
mended to  be  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  at  the  Board.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  37.     Original.     2  folios. 

Nov.  24.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  petition  of  the  Proprietors  of  the 
Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey,  respecting  the  settlement  of  the 
Boundary  Line  between  that  Province  and  New  York — (the  same 
pet'n  as  transmitted  in  Gov'r  Belcher's  letter  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
of  1st  Sept.,  1756.)  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  33. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[Copy  of  this  among  Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

1T57. 

Jan.  13.  Elizabethtown.  A  proclamation  of  Jonathan  Belcher, 
Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  laying  an  embargo  on  all  ships  and  vessels 
laden  or  to  be  laden  with  provisions,  and  clearing  out  of  New  Jer- 
sey's ports  to  any  neutral  ports,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  42.     Printed  Broadside.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  following, 

Jan.  21.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  letter  of  the  9th 
of  Oct.,  and  encloses  a  proclamation  of  embargo,  issued  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey,  pursuant  to  the  above-named  letter.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  40.     Original.     2  folios. 

Jan.  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Lords  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council,  upon  the  petition 
of  the  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jersey,  recommending  that  the  line 
of  division  between  that  Province  and  New  York,  fixed  in  1719, 
should  remain  the  line  of  jurisdiction  between  the  two  Provinces, 
until  another  be  run,  under  a  commission  to  be  issued  from  the  King, 
and  that  the  regulations  prescribed  by  Order  of  Council,  dated  the 
'l2 


;j38  JONATHAN    BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1757. 

25th  of  May,  1738,  be  observed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  16,  p.  8.     Entry.     18  folios. 

[See  Nov.  24:th,  1756.  A  copy  of  this  among  Boundary  Papers.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Feb.  1.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Transmits  Minutes  of  Council  and  Journals  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8, 
I.  41.      Original.     1  folio. 

Feb.  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State,  W. 
Pitt,  Esq.,  to  the  Gov'rs  of  Northern  Provinces  in  America,  desiring 
them  to  call  immediately  their  Councils  and  Assemblies,  and  press 
them  in  the  strongest  manner  to  raise,  with  the  utmost  expedition,  a 
number  of  provincial  troops  to  act  on  the  offensive  against  the  French. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  75.     Draft.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  216.] 

Feb.  9.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  King,  recommending  William  Ayusley,  Esq.,  to  be  appointed 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Robert 
Hunter  Morris,  Esq.,  resigned.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  16,  p.  16.     Entry.     1  folio. 

[Feb.  9.  Memorandum  received  by  Wm.  Alexander  from  Ferd. 
John  Paris,  relating  to  the  procuring  of  affidavits  as  to  the  impro- 
priety of  certain  Councillors  of  different  Provincial  Governments  sit- 
ting as  Commissioners  for  the  final  determination  of  the  Boundary 
difficulties  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Orig'l.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Enclosed  in  letter  of  Feb.  12th  below. 

Feb.  9.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Pitt — Has  received  his  letter  of  7th  December — congratu- 
lations on  his  appointment  of  Secretary  of  State — thanks  him  for  the 
King's  Speech  to  Parliament,  and  the  Addresses  in  answer  thereto. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  70.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

[Feb.  12.  London.  Letter  from  William  Alexander  (before 
his  assumption  of  the  title  of  Earl  of  Stirling)  to  Robert  Hunter 
]yjorris — Narrating  the  progress  made  in  settling  the  Boundary  Line 
between  New  York  and  East  Jersey  before  the  Board  of  Trade. 
Original  memorandum,  Feb.  9th,  enclosed.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  16.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  William 
Aynsley,  Esq.,  to  be  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
in  the  room  of  Robert  Hunter  Morris,  Esq.,  resigned.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  38.     Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  17.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  Sam'l  Woodruff,  Esq.,  to  supply  a  vacancy, 
in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  occasioned  by  the  death  of  John 
Rodman,  Esq.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  18. 
Entry.     2  folios. 


1757.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  339 

Feb.  17.  Whitehall.  Kepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  a  warrant  appointing  William  Aynsley,  Esq.,  to 
be  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  17.     Entry.     2  folios. 

^  Feb.  19.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
W.  Pitt,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  acquainting  them  that 
a  squadron  of  ships  of  war  is  sent  to  North  America,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Rear  Admiral  Holburne,  and  directing  the  Governors  to 
give  him  every  necessary  assistance  that  may  be  required  of  them. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  75.     Draft.     4  folios. 

Feb.  28.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Pitt  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Enclosing  copy  of  an  Address  from  the  House  of 
Commons  to  the  King  for  an  account  of  all  mills  and  engines  for 
iron  or  steel  in  the  Colonies  in  America,  and  requesting  same  may  be 
forthwith  prepared.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  15,  0. 
149.     Original.     8  folios. 

March.  1.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Samuel 
Woodruff,  Esq.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of 
John  Rodman,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  L 
39.     Original.     2  folios. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  a  warrant  to  the  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  to  ad- 
mit Samuel  Woodruff,  Esq.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  that  Province. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  19.     Entry.     2  folios. 

March  7.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  to  all  the  Governors  in 
North  America,  enclosing  copy  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  prohibiting 
(for  a  limited  time)  the  exportation  of  provisions,  &c.,  from  the 
American  Colonies,  except  to  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  182.     Entry.     3  folios. 

March  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
Gov'r  Belcher — The  conduct  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  ap- 
proved—enclose a  copy  of  their  report  upon  the  Boundary  ques- 
tion between  N.  York  and  N.  Jersey,  and  hope  that  the  King's 
orders  will  put  an  end  to  all  the  further  disputes.  S.  P.  0-,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  20.     Entry.     5  folios. 

[March  19.  New  York.  Obadiah  Wells  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy 
— News  of  the  revival  in  Nassau  Hall.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers,  Phil'a.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

May  2.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
the  Earl  of  Holdernesse,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America— The 
crops  of  corn  having  last  year  greatly  failed  in  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  the  Gov'rs  are  directed  to  take  off  an  embargo,  which  shall 
be  laid  on  from  all  vessels  loaded  with  corn  or  any  other  species  of 


340  JONATHAN   BELCHER   GOVERNOR.  [1757. 

grain  for  England  or  Ireland,  and  that  no  future  embargo  do  extend 
to  vessels  so  loaded.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  75. 
Draft.     3  folios. 

May  11.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Pitt — Has  summoned  the  Council  and  Assembly  to  meet 
as  soon  as  possible,  when  he  will  press  them  to  comply  with  the  con- 
tents of  his  letter  of  the  4th  Feb.  last — must,  however,  observe  that 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have  already  granted  500  men  for  the 
service  of  the  ensuiug  campaign,  over  and  above  those  necessary  for 
the  defence  of  the  Province — Lord  Loudoun  required  1000 — the 
Assembly  refused  to  raise  so  many — will  use  all  his  influence  for  the 
King's  service.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  71.  Duplicate. 
6  folios. 

May  11.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Sends  Acts  and  Journals  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  and  the  Minutes  of  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  43.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  16.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to  Mr. 
Secretary  Pitt — Has  received  his  letter  of  19th  February — will  com- 
municate to  Rear  Admiral  Holburn  as  occasion  may  require,  in  case 
of  wanting  naval  assistance,  or  otherwise — few,  if  any,  seamen  can  be 
raised  in  "  the  little  inland  Province"  of  New  Jersey,  in  which  there 
is  little  or  no  navigation  or  trade.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  71.     Original.     4  folios. 

[May  17.  Loudon.  Letter  from  Capt.  William  Skinner  to  his 
father,  Rev.  Wm.  Skinner,  of  Perth  Amboy — Had  come  from  France 
on  his  parole  (having  been  taken  prisoner  at  Oswego  August,  1756) 
— endeavouring,  through  Lady  Warren,*  to  get  exchanged — inter- 
views with  Mr.  Partridge,  the  Provincial  Agent,  Lord  Barrington, 
&c.     Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[*Adrairal  Warren  married  Miss  De  Lancey,  of  New  York.] 

May  20.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Gov'rs  in  North  America — In  consequence  of  some  of  the 
privateers  being  guilty  of  piracy,  the  Gov'rs  are  directed  to  arrest 
them  should  they  touch  any  of  the  ports,  and  that  every  privateer  be 
furnished  with  a  copy  of  instructions  as  to  their  conduct  at  sea.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  75.     Draft.     5  folios. 

June  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
(signed  by  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall)  to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  en- 
closing copies  of  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Commons  of  the  23d  of 
May,  1757.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  44,  p.  136.  En- 
try.    2  folios. 

See  the  Answer — L't  Gov'r  Pownall  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall, 
Sept.  23,  1757. 

June  9.     Whitehall.     Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 


1757.]        JONATHAN  BELCHER  GOVERNOR.  341 

to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  requiring  an  account  of  the  quan- 
tity of  iron  made  in  the  Colonies  from  Christmas,  1749,  to  5th  Jan., 
1756,  to  be  laid  before  the  House  of  Commons.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  137.     Entry.     2  folios. 

June  25.  Fort  Johnson.  Letter  from  Sir  "William  Johnson  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — An  account  of  his  proceedings  with  the  Six 
Nations  of  Indians,  and  his  efforts  to  make  a  peace  with  the  Dela- 
ware and  Shawanese,  and  the  Provinces  of  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland  and  Virginia.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.  Vol.  16,  p.  2.     Origii^al.     16  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  227.] 

[June  28.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to 
Cortlandt  Skinner,  Attorney  General — Referring  to  the  prosecution 
of  a  Custom's  Bond  for  an  infraction  "of  the  navigation  laws  by  Wm. 
Luce,  master  of  the  schooner  Charming  Betsy,  on  a  voyage  to  St. 
Kitts,  with  other  documents  referring  thereto.  Original.  "White- 
head MSS.] 

July  21.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Belcher  to  tlie 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment, relative  to  the  exportation  of  corn,  &c. — believes  that  the 
proclamation,  issued  by  him  on  the  13th  of  January  last,  answers,  in 
a  great  measure,  the  intent  of  that  Act.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  8,  I.  44.     Original.     2  folios. 

July  26.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to 
Secretary  the  Earl  of  Holdernesse — Has  received  his  Lordship's 
letter  of  2d  May  last — will  pay  due  attention  to  the  regulations  for 
the  shipment  of  any  species  of  grain  for  Great  Britain — that  no  em- 
bargo bo  laid  on  vessels  so  loaded — has  also  received  his  letter  of  the 
20tli  May,  with  the  papers  concerning  Richard  Hadden  and  Snook, 
captains  of  privateers.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "W.  Indies.  Vol.  71. 
Original.     7  folios. 

July  26.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Governor  Belcher  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — In  a  late  session  the  Assembly  would  not  exert 
themselves  in  the  King's  service,  which  Lord  Loudoun  so  reasonably 
pressed  upon  them — hopes  that  the  Board's  report  of  the  27th  of 
January  last,  relative  to  the  disputed  Boundaries  between  New  Jer- 
sey and  New  York,  will  put  an  end  to  the  dispute  now  subsisting 
— Mr.  "Woodruff  admitted  to  sit  in  the  Council — sends  public  papers. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  45.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

[Aug.  9.     Albany.     Letter  from  Lieut.  Gov'r  James  De  Lancey 
to  the  Council  of  New  York — Fort  William  Henry  still  gallantly  de- 
fended— necessity  for  reinforcements.     Certified  copy  transmitted  to 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 
[The  Fort  was  taken  that  day.] 

[Sept.  2.     Secretary  Charles  Read  to  Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall — In- 


842  THOMAS   POWNALL   LIEUT.    GOVEENOK.  [1757. 

forming  him  of  the  death  of  Gov'r  Belcher  on  31st  August.     Origi- 
nal sold  at  auction  by  Bangs  Brothers  in  New  York,  March,  1854.] 

[Governor  Belcher  died  at  Elizabethtown,  and  his  remains  were  taken  for  in- 
terment to  Cambridge,  and  his  place  of  sepulture  is  known  to  but  few  persons,  no 
stone  or  other  memorial  marking  the  spot.  The  Governor  left  two  sons,  who  have 
been  mentioned  on  the  foregoing  pages.  Jonathan,  the  second  son,  (born  Feb. 
23d,  1710,)  graduated  at  Harvard,  1728  ;  studied,  Law  in  the  Temple,  in  London; 
obtained  some  eminence  at  the  Dublin  Bar,  and  after  returning  to  America,  married 
in  Boston  in  1756,  a  sister  of  Jeremiah  Allen;  and  subsequently*  removed  to  Nova 
Scotia.  In  1760,  he  was  appointed  Lieut.  Gov'r  of  that  Province,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  Chief  Justice.     He  died  March  29th,  1776,  aged  65.] 

[Sept.  8.  London.  Letter  from  Captain  William  Skinner  to 
his  brother,  Cortlandt  Skinner,  at  Perth  Aniboy — detailing  his  ex- 
ertions in  behalf  of  the  Provincial  troops  captured  at  Oswego  and 
exchanged,  and  then  in  England — had  received  his  exchange,  and 
been  promised  a  commission  by  the  King,  through  Lord  Barrington 
— his  brother,  John  Skinner,  {who  had  also  been  a  prisoner,)  had 
gone  as  a  volunteer  into  the  regiment  of  Sir  Wm.  Boothby — Colonel 
Schuyler  and  Doctor  Stakes  detained  at  Quebec.  Orig'l.  White- 
head MSS.] 

[See  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  112,  for  notice  of  Captain 
Skinner.] 

Sept.  16.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
(W.  Pitt)  to  Gov'rs  in  North  America — Directing  them  to  put  a 
stop  to  all  depredations  and  irregular  practices  committed  by  the 
privateers,  and  that  no  Spanish  ship  to  be  disturbed  or  molested  in 
their  navigation.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  75.  Draft. 
4  folios. 

Sept.  17.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey 
to  the  Board  of  Trade — Referring  to  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris,  late  Dep'ty 
Gov'r  of  Pennsylvania,  for  an  account  of  the  state  and  condition  of 
that  Province — signed  by  Jno.  Reading,  Ja.  Hude,  Ed.  Antill,  And. 
Johnston,  Richd.  Saltar,  Tho.  Leonard,  Peter  Kemble,  David  Og- 
den,  and  L.  M.  Ashfield.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I. 
59.      Original.     2  folios. 

[See  1757,  Sept.  26.] 

Sept.  23.  Trenton,  New  Jersey.  Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Pownall — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  letter  of  the  3rd 
of  June,  with  the  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Commons — in  the 
situation  that  the  Governors  of  the  American  Colonies  are  at  present, 
the  bringing  any  of  the  Crown's  rights  into  dispute  with  the  people, 
is  the  sure  way  to  lose  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
8,  L  47.     Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  26.  New  York.  Letter  from  Lieut.  Gov'r  Pownall  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Gov'r  Belcher  died  on  the  31st  of  August — Mr. 
Reading,  the  oldest  Councillor,  would  not  take  the  administration, 
on  account  of  ill   health — the  Government  of  New  Jersey  in  great 


1757.]  THOMAS  POWNALL   LIEUT.    GOVERNOR.  348 

confusion — Mr.  Morris  being  an  interested  person,  cannot  very  well 
be  at  the  head  of  the  Government — the  Assembly  did  not  inform  L't 
Grov'r  Pownall  of  their  situation,  but  wrote  to  Lord  Loudoun,  who 
sent  the  letter  to  him — encloses  copies  of  several  letters  on  that  sub- 
ject— on  the  22d  of  Sept.,  Mr.  Pownall  called  a  Council  and  qualified 
himself — his  further  proceedings — the  inability  of  his  attending  to 
the  administration,  as  he  must  return  to  Boston — should  Mr.  Read- 
ing, the  President,  die,  the  administration  must  devolve  upon  Mr. 
Morris — recommends  Doctor  Lewis  Johnston  for  the  next  vacancy  in 
the  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  48.  Origi- 
nal,  with  several  enclosures.     48  folios. 

[His  original  summons  of  the  Council,  the  Address  of  the  Council,  and  two  or 
three  other  documents,  sold  at  New  York  by  Bangs  Brothers,  March  4,  1854.] 

[Oct.  7.  London.  Letter  from  William  Skinner  to  his  father 
at  Perth  Amboy — Had  received  a  commission  as  Lieutenant  in  the 
regular  army  in  Cornwallis's  regiment — condition  of  the  men  of  Col. 
Schuyler's  regiment  in  England,  and  his  exertions  in  their  behalf. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Extracts  printed  in  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,''  p.  116.] 

Nov.  16.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  con- 
sideration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  petition  of  Mr.  Partridge, 
wherein  he  prays  that  the  King  would  direct  the  G-ov'r  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  give  his  assent  to  a  bill  prepared  by  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives of  that  Province  in  March  last,  for  making  current  sixty  thou- 
sand pounds  in  bills  of  credit,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  46.     Orig'l.     10  folios. 

[Nov.  25.  Gosport,  England.  Letter  from  William  Skinner  to 
his  father  at  Perth  Amboy — Detailing  his  proceedings  ending  in  the 
obtainment  of  a  commission  as  Lieutenant  in  the  regular  forces — au- 
dience of  the  King — condition  of  the  Provincial  troops — character 
of  Partridge,  the  Agent  of  the  Province — wishes  a  negro  boy  to  be 
sent  to  him  to  be  presented  to  a  friend,  &c.,  &c.  Original.  White- 
bead  MSS.] 

Dec.  30.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
(W.  Pitt)  to  the  Gov'rs  in  North  America — Major  General  Aber- 
cromby  is  appointed  Commander-in-Chief  in  North  America,  in  the 
room  of  the  Earl  of  Loudoun — Admiral  Holburne  is  to  receive  from 
the  Governors  every  necessary  assistance.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  75.     Draft.     4  folios. 

Dec.  30.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
(W.  Pitt)  to  the  Gov'rs  of  the  Mass'ts  Bay,  N.  Hamp.shire,  Connec- 
ticut, Rhode  Island,  New  York,  and  New  Jersey — In  order  to  re- 
pair the  losses  and  disappointments  of  the  last  campaign,  the  Gov'rs 
are  desired  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  with  the  Council  and  As- 
sembly to  raise  as  large  a  body  of  men  as  they  possibly  can,  to  be 
ready  by  the  1st  of  May  to   invade  Canada — the  Governors  are  to 


344  THOMAS   POWNALL   LIEUT.    GOVERNOR.  [1757. 

issue  commissions  to  the  gentlemen  of  their  respective  Provinces — 
the  men  are  to  be  furnished  with  arms,  ammunition,  tents,  and  provi- 
sions by  the  King — the  levying,  clothing,  and  pay,  are  to  be  defrayed 
by  each  Province — to  mend  all  the  serviceable  arms.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.  Vol.  75.  Draft.  15  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  339.] 

lT57--5§. 

[Manuscript  extracts  from  papers  of  the  day,  giving  an  account  of 
the  taking  of  Louisburgh.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

i'y5§. 

[Correspondence  between  the  Governor  and  Assembly  of  the  State 
of  Penn'a,  in  reference  to  the  taxation  of  the  Proprietary  estates. 
Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  19.  Sheffield.  Kev.  Samuel  Hopkins  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bel- 
lamy— "  Mr.  Edwards  left  my  house  this  morning,  on  his  way  to 
Princeton — expects  not  to  return  till  next  spring — alas  !  his  mantle 
is  gone  with  him,  for  all  that  I  have  seen  of  it."  Copy.  Pres'n 
Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phil'a.] 
[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Jan.  26.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  to  be  Gov'r  of  New 
Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  23.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Jan.  27.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Francis 
Bernard,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  60.     Original.     2  folios. 

Jan.  27.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
a  commission  for  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  64.  Copy.  2 
folios. 

Jan.  31.  [Qr.  21.]  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  the  King,  with  a  draft  for  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  to  be 
Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16, 
p.  24.     Entry.     40  folios. 

Feb.  16.  London.  Petition  of  Mr.  Partridge  to  the  Board  of 
Trade,  praying  the  Board  to  report  favorably  upon  a  bill  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey  for  issuing  £89,000  paper  currency,  notwith- 
standing the  slight  inaccuracies  or  informalities  of  the  said  bill,  con- 
sidering the  present  dangerous  situation  of  that  Province.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8, 1.  61.     Original.     6  folios. 

[Feb.  20.  Hanover,  Va.  Rev.  Mr.  Davis  to  Rev.  Mr.  Cowell — 
The  death  of  Burr — what  an  illustrious  triumvirate  Burr,  Bel- 
cher, Davenport — we  may  congratulate  them  and  the  world  on  their 


1758.]  THOMAS   POWNALL   LIKUP.    GOVERNOR.  345 

transfer  to  more  extensive  usefulness — rejoices  in  the  election  of  Ed- 
wards.    Copy.     Pres'n  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phil'a.] 
[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Feb.  21.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council,  upon  a  petition  of  Richard  Partridge, 
Esq.,  agent  for  New  Jersey,, of  Feb.  16th,  relative  to  the  Act  of  As- 
sembly of  that  Province  for  issuing  £89,000  in  paper  currency — 
offering  several  objections  against  allowing  the  said  Act.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  55.     Entry.     20  folios. 

Feb.  2.3.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  a  draft  of  instructions  for  Francis  Bernard,  Esq., 
as  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16, 
p.  64.     Repr.,  entry,  11  folios;  Instr.,  do. ;  300  do.     311  folios. 

N.  B. — The  instructions  are  dated  31st  January,  1758.  Vol. 
16,  p.  69. 

Feb.  25.  London.  Memorial  of  Richard  Partridge,  agent  of 
New  Jersey,  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Answering  several  objections 
made  against  an  Act  of  Assembly  of  that  Province  for  issuing 
£89,000  in  paper  currency.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
8,  I.  62.     Original.     9  folios. 

March  13.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council  referring  to  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Board  of  Trade  the  remonstrance  of  Richard  Partridge, 
Esq.,  agent  of  New  Jersey,  in  answer  to  the  objections  against  an 
Act  of  the  Assembly  of  that  Province  for  issuing  £89,000  of  paper 
currency,  contained  in  the  report  of  the  Board  of  21st  Feb.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  63.  Order,  orig'l,  5  folios ; 
Rem.,  copy,  24  folios  :  29  folios. 

March  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  the 
Att.  and  Sol.  Generals,  desiring  their  opinion  upon  three  queries,  viz., 
1st.  Whether  a  pei'son  born  in  any  of  the  Colonies,  whose  father  was 
an  Englishman  and  mother  a  Savage,  is  a  British  subject  ? — 2d. 
Whether  a  British  subject  can  legally  possess  lands  in  the  Colonies 
in  virtue  of  a  grant  from  the  Savage  Indians,  obtained  without  the 
King's  leave  ?  and  3d,  whether  such  possession  would  be  valid  against 
the  possession  of  any  other  British  subject  claiming  the  same  lands 
under  a  grant  from  the  King?  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
44,  p.  138.     Entry.     4  folios. 

April  1.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
general  instructions  for  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  as  Governor  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  L  96.  Copy. 
12  folios. 

June  9.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Privy  Council,  in  answer  to  the  remonstrance  of  Richard  Partridge, 
Esq.,  agent  for  New  Jersey,  referred  to  the  Board's  consideration 
by  Order  of  Council  of  the  13th  oT  March  last — The  Board  does  not 


846  FRANCIS  BERNARD    GOVERNOR.  [1758. 

find  any  thing  of  sufficient  weight  to  invalidate  their  former  objec- 
tions against  the  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  for  issuing 
£89,000  in  paper  currency,  contained  in  their  report  of  21st  Feb. 
last.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  250.  Entry. 
14  folios. 

June  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter. from  Grov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Arrived  at  Perth  Amboy  on  the  14th  of  June, 
called  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  took  and  administered  the  oaths 
— the  particulars  of  an  irruption  of  the  Indians  on  the  frontiers  next 
Delaware — the  causes  of  this  calamity — a  scheme  proposed  by  a 
Quaker  for  guarding  the  frontier  on  the  Banks  of  the  Delaware — he 
will  call  the  Assembly  on  the  25th  of  July — since  the  death  of  Gov'r 
Belcher,  the  Assembly  passed  an  Act  for  emitting  £50,000  without  a 
suspending  clause ;  their  reasons  for  so  doing — he  will  set  out  the 
next  day  for  Burlington.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I. 
67.     Original.     17  folios. 

[For  a  Biographical  sketch  of  Governor  Bernard,  see  "  Contributions  to  the 
History  of  Perth  Amboy,  &c.,"  p.  170 — Sabine's  Royalists,  «&c.J 

July  3.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — On  the  22d  of  June  arrived  at  Trenton,  dispatehed 
a  messenger  to  Gov'r  Denny  at  Philadelphia,  informing  him  of  the 
Indian  invasion — 23d  of  June  published  his  commission  in  Burling- 
ton— 24th  of  June  went  to  Philadelphia  to  confer  with  Gov'r  Denny 
and  Gen'l  Forbes — the  result  of  the  conference — further  particulars 
about  the  Indian  invasion  ;  his  orders  to  the  militia  thereupon — 
brave  and  prudent  conduct  of  a  Sergeant  and  nine  men  out  on  the 
scout.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    N.  Jersey.    Vol.  8, 1.  68.  Orig'l.    20  folios. 

July  7.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  advising  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Ainsley,  Chief  Justice 
of  New  Jersey,  occasioned  by  his  drinking  milk  and  water  when  he 
was  very  hot  on  Wednesday,  [5th,]  and  he  died  on  the  next  day 
[6th.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  70.  Original. 
1  folio. 

[July  20.  Sheffield.  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bel- 
lamy— Col.  Partridge's  narrative  of  the  march  from  the  Lake  to 
Ticonderoga  and  the  defeat  of  the  army — Jersey  regiment  kills  six 
of  Major  Rogers'  men  thro'  mistake.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc.  Pa- 
pers, Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Aug.  7  &  8.  Burlington.  A  Message  from  His  Excellency, 
Francis  Bernard,  Esq.,  Captain  General,  Gov'r  and  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  New  Jersey,  &c.,  to  the  Minisink  Indians,  and  a  conference 
in  consequence  thereof  held  at  Burlington,  August  7th  and  8th, 
1758.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  76.  Printed 
copy.     6  folio  pages.     36  folios. 

[This  Message,  and  the  Minutes  of  the  Conference  in  full,  jirinted  in  Smith's 
History  of  New  Jersey,  pp.  446  to  455.] 


1758.]  FRANCIS   BERNARD   GOVERNOR.  347 

Aug.  24.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Prorogued  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — Mr. 
Reading,  the  President,  and  Mr.  Leonard,  another  of  the  Council, 
resigned  their  places,  on  account  of  their  age  and  infirmities — Charles 
Read,  John  Smith,  Robert  Hooper,  and  John  Ladd  for  W.  N.  J.  ; 
and  Peter  Schuyler,  Lewis  Johnston,  Philip  Kearny,  and  John  Ste- 
vens, for  E.  N.  J.,  are  recommended  as  proper  persons  to  fill  up  the 
vacancies  in  the  Council — a  deputation  from  the  Indians  invited 
Gov'r  Bernard  to  a  Treaty,  which  they  were  about  to  hold  with 
Pennsylvania — advices  about  the  French  and  Indians  being  set  out 
for  the  N.  J.  frontiers — the  Assembly  granted  150  men  and  a  fort — 
the  Assembly  sends  an  Address,  praying  to  enlarge  the  Governor's 
powers  for  raising  money  against  the  nest  year.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  69.     Orig'l.     11  folios. 

[For  notices  of  Lewis  Johnston,  Philip  Kearny,  and  John  Stevens,  see  "  Con- 
tributions to  East  Jersey  History."] 

Aug.  31.  Perth  Amboy  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  enclosing  a  copy  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey's 
Address,  praying  him  to  represent  their  zeal  and  loyalty  to  the  King, 
and  that  without  an  indulgence  in  striking  bills  of  credit,  the  Colony 
will  not  be  able  to  give  the  necessary  aid  for  the  protection  of  the 
frontiers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  71.  Letter, 
original,  1  folio  ;   Address,  copy  ;  7  do.     8  folios. 

Aug.  31.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  offering  his  observation  upon  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey's  message  to  him  having  two  purposes  :  one  to  provide  for 
the  present  exigency,  the  other  to  gain  a  power  to  provide  for  future 
necessity.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  72.  Original. 
20  folios. 

[Sept.  14.  Hanover,  Va.  Rev.  Samuel  Davies  to  Rev.  David 
Cowell,  Trenton — Fears  he  has  erred  in  declining  the  call  to  Prince- 
ton College — authorizes  him  if  the  Trustees  cannot  agree  on  Mr.  Fin- 
ley,  to  place  him  in  nomination — (see  Oct.  18.)  Copy.  Pres'u 
Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.  I'he  original  Cowell  Papers  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Joseph  V.  Cowell,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Sept.  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Observations  on  the  probable  expense  of  next  year 
— the  necessity  of  raising  £42,000  for  the  following  year — desires  to 
have  a  special  instruction  and  power  to  raise  the  necessary  sum  by 
bills  of  credit,  on  the  same  terms  with  those  already  enacted.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  L  77.     Original.     6  folios. 

Sept.  18.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
(W.  Pitt)  to  Governors  in  North  America,  signifying  to  them  the 
recall  of  Major  General  Abercromby,  and  the  appointment  of  3Iajor 
General  Amherst  as  Commander-in-Chief  of  North  America.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  76.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  345.] 


348  FRANCIS  BERNARD   GOVERNOR.  [1758. 

Oct.  Easton,  Penn'a.  The  Minutes  of  a  Treaty  held  at  Eas* 
ton,  in  Pennsylvania,  in  Oct.  1758,  by  the  Lieut.  Grov'r  of  Penn'a 
and  the  Grovernor  of  New  Jersey,  with  the  Chief  Sachems  and  War- 
riors of  the  Mohawks,  Oneydas,  Onondagas,  Cayugas,  Senecas,  Tus- 
caroras,  Tuteloes,  Nanticokes  and  Coneys,  Chugnuts,  Delawares, 
Unamies,  Mohickons,  Minisinks  and  Wapings.  Woodbridge  in  New 
Jersey.  Printed  and  sold  by  James  Parker,  printer  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  Jersey,  1758.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
8,  I.  80.     85  folio  pages.     200  folios. 

[These  Minutes  printed  at  length  in  Smith's  Hist,  of  N.  J.,  pp.  453  to  483.] 

[Oct.  18.  Hanover,  Va.  Rev.  Samuel  Davies  to  Rev.  David 
Cowell,  Trenton — Reasons  for  revoking  the  permission  given  Mr. 
C.  to  nominate  him  for  the  Presidency  of  Princeton  College — (See 
Sept.  14,  1758,) — urges  the  election  of  Mr.  Finley.  Copy.  Pres'n 
Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 
[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Oct.  31.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Encloses  several  public  papers — gives  an  account 
of  what  has  been  done  at  Easton  during  the  Treaty  with  the  several 
Indian  nations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  79. 
Original.     15  folios. 

Nov.  2.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  the  Attorney 
and   Solicitor   Generals — Enclosing  for  their   opinion  a  state  of  the 
case  respecting  laws  and  regulations  made  for  the  preservation  of  the 
King's  Woods   in  America,  and  the  endeavours  to  evade  the  same. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  44,  p.  143.     Entry.     33  folios. 

[Nov.  16.  Nottingham,  Md.  Rev.  John  Ewing,  afterwards  of 
Philadelphia,  to  Mr.  Cowell — Account  of  method  used  by  Rev.  Jer- 
emiah Halsey  to  prevent  Davies  from  accepting  the  second  invita- 
tion to  Princeton  College,  as  ascertained  from  Halsey,  by  himself 
and  Rev.  James  Caldwell.  Copy.  Pres.  Hist,  Soc.  Papers,  Ph'a.] 
[From  Rev.  Richard  AVebster.] 

Nov.  An  estimate  for  raising,  paying  and  clothing  the  New 
Jersey  regiment  of  1000  men  for  eight  months — an  estimate  for  pay- 
ing and  subsisting  200  men  on  the  frontier  for  one  year — an  account 
of  the  bills  of  credit  outstanding  in  New  Jersey  on  the  21st  of  Nov., 
1758 — an  account  of  the  charge  upon  each  year  for  sinking  the  Pro- 
vincial debt  of  New  Jersey  from  1758  to  1778.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  73,  74  and  75.     Drafts.     14  folios. 

Dec.  7.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  Gov'r  Bernard's  letters  touching  the  necessity  of 
passing  the  Acts  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  for  issuing  bills  of 
credit  without  a  suspending  clause,  offering  as  their  opinion  that  it 
would  be  more  for  the  King's  interest  and  the  advantage  of  the  Col- 
ony, to  alter  the  instructions  of  the  Governor  on  that  point,  than 


1758.]  FRANCIS   BERNARD   GOVERNOR.  349 

tacitly  to  acquiesce  in  a  breach  of  it,  as  has  been  done  in  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  257. 
Entry.     7  folios. 

Dec.  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
R't  Hon.  W.  Pitt,  to  the  Governors  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  New 
Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York  and  New  Jer- 
sey, directing  them  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  with  the  Council 
and  Assembly,  to  induce  them  to  raise  at  least  as  large  a  body  of 
men  as  they  did  for  the  last  campaign,  and  even  more  for  the  pur- 
pose of  invading  Canada — The  Governors  will  have  right  to  is- 
sue Commissions  to  such  gentlemen  as  may,  from  their  influence 
in  the  Province,  eflfect  the  speedy  levying  of  the  greatest  number 
of  men — the  King  will  furnish  all  the  men  with  arms,  ammunition 
and  tents,  also  provisions,  the  Provinces  to  defray  the  charges  of 
levying,  clothing  and  pay  of  them — they  are  to  collect' and  order  to 
be  repaired  all  the  old  arms.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
76.     Draft.     14  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  350.] 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Proposing  Chas.  Read  and  John  Smith,  Esqrs.,  to  be 
of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  John  Reading  and 
Thos.  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  who  have  resigned.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  261,     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  confirming  the  resig- 
nation of  John  Reading,  the  President,  and  Thos.  Leonard,  one  of 
the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  appointing  Charles  Read  and  John 
Smith,  Esqrs.,  to  be  members  of  the  Board  in  their  room.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  78.     Original.     2  folios. 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  warrants  to  appoint  Charles  Read  and  John 
.Smith,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
't.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  262.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  draft  of 
a  warrant  directing  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey  to  swear  and  admit 
Charles  Read  and  John  Smith,  Esqrs.,  to  be  of  His  Majesty's 
Council  in  the  said  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
S,  I.  97.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[Dec.  25.  Trenton.  Rev.  David  Cowell,  to  Mr.  Davies — Blames 
Mr.  Halsey — [see  Nov.  16]  the  impossibility  of  uniting  on  iMr.  Fin- 
ley — bare  quorum  of  Trustees  met  to  receive  his  second  denial — the 
Governor  desired  them  not  to  proceed  to  an  election,  and  they  chose 
Mr.  Green,  jpro  tem.^  and  appointed  the  election  to  be  in  3Iay — the 
College  of  New  Jersey  to  be  esteemed  of  as  high  importance  as  any 
institution  in  the  land — "  our  beginning  was  nothing ;  God  carried 


850  FEANCIS  BERNARD    GOVERNOR.  [1758. 

it  on  till  it  was  marvellous  in  our  eyes."  Copy.  Pres.  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Dec.  29.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Gov'rs  in  N.  America,  (except  Georgia,  Nova  Scotia  and  New 
Foundland,)  transmitting  the  duplicate  of  his  former  letter  of  the 
9th  inst.,  urging  in  very  strong  terms  the  necessity  of  a  punctual 
compliance  with  the  orders  therein  contained,  and  acquainting  them 
that  as  soon  as  the  agents  of  the  respective  Provinces  shall  produce 
the  necessary  documents,  about  the  expenses  incurred  for  the  last 
campaign,  they  will  be  recommended  to  Parliament  for  a  reasonable 
compensation.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  76.  Draft.  5 
folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  354.] 
1759. 

•  [Jan.  1.  New  York.  Rev.  David  Bostwick  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bella- 
my— Mr.  Davies  sent  an  absolute  refusal,  grounded  on  information 
that  there  was  a  party  against  him — the  Trustees  divided  between 
him  and  Mr.  Finley,  and  "  party  spirit  I'm  afraid  runs  pretty  high  " 
— the  majority  have  carried  it  that  Mr.  Davies  shall  be  tried  again 
— Mr.  Green  is  President  till  May.  Copy.  Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Pa- 
pers, Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Feb.  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
R't  Hon.  Wm.  Pitt,  to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  informing 
them  that  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint  Rear  Admiral  Saunders 
to  be  Commander-in-Chief  of  all  the  Navy  employed  or  to  be  em- 
ployed in  North  America.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  77. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

Feb.  7.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  a  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Governor 
of  New  Jersey,  to  alter  the  former  instruction  restraining  him  from 
passing  Acts  for  issuing  bills  of  credit  without  a  suspending  clause. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  81.     Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Bernard — His  conduct  in  the  ^Indian  ;  affairs  highly  approved — 
Messrs.  Smith  and  Read  are  appointed  to  the  Council  of  New  Jer- 
sey— he  will  shortly  receive  additional  instructions  to  alter  the  for- 
mer one,  which  restrained  him  from  passing  Acts  for  issuing  bills  of 
credit  without  a  suspending  clause — the  appropriation  of  the  money 
in  the  Province  is  not  in  accordance  with  the  Constitution  of  the 
Realm.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  263.  Entry. 
14  folios. 

Feb.  8.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Council,  with  the  draft  of  additional  instructions,  au- 


1759.]  FEANCIS   BERNARD   GOVERNOR.  351 

thorizing  Gov'r  Bernard  to  give  liis  assent  to  the  Acts  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  for  issuing  bills  of  credit  without  a  sus- 
pending clause.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  271 
Entry.     12  folios. 

Feb.  10.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  report 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  9th  inst.,  for  making  an  alteration  in 
the  instructions  given  to  Gov'r  Bernard  about  passing  bills  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  for  issuing  paper  money.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  98.     Copy.     2  folios. 

[Feb.  12.  Newark.  Kev.  Wm.  Kirkpatrick  (afterwards  of 
Amwell)  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy — Continues  to  itinerate  among  the 
small  vacancies  towards  the  frontier  of  the  Province — the  Trustees 
of  the  College  send  a  messenger  to  Mr.  Davies  about  the  Presidency 
after  two  denials — religion  at  a  low  ebb.  Copy.  Pres.  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Feb.  19.  London.  Paper  presented  by  the  Bishop  of  London 
to  the  King — Containing  some  considerations  about  the  ecclesiastical 
Government  in  the  American  Plantations,  its  origin,  progress  and 
the  present  state.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  16,  P.  9. 
Copy.     68  folios. 

[Printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  3C0.] 

[March  12.  Hanover,  Va.  Rev.  Mr.  Davies  to  Rev.  Mr.  Co- 
well,  Trenton — Refers  the  matter  of  the  Presidency  of  the  College 
to  the  Synod — exculpates  Mr.  Halsey — will  not  attend  Synod  in  the 
spring — is  fearful  he  may  have  erred  in  supposing  a  majority  re- 
newed the  invitation — advises  that  our  learned  friend.  Dr.  Alison, 
be  consulted  as  to  his  fitness  for  the  post.  Copy.  Pres.  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

[March  19.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  to  be  Lieutenant  of  a 
company  of  New  Jersey  troops,  in  Col.  Peter  Schuyler's  regiment, 
from  Gov'r  Bernard.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

March  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Seer,  of  State,  the  R't  Hon.  H.  Pitt— The  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey raised  1000  men — they  are  well  provided  and  equal  to  1,500  of 
most  of  the  other  Provincials — the  extraordinary  effort  made  by  the 
Province  in  the  public  service  is  strongly  recommended  to  the 
King's  notice — these  efforts  are  particularized.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  72.     Original     9  folios. 

March  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Seer.  Pitt's  letter  was  laid  before  the  Assem- 
bly of  New  Jersey,  and  they  passed  a  bill  for  raising  1000  men — 
the  Quakers  excused  themselves  from  voting,  except  one,  who  voted 
for  it — they  also  passed  unanimously  a  support  bill,  and  granted  for 


852  FRANCIS  BERNARD  GOVERNOR.         [175',). 

the  troops  £50,000 — the  public  papers  will  soon  be  transmitted.     S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  82.     Original.     4  folios. 

March  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  their  letter  of  the  8th 
of  Feb. — he  considers  that  the  late  money  bills  of  New  Jersey,  are 
invasions  of  the  prerogative  and  dangerous  in  their  consequences — 
but,  considering  the  present  necessities  of  the  service,  it  would  not 
be  prudent  to  rectify  these  abuses.  S.  P.  0  ,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  83.     Original     8  folios. 

[April  28.  Schoharie,  New  York.  Letter  from  Colonel  John 
Parker,  of  the  New  Jersey  troops,  to  his  brother  Lewis  Parker  at 
Perth  Amboy — The  campaign  to  open  sooner  than  was  expected — 
the  six  nations  of  Indians  had  taken  up  the  hatchet  against  the 
French — they  had  given  Niagara  to  Sir  Wm.  Johnston  for  a  trading- 
house,  and  would  assist  in  taking  it.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  392.  Various  conferences  with  the  In- 
dians are  detailed  in  the  voliune.J 

May  24.  "Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  Nath'l  Jones,  Esq.,  to  be  Chief  Justice  of 
New  Jersey  in  the  room  of  Wm.  Aynsley,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  279.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[See  New  York  Mercury,  Dec.  10,  1759,  and  March  31,  1760,  and  Field's 
Provincial  Courts,  p.  151,  for  the  circumstances  attending  the  assumption  of  the 
office  by  Mr.  Jones.  His  right  to  the  office  was  contested  by  Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris, who  claimed  it  by  virtue  of  his  commission  received  in  March,  1738,  and  yet 
we  have  seen  (1757,  February,)  that  Mr.  Ainsley  had  in  the  mean  while  been  ap- 
pointed Chief  Justice  in  place  of  Mr.  Morris,  resigned  ;  Mr.  Morris  being  at  that 
time  in  England.  See  1759,  Aug.  28;  1760,  Feb.  22,  Feb.  25,  June  17,  Aug.  10, 
Sept.  3,  Dec.  15;  1761,  April  17,  and  a  review  of  the  circumstances  in  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  Proceedings,  Vol.  VIII.] 

May  24.  Kensington.  Order  of  Council,  appointing  Nathaniel 
Jones,  Esq.,  to  be  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of 
Wm.  Aynsley,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol 
8, 1.  84.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  24.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  a  warrant  appoiuting  Nath'l  Jones,  Esq.,  to  be 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
16,  p.  280.     1  folio. 

May  31.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  approving  warrant 
constituting  and  appointing  Nath'l  Jones,  Esq.,  to  be  Chief  Justice 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  L  99.  Copy. 
2  folios. 

June  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — By  the  20th  of  May  the  New  Jersey  regiment  was 
completed  ;  on  the  22d  they  embarked,  and  27th  arrived  at  Albany  ; 
reviewed  by  the  General,  and  universally  allowed  to  be  the  best 


1759.]  PRANCIS   BERNARD   GOVEHNOR,  •  353 

Provincial  regiment  in  America — Col.  Schuyler  is  Commander — 
went  to  Burlington  County  and  laid  out  an  Indian  town,  which  waa 
called  Brotherton — description  of  the  Indians  and  arrangement  of 
the  township — constituted  a  township  between  Parqualin  Mountains 
and  the  Delaware,  which  was  called  Mountagu — the  prospects  of 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey  are  very  fair.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  85.     Original.     9  folios. 

["Brotherton"  was  in  the  township  of  Evesham  in  BurHngton  Count}',  but 
the  name  has  disappeared  from  the  map  of  the  State,  although  its  associations 
should  have  led  to  its  retention.  See  Smith's  New  Jersey,  p.  483 ;  Nevill's  Laws 
Vol.  II.  p.  212  ;  Alliuson's  Laws,  p.  221.]  ' 

Aug.  28.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Morris  proposed  to  resume  his  office  of  Chief 
Justice,  but  it  was  afterwards  agreed  to  wait  for  the  decision  of  the 
Board — since  then  Mr.  Jones'  appointment  arrived,  and  Grov'r  Ber- 
nard desires  directions  in  what  manner  he  shall  act  if  Mr.  Morris 
should  set  up  his  own  right  and  oppose  that  of  Mr.  Jones — the  ex- 
traordinary success  of  the  English — there  are  near  1000  French 
prisoners  in  New  York,  Connecticut  and  New  Jersey — [see  May 
24,  1759.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  87.  Original. 
6  folios. 

Nov.  10.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Mr. 
Seer.  Pitt,  desiring  him  to  move  the  King  that  directions  may  be 
given  for  a  public  thanksgiving  in  the  several  Colonies,  for  the  suc- 
cess of  His  Majesty's  arms.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
44,  p.  170.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pitt  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — That  instructions  be  sent  to  all  the  Governors  in  Amer- 
ica, to  observe  a  day  of  public  thanksgiving  for  the  signal  success  of 
His  Majesty's  arms,  in  which  the  Colonies  are  so  particularly  inter- 
ested. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  16,  P.  11.  Original. 
2  folios. 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  enclosing  a  printed  copy  of  a  Proc- 
lamation for  a  general  thanksgiving.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  44,  p.  171.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Bernard — Informing  him  that  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint  him 
to  be  Governor  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey. 
Vol  16,  p.  281.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  14.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Proposing  that  Thos.  Boone,  Esq.,  may  be  appointed 
Governor  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Francis  Bernard,  Esq.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  284.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  14.     Whitehall     Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Thos. 
23 


85i  FRANCIS  BERNARD    GOVERNOR.  [1759. 

Boone,  Esq.,  informing  him  that  the  King  was  pleased  to  appoint 
him  to  be  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey. 
Vol.  16,  p.  282.     Entry.     2  folios. 

N.  B.  The  appointment  did  not  actually  take  place  jtill  the  27th 
of  Nov.     See  the  Order  of  Council  of  that  date. 

Nov.  27.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  appointing  Mr.  Thos. 
Boone  to  be  Grovernor  of  New  Jersey,  and  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  a  Commission  and  warrant  for  passing  the  same, 
and  also  drafts  of  instructions  for  the  King's  signature.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  86.     Original.     2  folios. 

Nov.  27.  Whitehall.  Representations  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  draft  of  a  Commission  for  Thos.  Boone,  Esq., 
to  be  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  and  a  warrant  for  passing  the  same. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p.  284.  Entries— Rej^r. 
2  folios;  Com.,  &c.,  60  folios — 62  folios. 

Nov.  27.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  Com- 
mission of  Thos.  Boone,  Esq.,  to  be  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  100.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Dec.  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Bernard — The  extraordinary  claim  of  Mr.  Morris  to  resume  the  of- 
fice of  Chief  Justice  commented  upon,  and  directions  are  given  to 
the  Governor  how  he  is  to  conduct  himself  in  this  case — duplicate 
of  the  Board's  letter  of  14th  Nov.  transmitted.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol  16,  p.  288.     Entry.     5  folios. 

[1759,  Aug.  18  and  Dec.  6.— 1760,  Jan.  18.  Nassau  Hall. 
Pres.  Samuel  Davies  to  Peter  V.  B.  Livingston — His  position  in  the 
College — sends  for  wine,  &c.     Original.     Rutherfurd  MSS.] 

These  letters  were  printed  in  the  "  Proceedings  of  the  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.,"  Vol. 
I.  p.  77.] 

1760. 

Jan.  7.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
the  R't  Hon.  Wm.  Pitt,  to  the  Governors  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay,  New  Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,  directing  them  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  with  the 
Council  and  Assembly,  to  induce  them  to  raise  at  least  as  large  a 
body  of  men  as  they  did  for  the  last  campaign,  and  even  more  for 
the  purpose  of  completing  the  invasion  of  Canada— the  Governors 
will  have  right  to  issue  Commissions  to  such  gentlemen  as  may, 
from  their  influence  in  the  Province,  effect  the  speedy  levying  of 
the  greatest  number  of  men — the  King  will  furnish  all  the  men  with 
arms,  ammunition  and  tents,  also  provisions ;  the  Provinces  to  de- 
fray the  charges  of  levying,  clothing  and  pay  of  them — they  are  to 
collect  and  order  to  be  repaired  all  the  old  arms.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.  Vol.  77.  Draft.  14  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  420.] 


1760.]  FRANCIS   BEENARD    GOVERNOR. 


355 


Feb.  7.  Custom  House.  Letter  from  Mr.  Wood  to  Mr.  Pow- 
nall— With  an  account  of  the  importation  into  Enghmd  from  the 
American  Colonies,  of  hemp  from  1712  to  1728,  and  of  iron  from 
1^50  to  1759.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  IG  p  13  14 
15.     Original.     6  folios.  ^        '      ' 

Feb.  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  draft  of  general  instructions  and  those  relating 
to  trade  for  Thos.  Boone,  Esq.,  Governor  of  New  Jersey— instruc- 
tions separate.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  16,  p  291 
Entry.     2  folios.  '  t^         • 

Feb.  14.  Charlestown,  South  Carolina.  Letter  from  Governor 
Boone  to  the  Board  of  Trade — Thanking  them  for  the  appointment 
to  the  Government  of  New  Jersey,  whither  he  will  repair  with  the 
utmost  despatch.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  L  88. 
Original.     1  folio. 

[Feb.  15.  Trenton.  Rev.  Mr.  Davies  to  Rev.  Doctor  Cowell — 
The  students  inoculated  for  small  pox — one  is  dangerously  ill — Dr. 
Scudder's  family  sick — urges  Mr.  Cowell  to  come  as  a  medical  ad- 
viser.    Copy.     Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  PhiFa.] 

[From  Revd.  Richd.  Webster.] 

Feb.  22.  Amboy,  N.  J.  Letter  from  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  to 
Gov'r  Bernard,  in  explanation  of  reasons  for  his  claiming  the  re- 
sumption of  the  oflB.ce  of  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  8,  I.  91.     Copy.     5  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Feb.  25,  1760. 

Feb.  25.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  letters  from 
the  Board — the  day  of  thanksgiving  was  fixed  upon  Thursday,  the 
22d  of  Nov., — returns  thanks  for  being  appointed  Governor  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay — Mr.  Morris's  claim  to  the  Chief  Justiceship  is 
settled,  but  Mr.  Jones  does  not  give  satisfaction  in  the  Province — 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  was  called  to  meet  on  the  11th  of 
March — Mr.  Boone  was  written  to,  proposing  the  end  of  May  for  hia 
coming  to  the  Government.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey  Vol.  8, 
I.  89.     Original.     9  folios. 

Enclosing  Mr.  Morris  to  Gov'r  Bernard,  Feb.  22,  1760. 

March  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Mr.  Morris  took  the  seat  on  the  Bench  as  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey — his  reasons  for  so  doing — Mr.  Jones'  claim 
put  in,  but  the  Court  rejected  it  and  decided  in  favor  of  Mr.  Morris 
— observations  upon  the  proceedings,  and  a  copy  of  the  Minutes  of 
the  Court.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  L  92  and  93. 
Letter,  original,  9  folios ;  Minutes,  Att.  copy,  14  folios — 23  folios. 

March  24.     South   Carolina.      Letter  from  Mr.  Boone  to  the 


856  FKANCIS  BERNARD    GOVERNOR.  [1760. 

Board  of  Trade — A  vessel  is  hired  in  which  he  will  emhark  in  the 
course  of  a  few  days  for  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  8,  I.  95.     Orginal.     2  folios. 

March  26.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
R't  Hon.  Wm.  Pitt,  Seer,  of  State — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
with  "  their  usual  unanimity  and  despatch,"  prepared  and  passed  a 
bill  for  raising  the  same  number  of  men  as  they  did  for  the  last 
campaign — encloses  the  Assembly's  Address  and  his  answer  to  it. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  72.  Letter,  original,  2  folios ; 
Message,  &c.,  copies,  15  folios — 17  folios. 

[March  29.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton,  to  be  Captain  in  Col. 
Schuyler's  regiment.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

March  29.  Perth  Amboy.  letter  from  Gov'r  Bernard  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  on  the  25th  of 
March  passed  a  bill  for  raising  a  regiment — observation  upon  the 
said  bill — the  good  temper  of  the  people  may  be  perceived  from  the 
Addresses  of  the  Assembly — Mr.  Boone  has  not  fixed  any  time  for 
his  arrival  in  New  Jersey — Gov'r  Bernard  must  be  in  Boston  by  the 
middle  of  May.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  8,  I.  94. 
Orig'l.     9  folios. 

June  17.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Giving  an  account  of  the  dispute  between  Mr.  Morris 
and  Mr.  Jones,  about  the  ofl&ce  of  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey,  and 
submitting  as  their  opinion  that  the  King  should  refer  the  whole 
matter  to  the  Att.  Gen'l,  with  directions  to  consider  and  report  what 
measures  are  most  proper  to  be  taken  in  order  to  support  the  King's 
right  of  nomination  against  the  extraordinary  and  unprecedented 
claim  of  Mr.  Morris.  [See  May  24,  1759.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  16,  p.  293.    Entry.     14  folios. 

July  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Announces  his  arrival  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  pub- 
lishing of  his  Commission  on  the  4th  July  at  Perth  Amboy,  and  9th 
at  Burlington.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  1.  Orig- 
inal.    2  folios. 

[He  arrived  at  Perth  Amboy  July  od  from  New  York,  •where  he  had  been  de- 
tained some  time  waiting  for  his  Commission.  For  a  Biographical  sketch  of  Gov. 
Boone  see  "  Contributions  to  the  Early  History  of  Perth  Amboy,  &c.,''  p.  176.] 

Aug.  10.  Amboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  to  Gov'r 
Boone — Giving  his  reasons  for  assuming  the  ofl&ce  of  the  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  New  Jersey,  in  opposition  to  Mr.  Nathaniel  Jones,  and  de- 
sires the  same  to  be  laid  before  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  3.     Original.     9  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  Board  of  Trade, 
Sept.  3,  1760. 

Sept.  3.     Perth  Amboy.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  Board 


1760.]  THOMAS   BOONE   GOVERNOR.  357 

of  Trade — At  the  request  of  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  he  forwards  some 
papers,  being  an  account  of  his  opposition  to  Mr.  Jones  about  the 
office  of  Chief  Justice  of  N.  Jersey  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol  9,  K.  2.     Original.     3  folios. 

Enclosing  the  foregoing  and  1760,  March  18.  Minute  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  March  16,  1670.  (Enclosed  also  in 
Gov'r  Bernard's  letter  of  the  22d  March,  1760.) 

Oct.  18.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  desiring  them  to  transmit  four 
sets  of  the  last  printed  edition  of  the  laws  passed  in  each  Govern- 
ment. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  44,  p.  182.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

Oct.  23.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  R't 
Hon.  W.  Pitt,  Seer,  of  State — In  answer  to  a  letter  about  the  ille- 
gal trade  in  North  America,  assuring  him  that  nothing  of  the  kind 
had  been  connived  at  or  practised  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  72.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  25.  Carleton  House.  Order  of  Council,  authorizing  the 
use  of  the  old  Seals  in  the  American  Plantations,  until  other  Seals 
shall  be  prepared  and  sent  thither  duly  authorized  by  the  King.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  1.     Original.     1  folio. 

Oct.  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  warrants  for  authorizing  the  Governors  in 
America  to  use  the  respective  Seals  which  were  made  use  of  in  the 
late  King's  reign.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  1. 
Entry.     5  folios. 

Oct.  27.  Saville  House.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  the  draft  of  a  Proclamation  for  proclaiming 
King  George  III.  in  the  American  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  2.     Orig'l.     4  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  a  Proclamation  for  proclaiming  him  in  the 
respective  Plantations  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  45,  p.  3.     Entry.     8  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Saville  House.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board 
to  prepare  drafts  of  instructions  to  be  sent  to  all  the  Governors  in 
America,  for  an  alteration  in  the  prayer  for  the  Royal  Family.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  3.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  29.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America— Informing  them  that  warrants 
for  using  the  old  Seals,  Proclamations,  &c.,  are  preparing  with  all 
expedition,  in  order  to  be  transmitted  to  them.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  24.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Oct.  30.     Whitehall.     Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 


358  THOMAS   BOONE   GOVERNOR.  [1760. 

to  the  King — Enclosing  a  draft  of  instructions  to  the  Governors  in 
North  America,  relating  to  the  alterations  in  the  prayers  for  the 
Royal  Family.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  25. 
Entry.     7  folios. 

Oct.  31.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  to  all  the  Governors  in 
North  America — Transmitting  to  them  proclamations,  instructions 
and  warrants  for  using  the  old  Seals.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  29.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Nov.  4.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Desiring  his  directions  that  proper  Seals  be  made  and 
sent  to  eafch  of  the  Plantations  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  32.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Nov.  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  chief  en- 
graver of  seals  to  prepare  drafts  of  new  Seals  for  England,  Ireland, 
Scotland  and  America,  and  present  the  same  for  the  King's  appro- 
bation. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  17,  Q.  11.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

[Dec.     Sermon  of  Rev.   Samuel  Davies  at  the  funeral  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Cowell,  of  Trenton,  from  Hebrews  IV.  11 — never  published — 
imperfect.     Copy.     Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phil'a. 
From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

Dec.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Ma- 
jor, His  Majesty's  Chief  Engraver  of  Seals,  giving  him  directions 
about  engraving  new  Seals  for  the  Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  36.  Entry.  5  folios,  (relating  to 
N.  Jersey.) 

Dec.  2.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  of  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  upon  five 
Acts  of  Assembly  passed  in  New  Jersey,  in  March,  1759,  approving 
the  same.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  12.  Original. 
4  folios. 

Dec.  15.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  the  27th  of  Oct.  and 
sat  six  weeks — he  will  send  shortly  public  papers — sends  the  memo- 
rial of  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  in  support  of  his  claim  to  the  office  of 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
9,  K.  8.     Originals,  letter  2  folios;  memorial,  10  folios — 12  folios. 

Dec.  17.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
the  R't  Hon.  Wra.  Pitt,  to  the  Governors  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  N. 
Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
— The  King  being  determined  to  reduce  the  enemy  to  the  necessity 
of  accepting  a  peace,  desire  them  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours 
with  the  Council  and  Assembly,  to  induce  them  to  raise  two -thirds 
of  the  number  of  men  they  raised  for  the  last  campaign — the  Gov- 
ernors will  have  right  to  issue  Commissions  to  such  gentlemen  as 


1760.]  THOMAS  BOONE    GOVERNOR.  359 

may,  from  their  influence  in  the  Province,  effect  the  speedy  levy- 
ing of  the  greatest  number  of  men — the  King  will  furnish  all 
the  men  with  arms,  ammunition,  tents  and  provisions ;  the  Provinces 
to  defray  the  charges  of  levying,  clothing  and  pay  of  them — they 
are  to  collect,  and  order  to  be  repaired,  all  the  old  arms.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  77.  Draft.  11  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  p.  452.] 

1761. 

Jan.  12.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Boone  to  the  Seer, 
of  the  Board  of  Trade — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Board's 
letters  of  18th  and  29th  Oct., — desires  some  regulations  may  be 
made  respecting  the  posts  passing  through  Perth  Amboy.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  5.     Orig'l.     3  folios. 

[For  an  account  of  mail  and  travelling  facilities  in  the  Province  prior  to  the 
Revolution,  see  Contributions  to  E.  Jersey  History,  p.  267.] 

March  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  King — Proposing  that  Christopher  Coates,  Esq.,  con- 
tinue Secretary,  and  Joseph  Warrell,  Esq.,  Attorney  General  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17, 
p.  1.     Entry.  2  folios. 

[March   17.     New  York.     Erom  Rev.  Mr. to  Rev.   Mr. 

Bellamy — The  death  of  Davies  fills  us  with  gloom  and  astonish- 
ment— He  far  exceeded  the  expectation  of  his  best  friends — 
what  prodigious  uncommon  gifts  the  God  of  Nature  had  bestowed 
upon  that  man  to  render  him  useful — his  sermon  on  the  King's 
death,  though  a  thousand  copies  were  printed,  yet  now  a  second 
impression  is  in  press — Philadelphia  has  ^collected  £95  per  annum 
for  five  years  to  support  his  three  sons  at  College — New  York 
and  Philadelphia  have  raised  between  four  and  five  hundred  pounds 
for  his  wife  and  two  daughters — he  left  very  little  estate — our  eyes 
are  on  Mr.  Finley' — a  very  accurate  scholar,  and  a  great  and  good 
man — the  internal  state  of  the  College  is  good,  and  the  management 
of  the  tutors  generally  approved.  Copy.  Pres'u  Hist.  Soc.  Papers, 
Phila.] 

[From  Rev'd  Richard  Webster.] 

March  17.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  directing  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  warrants  for  continuing  Christopher  Coates,  Esq., 
in  the  ofliee  of  Secretary,  and  Joseph  Warrell,  Esq.,  Att.  General 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  7. 
Original.     2  folios. 

March  20.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  rep- 
resentation of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  17th  iust.,  and  directing 
them  to  prepare  draft  of  a  Commission,  and  likewise  warrant  for 
passing  the  same  to  Josiah   Hardy,  Esq.,  as  Governor  of  New  Jer- 


360  THOMAS   BOONE   GOVERNOR.  [1761. 

sey,  in  the  room  of  Thos.  Boone,  Esq.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  9,  K.  6.     Original.     2  folio.s. 

N.  B.  The  representation  of  the  17th  March,  1761,  is  not  in 
the  Entry  Book. 

April  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  draft  of  a  Commission  for  Josiah  Hardy,  Esq., 
to  be  Governor  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  2.  Entry.  Represent.,  1  folio  ;  Com- 
mission, 60  folios — 61  folios. 

[April  7.  Commission  of  EHas  Dayton,  from  Gov'r  Boone,  to 
be  Captain  in  the  regiment  of  New  Jersey  troops,  commanded  by 
Col.  Samuel  Hunt.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

April  8.  Perth  Amboy,  Letter  from  Grov'r  Boone  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Passed  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
for  raising  600  men — reasons  for  not  joining  in  an  Address  from  the 
Council  and  Assembly  to  the  King,  upon  his  accession  to  the  throne 
— observations  upon  the  debt  of  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey,     Vol.  9,  K.  13.     Original.     7  folios. 

April  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  R't 
Hon.  Wm.  Pitt,  Seer,  of  State — Called  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey, and  communicated  the  King's  commands — they  raised  600  men, 
which  is  two-thirds  of  the  last  year.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  73.     Original.     2  folios. 

April  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr. 
H.  Potts,  Seer,  to  the  Postmaster  General — Enclosing  extract  of  a 
letter  from  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  desiring  an  alteration  in 
the  route  of  the  post  through  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  33.     Entry.     1  folio. 

April  14.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  approving  the  draft 
of  a  Commission  for  Josiah  Hardy,  Esq.,  to  be  Captain  General  and 
Governor-in-Chief  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  105.     Original.     3  folios. 

April  14.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  approving  a  warrant 
for  Christopher  Coates,  Esq.,  to  be  Secretary  of  the  Province  of  N. 
Jersey.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Ind.     Vol.  105.     Orig'L     3  folios. 

April  16.  Letter  from  Mr.  Charles  Boone  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pow- 
nall— Praying  for  a  permission  to  Gov'r  Boone  to  come  from  New 
Jersey  to  England,  before  he  goes  to  his  Government  of  South  Caro- 
lina.    S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     N.  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  10.     Orig'L     1  folio. 

April  17.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Relating  to  the  dispute  between  Mr.  Jones  and  Mr. 
Morris,  for  the  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey,  desiring  such 
directions  as  shall  appear  necessary  to  determine  a  matter  so  pro- 
ductive of  much  confusion  in  that  Province.     [See  several  previous 


1761.]  THOMAS   BOONE   GOVERNOR.  361 

entries.]     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  34.     Entry. 
3  folios. 

April   28.      Whitehall.       Circular  Letter   from    the  Board  of 
Trade  to  all  the    Governors  in  America — Transmitting  queries  as  to 
the  boundaries,  commerce,  navigation,  manufactures,  number  of  in- 
habitants,  &c.,  in  each   Province   respectively.      S.    P.  0.,  B    T 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  60.     Entry.     24  folios. 

April  29.  Gen'l  Post  Office.  Letter  from  Mr.  Potts,  Seer,  to 
the  Postmaster  General,  to  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall — Enclosing  copy  of 
the  report  from  Mr.  Franklin,  Deputy  Postmaster  General  of  North 
America,  with  reference  to  the  complaint  of  Gov'r  Boone  about  the 
alteration  of  Post  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  9,  K.  11.  Original  letter,  2  folios;  copy,  report,  18  folios — 
20  folios. 

May  6.  Whitehall.  Ptepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  drafts  of  general  instructions,  and  those  relating 
to  trade  and  navigation,  for  Josiah  Hardy,  Esq.,  Governor  of  New 
Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  36.  Entries, 
represent.,  7  folios ;  instruct's,  300  folios — 307  folios. 

May  8.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  present  to  the  King  the  names  of  persons  proper  to  act  as 
Commissioners  for  trying  pirates  in  the  different  American  Colonies. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  15.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  15.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  revoking  and  repealing 
an  Order  in  Council,  of  11th  March,  1752,  touching  the  correspond- 
ence of  the  Governors  in  America,  and  directing  that  same  may  be 
communicated  to  them  accordingly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  105.     Original.     6  folios. 

[May  24.  Belle  Isle,  Coast  of  France.  Letter  from  Capt.  Wm. 
Skinner  to  his  brother  Cortlandt  Skinner,  at  Perth  Amboy — Giving 
an  account  of  the  assault  and  landing  upon  the  island  by  the  English 
forces,  under  Generals  Hodgson,  Crawford  and  Rufane,  and  Com. 
Keppell.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  5.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  Board 
of  Trade— ^Sends  for  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  and  other 
public  papers — reasons  for  declining  to  issue  new  Commissions  to 
the  Government  officers.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9, 
K.  15.     Original.     3  folios. 

June  16.  AVhitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  naming  such  persons  as  are  proper  to  be  inserted  in  the 
Commissions  for  trying  pirates  in  each  Colony  in  America.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  73.  Entry.  16  folios.  [As 
regards  N.  Jersey.]     55  folios,  entire. 

June  25.     St.  James'.     Order  in  Council,  approving  the  report 


362  THOMAS  BOONE    GOVERNOR.  [1761. 

of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  also  the  draft  of  instructions  (transmit- 
ted therewith,)  for  Josiah  Hardy,  Esq.,  Captain  General  and  Gover- 
nor-in-Chief  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  105.     Orig'l.     10  folios. 

July  17.  Orders,  rules  and  instructions  to  be  observed  by  the 
Receivers-General  of  the  several  Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  17.     Draft.     14  folios. 

July  28.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Gen.  Amherst  applied  for  the  continuation  of  the 
part  of  the  New  Jersey  regiment  during  the  winter — the  Assembly 
complied  with  it  and  passed  an  Act  to  that  effect — Mr.  Antill  is 
suspended  from  the  Council  for  non-attendance.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
N.  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  16.     Original.     4  folios. 

[Aug.  6.  Power  of  Attorney  from  the  Committee  of  the  W.  Jer- 
sey Society,  to  Lewis  Johnston  and  John  Smith,  to  be  their  agents 
and  factors  in  the  Province — and  revoking  their  power  issued  7th 
May,  1752,  to  Henry  Lane  and  Lewis  Johnston — authenticated  be- 
fore the  Lord  Mayor  of  London.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Aug.  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — A  brigantiue  belonging'^to  New  York  condemned  in 
New  Jersey  for  illegal  trade — Gov'r  Boone  renounced  his  share  in 
order  to  obtain  evidence — desires  to  be  recommended  to  the  King 
for  remuneration.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  17. 
Original.     7  folios. 

Sept.  11.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  instructions  to  all  the  Governors  in  Amer- 
ica, for  an  alteration  to  be  made  in  the  prayers  for  the  Royal  Fam- 
ily. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  17,  Q.  18.  Original.  2 
folios. 

Sept.  16.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  drafts  of  instructions  to  all  the  Governors  in 
America,  for  an  alteration  in  the  prayers  for  the  Royal  Family.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  122.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Sept.  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Tho's  Boone,  Governor 
of  New  Jersey,  to  (Seer,  of  State,)  has  just  received  the  notification 
of  the  King's  resolution  to  demand  in  marriage  the  Princess  Char- 
lotte, sister  of  the  Duke  of  Mecklenburgh — Joins  in  dutiful  con- 
gratulations on  the  joyful  event.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  Indies. 
Vol.  73.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Received  leave  of  absence,  but  in  consequence  of  the  dis- 
turbed state  of  the  American  Plantations,  he  does  not  mean  to  avail 
himself  of  it,  reserving  that  favor  to  some  future  period.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  19.     Duplicate.     2  folios. 


1761.]  JOSIAH   HARDY   GOVERNOR.  363 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr. 
Seer.  West,  of  the  Treasury,  enclosing  copy  of  Gov'r  Boone's  letter 
of  the  80th  of  Aug.  last,  and  expressing  the  opinion  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  that  relinquishing  his  own  share  of  the  forfeiture,  in  order 
to  induce  a  greater  facility  in  the  condemnation  of  the  vessel,  justly 
entitles  Gov'r  Boone  to  the  King's  favor.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  120.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Nov.  23.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepai'e  drafts  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gover- 
nors in  America,  (including  New  Jersey,)  relating  to  the  grant  of 
lands  and  the  appointment  of  Judj^es.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  17,  Q.  21.     Original.     35  folios. 

Nov,  23.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Arrived  in  New  Jersey  the  29th  of  Oct., — pub- 
lished his  Commission — called  the  Council  and  issued  new  Commis- 
sions of  the  Peace  and  for  the  Courts — appointed  Cortlandt  Skin- 
ner, Esqr.,  to  be  Att.  General  of  the  Province — prorogued  the  As- 
sembly to  the  30th  of  this  month — desires  the  suspension  of  Mr. 
Edward  Antill  from  the  Council  be  confirmed — the  difficulty  of  find- 
ing men  fit  to  fill  the  vacancies  at  the  Board.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  20.     Original.     6  folios. 

[See  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  183 ;  and  "  Proceedings  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc,"  Vol.  Vin.  p.  70.] 

Nov.  28.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  of  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  upon  four  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
in  April,  1761 — Objecting  to  the  Act  for  confirming  the  proceedings 
of  the  Courts,  &c.,  since  the  demise  of  the  late  King,  as  being  quite 
unnecessary,  and  recommending  the  other  three  for  confirmation.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  18.     Original.     6  folios. 

Dec.  2.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  a  draft  of  instructions  to  the  several  Gov- 
ernors in  North  America,  containing  directions  with  respect  to  the 
tenure  of  the  Commissions  to  be  by  them  granted  to  the  Chief 
Judges  and  Justices  of  the  Courts  of  Judicature  [not  to  be  held 
"  during  good  behaviour."]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
45,  p.  162.     Entry.     10  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y,  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VI.  pp.  477  to  479.] 

Dec.  3.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  additional  instruction  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  relating  to 
the  tenure  of  commissions  to  be  by  him  granted  to  the  Judges  and 
other  Officers  of  Justice.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies,  Vol.  105. 
Original.     9  folios. 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Pownall 
to  several  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  with  instructions 
containing  directions  with  respect  to  the  tenure  of  the  Commissions 


864  JOSIAH   HARDY   GOVERNOR.  [1761. 

to  ^be  by  them  granted  to  the  Chief  Judges  and  Justices  of  the 
Courts  of  Judicature.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p. 
174.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
(the  Earl  of  Egremont)  to  the  Governors  of  the  Northern  American 
Plantations,  directing  them  to  use  their  utmost  endeavours  with  the 
Council  and  Assembly  to  induce  them  to  raise  as  large  a  body  of  men 
as  they  did  last  year,  for  the  purpose  of  completing  the  invasion  of 
Canada — The  Governors  will  have  right  to  issue  Commissions  to 
such  gentlemen,  as  may,  from  their  influence  in  the  Province, 
effect  the  speedy  levying  of  the  greatest  number  of  men — the 
King  will  furnish  all  the  men  with  arms,  ammunition,  tents,  and 
provisions ;  the  Provinces  to  defray  the  charges  of  levying  clothing 
and  pay  of  them.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  *&  W.  Indies.  Vol.77.  Draft. 
14  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  482.] 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State, 
the  Earl  of  Egremont,  to  several  Governors  in  the  American  Planta- 
tions, signifying  the  King's  pleasure  to  induce  their  respective  Prov- 
inces to  comply  immediately  with  any  requisition  which  Sir  Jeffrey 
Amherst  shall  make  for  furnishing,  on  certain  conditions,  which  he 
will  explain,  such  a  number  of  recruits,  as  he  shall  demand  as  their 
quota,  towards  completing  the  regular  regiments.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  77.     Draft.     7  folios. 

Dec.  22.  Whitehall.  Repx-esentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  giving  reasons  why  an  Act  for  confirming  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Courts  of  Justice  in  New  Jersey  since  the  demise  of  the 
late  King  ;  and  an  Act  for  the  relief  of  Francis  Goelet,  passed  in  that 
Px'ovince  in  April,  1761,  should  be  repealed.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  122.     Entry.     18  folios. 

Dec  22.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  John  Stevens,  Esq.,  to  be  one  of  the  Council 
in  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Edward  Antill,  Esq.,  suspended  by 
Gov'r  Boone.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  VoL  17,  p.  129. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[See  for  notice  of  Jolin  Stevens,  "  Contributions  to  E.  J.  Hist.,"  p.  143.] 
1762. 

Jan.  2.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  suspending  Edward  An- 
till from  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  and  appointing  John  Stevens  in 
his  stead.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  105.  Original.  4 
folios. 

[Jan.  6.  London.  Letter  from  (Captain?)  George  Otter  to 
Lewis  Johnston  of  Perth  Amboy — Wishes  inquiries  to  be  made  as 
to  the  ownership  of  the  island  "  on  the  right-hand  side  betwixt  Bur- 
lington and  Bristol,"  its  size,  &c.,  with  the  view  to  secure  it  for  him- 


1762.]  JOSIAH   HARDY   GOVERNOK.  365 

self— Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst  had  acquitted  himself  with  great  honor, 
and  was  consulted  on  all  American  matters — "it's  reported  the 
Parliament  will  tax  their  good  subjects  in  America."  Orif^inaL 
Whitehead  MSS.]  *= 

Jan.  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Pownall  to 
Gov'r  Hardy,  enclosing  an  Order  of  His  Majesty  in  Council  repeal- 
ing two  Acts  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  April,  1761,  and  copy  of  the 
Board's  representation  upon  the  said  Acts.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  130.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Jan.  20.  Perth  Amhoy.  Letter  from  Governor  Hardy  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Issued  proclamation  directing  the  alteration  of 
prayers  for  the  Royal  Family — the  Gen'l  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey 
met  the  30th  Nov.,  and  passed  a  bill  for  the  support  of  Government 
— the  Assembly  wanted  to  bring  in  a  bill  for  laying  a  duty  on  negroes, 
but  the  Govt  dissuaded  them  from  it — observations  on  that  subject — 
the  Commissions  to  the  Government  officers  renewed  during  good  be- 
haviour— the  Commission  of  Mr.  Morris,  as  Chief  Justice,  was  necessa- 
rily renewed,  he  being  a  proper  person  for  that  office ;  and  Mr. 
Nevill  and  Mr.  Saltar,  two  other  Judges,  are  old  and  infirm.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  22.     Orig'l.     9  folios. 

Jan.  22.  Perth  Araboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont,  Seer,  of  State  for  the  Southern  Department — Acknowl- 
edges the  receipt  of  several  letters — congratulates  his  Lordship  upon 
his  appointment — the  Assembly  wanted  to  pass  a  bill  for  laying  a  duty 
on  negroes,  but  were  dissuaded  by  him — the  uncertainty  in  the  ap- 
pointments of  Chief  and  other  Justices — desires  his  Lordship's  di- 
rections on  the  subject.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  172. 
Original.     7  folios. 

Jan.  22.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  3Iatthew  Lamb, 
giving  his  opinion  in  favor  of  an  Act  of  the  xVssembly  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  there  in  July,  1761,  entitled  an  Act  to  provide  for  the  enlist- 
ing, clothing,  and  pay  of  sixty-six  effective  men,  volunteers,  officers 
included,  to  be  employed  in  His  Majesty's  service  from  and  after  the 
first  day  of  November  next.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9, 
K.  21.     Original.     2  folios. 

March  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  that  a  bill  should  be  offered  to  the  considera- 
tion of  Parliament  to  remedy  the  defects  of  the  laws,  as  they  now 
stand,  for  the  trial  and  punishment  of  murders  committed  within 
the  Admiralty  jurisdiction  in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  176.     Entry.     10  folios. 

March  11.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade,  with  the  advice  and  assistance  of  the  Advocate,  Attorney 
and  Solicitor  Generals,  to  prepare  the  draft  of  a  bill  for  the  trial  and 
punishment  of  persons  guilty  of  murder  within  the  Admiralty  juris- 


866  JOSIAH   HARDY   GOVERNOR.  [1762. 

diction  in  the  American  Plantations.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  17,  Q.  23.     Original.     3  folios. 

March  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Pownall  to  Sir 
Matthew  Lamb,  desiring  he  would  prepare  the  draft  of  a  bill  to 
remedy  the  defects  of  the  laws,  as  they  now  stand,  for  the  trial  and 
punishment  of  murders  committed  within  the  Admiralty  jurisdiction 
in  the  Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  179. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

N.  B. — Draft  of  the  bill  follows  the  entry  of  the  above  letter. 

(March  ?)  Whitehall.  Memorandum  of  a  ease  referred  to  the 
Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals  for  their  opinion — 1st.  Whether 
the  appointments  made  by  Gov'r  Hardy  of  the  Judges  of  the  New 
Jersey  Supreme  Court,  during  good  behaviour,  contrary  to  the  ex- 
press directions  of  the  King,  are  valid  and  legal  appointments  ? — and 
2d.  If  such  appointments  are  not  legal  and  valid,  by  what  authority, 
and  in  what  manner,  may  they  be  set  aside  ?  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  131.     Entry.     9  folios. 

See  the  Seer.  Pownall's  letter,  1762,  Nov.  13  ;  and  the  answer, 
1763,  January  18. 

[March  9.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to 
be  Captain  in  Colonel  Hunt's  regiment.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

March  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  the  King,  proposing  the  recall  of  Gov'r  Hardy  from  his 
Government,  for  having  appointed  Mr.  R.  H.  Morris  to  be  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey,  contrary  to  his  instructions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  135.  Entry.  10  folios. 
[See  "  Proceedings  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,"  Vol.  VIH.  p.  73,  &c.] 

March  27.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  J.  Pownall  to  Robert 
Wood — Enclosing  a  representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
King,  proposing  that  Gov'r  Hardy  may  be  removed  from  his  Gov- 
ernment of  New  Jersey,  and  requesting  he  will  communicate  the  same 
to  Secretary  Lord  Egremont.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
172.     Original.     2  folios. 

April  29.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the 
Earl  of  Egremont,  Seer,  of  State — The  declaration  of  war  ag-ainst 
Spain  was  published  in  both  Divisions  of  New  Jersey — the  Assem- 
bly had  voted  the  full  number  of  men  for  the  Provincial  regiment. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     4  folios. 

May  4.  i^Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Received  Order  in  Council  for  repealing  two  Acts  of  the 
New  Jersey  S;  and  communicated  the  same  to  the  Assembly — the 
New  Jersey  regiment  is  quite  complete,  and  ready  to  march.  S.  P. 
0.,  B   T      New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  24.     Original.     2  folios. 


1762.]  JOSIAH  HARDY    GOVERNOR.  367 

June  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  PownuU  to  the 
Advocate,  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals,  -with  the  draft  of  a  bill 
for  the  trial  and  punishment  of  murders  committed  within  the  Admi- 
ralty jurisdiction  in  the  Plantations,  desiring  their  opinion  there- 
upon. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  190.  Entry.  3 
folios. 

June  11.     Whitehall.     Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 

(signed  by  Seer.  Pownall)  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America 

Transmitting  printed  copy  of  an  Act  passed  last  sessions  of  Parlia- 
ment for  the  better  regulation  and  government  of  seamen  in  the  mer- 
chants' service.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  192. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

June  18.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Governor  Hardy  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Transmitting  several  bills  passed  at  the  three  last 
sessions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  25.     Original.     8  folios. 

Jvine  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  Seer. 
Pownall — The  Commissions  issued  during  good  behaviour  are  at  an 
end,  the  Judges  having  determined  to  accept  theirs  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  the  King  shall  think  proper — Mr.  Morris  is  strongly  recom- 
mended to  retain  the  office  of  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey — the 
death  of  Mr.  Andrew  Johnston,  one  of  the  Council  of  that  Province, 
is  hourly  expected — the  difficulty  of  finding  a  person  in  the  We.'^tern 
Division  to  fill  his  place  at  the  Board.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  9,  K.  26.     Orig'l.     4  folios. 

[July  8.  New  York.  Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst  to  the  Commanding 
Officer  at  Elizabethtown,  (Capt.  Elias  Dayton) — Gov'r  Hardy  had  in- 
formed him  that  upwards  of  twenty  men  were  ready  at  Elizabethtown 
to  embark  for  Albany — orders  that  they  embark  on  board  the  vessel 
sent,  and  that  the  officer  in  command  report  at  Albany  to  Col.  Brad- 
street  or  Captain  Winepress.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

July  16.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — The  death  of  Mr.  Andrew  Johnston,  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  and  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Division,  announced 
— Mr.  Stephen  Skinner  is  recommended  to  fill  the  vacant  office 
of  the  Treasurer — James  Parker,  John  Barbaric,  and  John  Smyth, 
Esqrs.,  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council — the  inconvenience 
from  the  Councillors  residing  at  a  great  distance  from  the  seat  of 
the  Government — the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  resigned  their 
Commissions  "  during  good  behaviour" — the  number  of  the  Militia 
— .state  of  defence  of  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  9,  K.  27.     Original.     9  folios. 

[For  notices  of  Andrew  Jolmston,  &c.,  see  "  Contributions  to  Early  History  of 
Perth  Amboy,  &c."] 

Auo-.  20.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Egremont  (Seer. 


368  JOSIAH   HARDY   GOVERNOR.  [1762. 

of  State)  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  signifying  the  King's  pleasure  in 
appointing  William  Franklin,  Esq.,  to  be  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  23.     Original.     1  folio. 

Aug.  25.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Earl  of  Egremont,  principal  Seer,  of  State,  with  a  representation  en- 
closing the  draft  of  a  Commission  for  William  Franklin,  Esq.,  to  be 
Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17, 
p.  139.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Sept.  1.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
a  Commission  for  William  Franklin  to  be  Captain  General,  and 
Governor-in- Chief  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Josiah  Hardy,  Esq. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  «fcW.  Indies.  Vol.  105.     Original.     3  folios. 

Sept.  1.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
instructions,  with  the  alterations  made  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  for 
William  Franklin  appointed  Governor  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  105.     Original.     6  folios. 

Sept  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Earl  of  Egremont,  principal  Seer,  of  State,  with  a  representation  en- 
closing drafts  of  general  instructions,  and  those  for  Trade  for  Wm. 
Franklin,  Esq.,  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey. Vol.  17,  p.  142.  Entries.  Letter  and  Hepresent'n,  8  folios; 
Instructions,  350  folios  :  358  folios. 

Sept.  11.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Egremont  to 
Gov'r  Hardy — In  consequence  of  the  representation  from  the  Board 
of  Trade,  the  King  judged  it  expedient  to  put  an  end  to  his  Commis- 
sion as  Gov'r  of  New  Jersey,  and  to  appoint  William  Franklin,  Esq., 
to  succeed  him  in  that  ofl&ce.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
77.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Sept.  17.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  draft  of  instructions  for  the  Governors  of  the 
several  Colonies  and  Plantations  in  America  for  an  alteration  in  the 
psayers  for  the  Royal  Family.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
17,  Q.  26.     Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  drafts  of  instructions  for  the  Governors  of  the 
several  Colonies  in  America  for  an  alteration  in  the  prayers  for  the 
Royal  Family.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  193. 
Entry.     6  folios. 

Oct.  9.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  .Gov'r  Hardy  to  Mr.  Sec- 
retary Pownall — Received  the  letter  of  the  11th  June,  with  the 
printed  copy  of  an  Act,  &c., — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have 
made  a  provision  for  a  company  of  sixty-six  men  demanded  by  Sir 
Jeffrey  Amherst — sends  copies  of  the  Journals  of  the  Council — in 
consequence  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Lewis  Morris,  of  New  York,  Mr. 


17(]2.]  JOSIAII   HARDY   GOVERN-QR.  369 

Anthony  White  is  appointed  the  Judge  of  Admiralty  of  New  Jersey 
— much  benefit  will  arise  to  both  Provinces  should  this  post  be  not 
united  in  one  person.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K. 
28.     Original.     5  folios. 

Oct.  11.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have,  with  great  cheer- 
fulness, made  provision  for  clothing  and  paying  a  company  of  sixty- 
six  men  demanded  by  Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Oct.  13.  Accounts  of  Andrew  Johnston,  Treasurer  of  East  Jer- 
sey, from  Dec.  1761,  to  May,  1763,  submitted  by  his  Executors,  to  a 
Committee  of  the  Assembly,  with  certificate  of  the  Committee  and 
receipt  of  his  successor,  Stephen  Skinner.  Original.  AVhitehead 
MSS.] 

Oct.  21.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  His  Lordship's  letter  of 
the  1-1  th  of  August,  informing  him  of  the  birth  of  a  Prince.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     1  folio. 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Pownall  to  the  King's 
Advocate  and  Attorney  and  Solicitor  General,  desiring  their  assist- 
ance in  framing  a  bill  to  be  introduced  in  Parliament  for  the  trial 
and  punishment  of  murder  committed  within  the  Admiralty  jurisdic- 
tion in  the  American  Plantations,  which  bill  was  referred  to  their 
consideration  in  June  last.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45, 
p.  196.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Pownall  to  the 
Hon'ble  Charles  Yorke,  Attorney  General,  desiring  his  opinion  upon 
the  queries  sent  to  him  in  December  last,  about  the  validity  of  Com- 
missions granted  by  Go'v'r  Hardy  to  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  17,  p.  177.     Entry.     2  folios. 

See  the  Memorandum,  1762,  (March,)  and  the  Att.  Gcn'l's  An- 
swer, 1763,  January  18. 

Dec.  3.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont — Sorry  to  hear  that  he  is  dismissed  from  the  Govern- 
ment of  New  Jersey  upon  the  Board's  representation,  and  regrets  to 
have  had  no  opportunity  of  offering  any  thing  in  his  own  justifi- 
cation. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  172.  Original.  2 
folios. 

Dec.  15.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  Mr.   Seer.    Pownall   to  Mr. 

Clevland,  Seer,  to  the  Lords  of  the   Admiralty,  with  an  extract  of 
Gov'r  Hardy's  letter   of  Oct.  9th,  relating  to  the  appointment  of  a 
Judge  of  the  Admiralty  in  New  York.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    New  Jersey. 
Vol.  17,  p.  1^8.     Entry.      1  folio. 
21 


870  JOSIAH   HARDY    GOVERNOR.  [1708. 

1763. 

Jan.  18.  Answer  of  the  Attorney  General  'to  the  queries  pro- 
pounded to  him  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  as  to  the  validity,  &c.,  of 
the  appointments  made  by  Gov'r  Hardy  of  the  Judges  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  9,  K.  29.     Original.     4  folios. 

See  the  Memorandum,  1761,  [December,]  and  the  Seer.  Pow- 
nalFs  Letter,  1762,  Nov.  13. 

Jan.  25.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  with  the  draft  of  a  bill  for  the  trial  and  punishment  of 
murder  committed  within  the  Admiralty  jurisdiction  in  the  Ameri- 
can Plantations.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  46,  p.  197. 
Entry.     16  folios. 

Jan.  31.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont,  Seer,  of  State — Received  the  King's  proclamation  de- 
claring a  cessation  of  arms,  which  was  published  in  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     1  folio. 

March  9.  "Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  them  in  what  manner  they 
are  to  carry  on  their  correspondence  with  the  said  Board.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  206.     Entry.     2  folios. 

April  20.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Eai-1  of  Egremont, 
principal  Seer,  of  State,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  signifying  the  King's 
commands,  that  the  Board  should  give  directions  for  the  due  observ- 
ance of  a  Day  of  Thanksgiving  in  the  Colonies  on  the  conclusion 
of  peace.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  15,  Q.  28.  Orig'l. 
1  folio. 

April  29.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  a  Day  of  Thanksgiving 
to  be  observed  in  their  respective  Provinces  on  the  happy  conclu- 
sion of  peace.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  209. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

April  29.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Seer.  Pownall  to  the 
Hon'ble  Charles  Yorke,  the  King's  Attorney  General,  desiring  his 
opinion  whether  aliens  are  capable,  as  the  laws  now  stand,  of  acquir- 
ing a  property  in  lands  in  America,  either  by  purchase  or  grant 
from  the  Crown.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  208. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

May  2.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Hardy  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — In  September  last  an  Act  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  for  laying  a  duty  on  negroes  and  mulatto  slaves  imported  into 
that  Province,  did  not  receive  his  assent — the  reasons  for  it.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  30.     Original.     2  folios. 

May  3.     Custom  House.     Letter  from  Mr.  Wood  to  Mr.  Pow- 


1763.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN'    GOVKRNOH.  37 J 

nail — The  Surveyor  General  of  Customs  in  America  no  authority 
to  appoint  Deputies,  except  on  leave  of  absence,  wlien  he  is  to  ap- 
point a  fit  person  to  act  for  him.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant  Gen 
Vol.  17,  Q.  30.     Original.     2  folios. 

[May  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Original  draft  of  letter  from  James 
Parker  to  William  Alexander  (Lord  Stirling)  in  New  York,  in  rela- 
tion to  his  indebtedness  to  the   Provincial    Treasury.     Whiteliead 

MSS. 

The  letter  sent,  is  among  the  Stirling  Papers  in  the  New  York  Hist.  Soc.  Li- 
brary.] 

May  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Met  with  very  good  reception  on  his  arrival  at  New  Jer- 
sey— he  will  endeavour  to  prevail  with  the  Assembly  to  raise  the 
officers'  salaries — there  is  no  official  residence  for  the  Governor,  and 
inconvenience  therefrom  arising — probable  means  of  obtaining  a 
house  to  be  built — great  spirit  of  emigration  prevails  througliout  tlie 
Colonies — vacancies  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  by  the  death  of 
Mr.  Saltar,  Johnston,  and  Hude — Mr.  Samuel  Smith,  of  Burlington, 
and  Mr.  Jolm  Ladd,  of  Glocester,  are  recommended  to  fill  the  va- 
cancies— the  difficulty  of  finding  a  person  for  the  Eastern  Division 
to  fill  the  other  vacancy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9, 
K.  31.     Original.     14  folios. 

[For  a  biographical  sketch  of  Governor  Franklin,  see  "  Contributions  to  the 
Early  History  of  Perth  Amboy,  &c."J 

[ Account  of  tickets  sold  in  the   Amboy  Church  Lottery, 

with  the  names  of  all  the  holders.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Egremont — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  His  Lordship's  letter  of 
the  18th  of  Feb.,  notifying  the  signing  and  ratification  of  the  Defini- 
tive Treaty  with  Spain.  S  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  Indies.  Vol. 
172.     Original.     2  folios. 

June  27.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — Transmits  several  Acts  of  the  Assembl}'  of  New 
Jersey  and  the  Minutes  of  Counci'l — the  salaries  of  some  few  officers 
were  increased — a  Commission  was  chosen  to  determine  the  boundary 
line  between  that  Province  and  New  York — a  dog  ta.x:  was  imposed. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  32.  Original.  9 
folios. 

July  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Egre- 
mont to  all  the  Governors  in  North  Anjerica,  directing  them  to  use 
their  utmost  endeavours  to  put  a  stop  to  t  le  clandestine  running  of 
goods  into  any  place  within  their  jurisdiction,  and  transmitting  Acts 
of  Parliament,  Orders  of  Council,  and  other  papers  relating  to  Navi- 
gation, &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  250.  Draft.  10 
folios. 


372  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1763 

July  19.  Perth  Aniboj.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — He  will  appoint  the  Day  of  Thanksgiving — the 
Indians  again  commenced  hostilities  in  the  back  country  near  the 
Lakes  and  the  River  Ohio — the  measures  for  the  safety  of  the  in- 
habitants of  the  northern  frontier  are  taken.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  33.     Original.     3  folios. 

July  19.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Egremont,  Seer,  of  State — Received  the  King's  proclama- 
tion of  the  peace — taking  measures  to  'put  the  inhabitants  on  the 
northern  frontier  of  New  Jersey  into  a  proper  posture  of  defence 
against  the  Indians.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  172. 
Original.     2  folios. 

Auo-.  4.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Samuel^  Smith  and  John  Ladd,  Esqrs., 
to  be  of  the  Council  of  Ncav  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol  17,  p.  179.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Auo'.  31.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  appointing  Samuel 
Smith  and  John  Ladd  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the 
room  of  James  Hude  and  Andrew  Johnston,  deceased.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  105.     Original.     3  folios. 

Sept.  22.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  of  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  upon 
eleven  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  at  their  sessions 
in  September,  1762.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  45. 
Original.     8  folios, 

Sept.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  notifying  their  new  Commissions, 
and  desiring  them  to  continue  their  future  correspondence  as  formerly. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.    Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  293.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Oct.  5.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  upon  representation  from 
the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  dated  the  4th  inst.,  containing  proposals 
for  the  better  securing  of  the  Custom  revenue  in  North  America,  ap- 
proving the  same,  and  directing  the  Eai-1  of  Halifax,  principal  Seer. 
of  State  the  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty,  and  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  cause  the  necessary  directions  to  be  given  for  carrying  the 
several  proposals  contained  in  the  above  representation  into  execu- 
tion. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  250.  Original.  14 
folios. 

Oct.  7.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  requiring  a  more  regular 
and  punctual  transmission  of  such  papers  as  are  directed  by  His 
Maiesty's  instructions  to  be  transmitted  to  this  Board.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  299.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Oct.  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  enclosing  printed 


1763.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    CxOVERNOH.  37-3 

copies  of  the  proclamation  declaratory  of  the  new  arrangement  in 
America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  304.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

Oct.  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  containing  directions 
upon  the  Memorial  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  relating  to  the  de- 
fective state  of  the  laws  for  regulating  the  Plantation  trade.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  306.     Entry.*  5  folios. 

Oct.  18.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Halifax  to  the 
several  Govei'nors  in  North  America — The  King  being  informed  by 
Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst,  Commander-in-Chief  in  North  America,  that 
the  insurrections  of  the  Indian  nations,  which  have  for  some  time  been 
increasing,  now  bear  the  appearance  of  becoming  general,  has  judged 
it  necessary  to  require  the  assistance  of  such  of  his  Colonies  as  are 
most  interested,  by  their  situation,  to  contribute  to  the  general  pur- 
poses of  defence.  S.  P  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  250.  Draft. 
4  folios. 

[For  the  letter  of  Sir  Jeffrey  Amherst,  see  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p. 
529  ;  and  see  same  volume,  pp.  570-571.] 

Oct.  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — No  obstacle  shall  be  made  to  a  bill  of  New  Jersey  for  is- 
suing certain  sum  of  paper  money  for  defraying  the  charge  of  making 
provision  for  a  house  for  the  Governor.  S.  P.  0.,  15.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  180.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Nov.  5.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Halifax  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  desiring  their  opinion,  whether  there  be  in  Nortli 
America  any  means  of  employing  convicts  in  public  works.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  250.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Nov.  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Sir 
Fletcher  Norton,  Solicitor  Gen'l,  desiring  his  opinion  whether  aliens, 
not  naturalized  under  the  Act  of  13th  Geo.  II.,  Cap.  7,  can  acquire 
property  in  lands  in  America  either  by  purchase,  grant,  or  leave 
from  the  Crown.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  309. 
Entry.     3  folios. 

Dec.  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  at  the  requisition  from  Sir 
Jeffrey  Amherst,  are  debating  now  to  furnish  GOO  men  to  join  other 
forces  for  marching  early  in  the  spring  into  the  Indian  country — 
they  may  raise  about  200  only,  who  will  be  stationed  as  a  guard 
on  the  frontiers — the  uncertainty  of  the  cause  of  the  revolt  of  the 
Indians — sends  a  printed  copy  of  his  Speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  inserted  in  the  Pennsylvania  Gazette  of  1st  Dec.,  17G3,  No. 
1823.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  34.  Original. 
10  folios,  without  the  Speech. 

Dec.  13.     "  Received."  Memorial    of  merchants  trading  to    the 


o    4:  WILLIAM   FRANKLIX   GOVERNOR.  [1763. 

Plantations,  and  of  the  several  agents  in  behalf  of  their  respective 
Provinces — Praying  that  encouragement  may  be  given  to  the  culti- 
vation of  hemp  in  the  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
19,  R.  18.     Original.     20  folios. 

Dec.  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Earl  of  Halifax,  Seer,  of  State,  in  answer  to  his  of  the  5th  of  Novem- 
ber, about  transporting  convicts  to  America,  and  keeping  them  em- 
ployed in  some  public  works,  informing  him  that  there  are  no  such 
works  going  on,  except,  perhaps,  under  the  military  department, 
which  does  not  come  within  the  cognizance  of  the  Board.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  314.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[Dec.  23.  Newark.  Rev.  Alexander  McWhorter  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Bellamy — Desires  to  enjoy  his  correspondence — writes  by  direction 
of  New  York  Presbytery,  in  behalf  of  the  Church  of  Newark  Moun- 
tains, to  recommend  them  to  some  young  man  esteemed  for  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth.      Copy.     Presb.   Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

[Dec.  29.  Danbury  Court.  Mr.  Joseph  Mass  White  to  Rev. 
Mr.  Bellamy — The  bearer  in  pursuit  of  a  candidate  for  Newark 
Mountains  (see  Dec.  23d) — in  that  country  they  insist  very  mach  on 
a  man's  being  a  good  speaker — they  hate  the  Neiv  England  tone — want 
one  apt  to  be  familiar,  a  man  of  religion  and  good  principles,  a  kind, 
"  curtious"  people,  willing  to  support  the  ministry  honorably. 
Copy.     Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

1T64. 

Jan.  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  did  not  comply  with  Gen'l 
Amherst's  requisition  to  raise  GOO  men  to  march  against  Indians,  but 
granted  £10,000  currency  for  the  support  of  the  Militia,  and  to  raise 
200  Provincials  to  serve  on  the  frontiers  until  August  next — nine- 
teen other  Acts  were  passed  by  the  said  Assembly,  which  will  be 
sent  by  the  next  conveyance — remarks  upon  some  of  them.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  36.     Original.     6  folios. 

N.  B. — Similar  letter,  and  under  the  same  date,  was  sent  to 
the  Earl  of  Egremout,  Seer,  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  172. 

[Jan.  26.  Newark.  Rev.  Alex.  McWhorter  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bel- 
lamy— "  As  to  new  books,  I  think  I  don't  live  in  a  printing  part  of 
the  world — there  is  a  gentleman  in  our  Province  who  has  lately  pub- 
lished a  piece,*  and  being  one  of  our  Synod,  he  was  censured  for  it 
last  session  :  to  wit,  Mr.  Harker,  [Rev.  Samuel  Harker  of  Black 
River,  New  Jersey,]  evidently  a  very  inaccurate  writer,  a  man  of  lit- 
tle reading,  and  has  no  settled  scheme — some  few  young  persons  here 
eeem  under  very  serious  concern,  and  there  is  a  more  solemn  atten- 


1764.]  WILLIAM    FKANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  375 

tion  to  the  word  preached  than  usual."    Copy.    Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Pa- 
pers, Phila.] 

[*  No  copy  of  this  book  exists  in  any  of  our  libraries — its  title  is  unknown.  For 
some  account  of  it,  see  Records  of  the  Presb.  Church,  pp.  284,  297,  301,  308,  315, 
825,  329,  332.  lie  then  published  an  Appeal  to  the  Christian  world — no  copy  is 
known  to  exist.  Rev.  John  Blair  replied.  The  Synod  of  New  York  and  Phila- 
delphia defended.     From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

[Feb.  3.  London.  Letter  from  (Captain  ?)  George  Otter  to 
Lewis  Johnston,  of  Perth  Amboy — Private  affairs — had  enquired 
about  coopers,  farmers,  and  gardeners  and  dairy-maids,  on  account 
of  Mr.  Johnston — sends  a  cooper,  bound  as  a  journeyman  for  seven 
years,  at  the  rate  of  £25  sterling  per  annum — sends  a  set  of  tools 
with  him.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  5.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  upon 
four  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  at  their  sessions 
in  June,  17G3.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  A^ol.  9,  K.  46. 
Original.     2  folios. 

Feb.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade— As  soon  as  the  public  accounts  are  ready,  they  will  be 
sent  over — observations  upon  the  Custom  duties  in  New  Jersey — 
some  doubts  as  to  the  likelihood  of  obtaining  a  bill  from  the  Assem- 
bly for  the  issuing  of  the  paper  money  to  defray  the  charge  of  erect- 
ing a  house  for  the  Governor.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
9,  K.  39.     Duplicate.     8  folios. 

Feb.  9.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  concerning  the  revival  of  the  bounties  upon  hemp — 
The  paper  currency  in  the  American  Colonies  and  the  duties  upon 
beaver  skins — also  upon  the  application  of  the  New  England  mer- 
chants, relative  to  the  duty  upon  whale-fins.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  343.     Entry.     90  folios. 

Feb.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Chief  Justice,  R.  H.  Morris,  having  died  on  the  27th 
of  January,  the  Gov'r,  with  the  advice  of  the  Council,  appointed 
Charles  Read,  Esq.,  to  that  office — motives  for  so  doing — James 
Parker  and  Richard  Stockton,  Esqrs.,  are  recommended  to  fill  the 
vacancies  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  C,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  9,  K.  40.     Original.     4  folios. 

[See  letter  of  Wm.  Smith  in  Gates'  papers,  in  N.  Y.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.  Printed, 
in  part,  in  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  180 — Note.] 

March  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Jeuk- 
inson,  Seer,  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  acquainting  him  with  the 
Board's  propositions  to  the  King,  to  revise  the  bounties  upon  hemp 
from  America,  concerning  the  duties  and  drawbacks  upon  beaver 
skins,  and  the  duties  upon  whale  fins.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol,  45,  p.  389.     Entry.     3  folios. 


876  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1764, 

March  6.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  an  Act  to  raise  300 
men,  being  half  the  demand  made  by  Gen'l  Amherst — plan  of  opera- 
tions proposed  to  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Gen'l  Gage — Gen'l  Gage's  an- 
swer thereto — want  of  union  among  the  Colonies  will  delay  the  mili- 
tary operations — remarks  upon  some  of  the  Acts  passed  by  the  As- 
sembly— Mr.  Lewis  Morris  Ashfield  claims  seniority  at  the  Council 
Board  before  Mr.  Ogden — the  case  is  referred  to  the  decision  of  the 
Board  of  Trade.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  41  & 

42.  Original.     9  folios. 

N.  B. — Similar  letter  as  to  the  subject-matter,  and  of  the  same 
date,  was  written  to  the  Earl  of  Halifax,  Seer,  of  State,  enclosing 
copy  of  Gen'l  Gage's  answer  to  Gov'r  Franklin,  approving  his  pro- 
posed plan  of  operations.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
172. 

March  9.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  report 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  several  memorials  of  merchants  trading 
to  the  Colonies  in  America,  on  various  important  matters,  and  direct- 
ing that  proposals  relative  thereto  be  laid  before  Parliament.  S. 
P.  0.    Am.  &  W.  Indies.    Vol.  250.     Orig'l.  (About)  220  folios. 

March  12.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Boai'd  of  Trade — Sends  copies  of  twenty  Acts  passed  at  the  session 
of  the  Assftmbl}^  of  New  Jersey  in  December  last,  together  with  the 
Minutes  of  Assembly.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K. 

43.  Original     1  folio. 

[March  16.  Lincoln,  England,  Letter  from  (Captain  ?)  George 
Otter  to  Lewis  Johnston,  Perth  Amboy — Had  previously  sent  a 
gardener  to  Mr.  J.,  whose  arrival  had  been  heard  of — had  also  heard 
that  there  was  no  prospect  of  his  obtaining  the  island  in  the  Dela- 
ware he  had  enquired  about,  (see  letter,  Jan.  6,  1762,)  it  having 
been  granted  to  the  Corporation  of  Burlington — acquaints  him,  with 
pleasure,  "  the  Stamp  Act  is  repealed,  but,  in  my  opinion,  they  have 
completely  stamped  themselves  (F — s)  for  meddling  with  things — I 
dare  say  no  more."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[April  16.  Newark.  Kev.  Alex.  McWhorter  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bel- 
lamy— Arguments  against  the  prevailing  practice  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  baptizing  adults  not  pui'posing  to  come  to  the  Lord's 
Table,  and  their  children — "  I  have  been  struggling  to  act  upon  prin- 
ciple, but  I  can't,  hardly  in  any  thing,  get  matters  brought  to  my 
mind."     Copy.     Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

April  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Transmits  several  public  papers — it  is  reported  that  the 
Six  Nations  of  Indians  are  going  to  give  such  assistance  as  will  put 
an  end  to  the  Indian  war  this  summer.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  9,  K.  44.     Original.     2  iblios- 


17(U.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  877 

[April  30  to  Sept.  15.  Journal  of  Captain  Elias  Dayton,  clurin<r 
an  expedition  against  the  Indians  on  North  Western  frontier" 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  8.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Halifax,  principal 
Secretary  of  State,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  desiring  them  to  prepare 
an  account  of  the  tender  and  amount  of  the  bills  of  credit  which  have 
been  created  and  issued  in  the  several  American  Colonies,  pur.-,uant 
to  the  enclosed  resolution  of  the  House  of  Commons.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T 
Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  19,  R.  49.  Letter,  original,  1  folio ;  Copy,  incl.' 
2  do.:  3  folios.  '1^' 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  Governors  of  the  American  Plantations,  enclosing  printed  copies 
of  several  x\cts,  passed  in  the  last  session  of  Parliament,  relatint/  to 
America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  400.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  several  Governors  of  the  American  Colonies,  enclosing  copies  of 
the  resolutions  of  the  House  of  Commons  upon  the  subject  of  the 
paper  money  being  issued  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  45,  p.  401.     Entry.-    1  folio. 

May  12.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  Seer.  Halifax  to  Gov'r 
Franklin,  notifying  to  him  the  King's  satisfaction  with  the  zeal  and 
diligence  which  he  had  exerted  in  protecting  tlie  frontier  settlements 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  172.  Draft. 
1  folio. 

May  18.  Whitehall.  Ptepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governors  in 
the  American  Colonies,  with  regard  to  regulating  the  fees  taken  la 
the  several  offices  of  Government  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  402.     Entry.     4  folios. 

•May  21.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  desiring  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  and  lay  before  them  drafts  of  instructions  to  the 
Governors  of  the  American  Colonies,  conformable  to  their  represen- 
tation, relating  to  tables  of  fees,  and  that  they  add  a  clause  requiring 
the  said  Governor  to  transmit  exact  tables  of  all  fees  legally  estab- 
lished in  their  respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T,  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  19,  R.  50.     Original.     3  folios. 

May  28.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Council,  with  draft  of  an  additional  in- 
struction to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  with  regard 
to  regulating  the  fees  taken  in  the  several  offices  of  Government 
there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  45,  p.  403.  Entry.  7 
folios. 

(June  8.     "  Received.")     Letter  from  George  Croghan  to  the 


378  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN"   GOVERNOR.  [1761. 

Board  of  Trade — Remarks  on  the  temper,  manners,  &c.,  of  the  In- 
dians— ideas  on  the  best  methods  for  giving  a  permanent  peace  to 
the  Colonies  in  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  19, 
R.  54.     Original.     45  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIL  p.  602,  and  of  date  Jan.,  1764.] 
July  8.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  Fred'k  Smyth  and  Ja\s  Parker,  Esqrs.,  to  be 
of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Robert  Hunter  Mor- 
ris and  Richard  Saltar,  Esqrs.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol  17,  p.  182.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[For  notice  of  Mr.  Parker  see  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History" — Mr, 
Smyth  (see  July  13,)  became  also  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province,  and  continued  so 
until  the  Revolution  in  1776.  See  Field's  Provincial  Courts — Force's  American 
Archives,  &c.] 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  king,  proposing  the  repeal  of  an  Act  passed  in  New  Jersey, 
in  Sept.,  1762,  for  rendering  void  the  lottery  lately  made  by  Peter 
Gordon,  for  the  sale  of  certain  lands,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  183.     Entry.     3  folios. 

July  10.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Sir 
Wm.  Johnson — The  interference  of  particular  Provinces  in  the.  In- 
dian affairs  in  North  America,  and  the  consequent  distracted  state 
of  it,  induced  the  Board  to  prepare  a  plan  of  eonductiug  the  same 
upon  one  general  system,  under  the  direction  of  officers  appointed 
by  the  Crown — transmit  a  copy  of  the  heads  of  the  plan,  and  desire 
to  be  furnished  with  further  lights  on  the  subject.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.  Vol  45,  p.  407.  Entry.  24  folios.  Letter.  Entry. 
48  folios.     Plan.  p.  428. 

Similar  letter  under  the  above  date  was  written  also  to  John 
Stuart,  Esq.,  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs  for  the  Southern 
District  of  North  America — p.  415. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  634.] 

July  10.  Whitehall  Circular  letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  several  Governors  in  North  America,  enclosing  copies  of  a  plan 
for  the  future  management  of  Indian  affairs.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol  45,  p.  421.     Entry.     50  folios. 

[The  plan  may  be  found  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  637.] 

July  13.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — His  conduct  in  the  Government  of  New  Jersey  approved — 
the  proceedings  of  the  Assembly  are  commented  upon — the  idea  of 
their  "  appointing  an  Agent  for  the  Province  at  the  Court  of  Great 
Britain"  ridiculed — reasons  for  repealing  an  Act  rendering  void  the 
lottery  lately  made  by  Peter  Gordon — James  Parker  and  Frederick 
Smyth,  Esqrs.,  recommended  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — 
and  the  latter  to  be  Chief  Justice  of  that  Province — no  objection  to 
imposing  a  duty  upon  the   importation  of  negroes — Mr.  Ogden  is  to 


176-i.]        WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  GOVERNOR.  S79 

have  precedence  before  Mr.  Aslifield  in  the  Council.  [See  1764 
March  6.]  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  185.  Entry.' 
10  folios. 

[July  14.  Lincoln,  Eng.  Letter  from  (Captain  ?)  Geo.  Otter 
to  LcAvis  Johnston,  of  Perth  Aniboy — Had  made  enquiry  for  a  far- 
mer and  dairy-maid  and  had  found  such  as  would  have  suited,  "  but 
the  very  name  of  America  was  as  detestable  to  them  as  you  once 
did  know  the  Germans  were  to  me" — could  as  soon  ship  St.  Paul's 
— family  and  private  affairs.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

(July  20.)  List  of  Commissioners  named  by  Mr.  Wilmot,  on 
the  part  of  New  Jersey,  for  running  the  boundary  line  between  that 
Province  and  New  York,  viz.,  Gov'r  Franklin,  Andrew  Oliver,  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  and  Peter  Randolph,  Payton  Eaudolph,  Rich'd 
Corbin,  of  Virginia.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K. 
47.     Original.     1  folio. 

Aug.  11.  St.  James'.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  desiring  them  from  to  time  to 
transmit  such  information  as  they  may  procure  relative  to  the  illicit 
trade  within  their  respective  Governments — the  method  in  which  it 
is  conducted,  the  commodities  in  which  it  is  concerned,  the  extent  to 
which  it  is  carried,  and  the  means  of  preventing  the  same.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  250.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Aug.  11.  St.  James'.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  desiring  them  that  the  convey- 
ance of  letters,  by  the  post,  should  be  facilitated  and  extended 
throughout  the  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  250. 
Draft.     3  folios. 

Aug.  11.  St.  James'.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hali- 
fax to  the  Governors  in  North  America — The  House  of  Commons 
came  to  a  resolution  to  charge  certain  stamp  duties  in  the  Colonics 
and  Plantation,  and  the  Governors  are  desired  to  transmit,  Avithout 
delay,  a  list  of  all  instruments  made  use  of  in  public  transactions, 
&c.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  250.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  646.] 

[Aug.  24.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Robert  Ogden  to  Cort- 
landt  Skinner — Encloses  a  copy  of  resolutions  received  from  the 
Committee  of  Correspondence  of  Massachusetts  Assembly,  for  his 
perusal  and  advice — all  the  Colonics  should  unite  and  exert  them- 
selves to  keep  oiF  the  threatened  blow  of  imposing  taxes,  duties,  &c., 
— an  Assembly  having  been  called  in  New  York,  suggests  that  Gov'r 
Franklin  be  requested  to  call  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  at  an  early 
day.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Mr.  Ogden  was  deleixate  from  New  .Jersey  to  the  Congress  wliich  met  in  Now 
York,  Oct.'r,  ITCi,  and  "shared  with  Mr.  Ruggles,  of  Massachusetts,  the  unenvia- 
ble distinction  of  having  dissented  from  the  action  of  the  Congress  and  withdrawn 


380  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1764. 

from  its  deliberations.  Being  Speaker  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  a  meeting  of 
that  body  was  called  at  his  request  on  27th  Nov.,  and  the  next  day  he  resigned 
that  position  and  his  seat  as  a  member  from  Essex  Co.,  and  an  indirect  censure 
was  passed  upon  him  by  resolutions  thanking  his  associates  in  the  Congress  for  the 
"  faithful  and  judicious  discharge  of  the  trust  reposed  in  them."] 

[Sept.  13.  New  York.  Letter  from  Joseph  Sackett,  Jr.,  to 
Cortlandt  Skinner,  in  relation  to  the  title  to  the  common  lands  be- 
longing to  the  Island  Sckakus,  in  Bergen  County,  in  the  possession 
of  Edward  Earle.     Original     Whitehead  MSS.j 

Sept.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Halifax,  Seer,  of  State — Expresses  his  thanks  for  the  honor  of  his 
Lordship's  letter  of  the  r2th  of  May  last,  and  the  earnest  desire  to 
merit  the  continuance  of  the  King's  approbation  of  his  conduct  in 
the  Government  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  172.     Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  28.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to 
the  Board  of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion  upon  twenty  Acts  of  the  N. 
Jersey  Assembly,  passed  there  in  Dec,  1763.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  60.     Original.     11  folios. 

[Oct.  2.  Stratford.  Opinion  of  Wm.  Samuel  Johnson  as  to 
the  ownership  of  the  common  lands  set  off  to  the  island  Sekakus,  in 
Bergen  Co.,  then  in  the  possession  of  Edward  Earle — chain  of  title 
appended,  with  copies  of  the  documents.     Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  4.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Every  endeavour  will  be  made  to  get  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  in  their  proceedings,  to  correspond  as  nearly  to  the 
principles  of  the  British  Constitution  as  possible — the  lottery  Act 
and  an  Act  for  imposing  a  duty  on  the  importation  of  negroes,  was 
passed  by  Gov'r  Hardy.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  9, 
K.  55.     Duplicate.     3  folios. 

Oct.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade,  enclosing  several  papers  referring  to  a  complaint  made  by 
Capt.  Kennedy  against  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jerse}^,  for 
making  partition  of  the  common  lands  of  Bergen.  S.  P  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.  VoL  9,  K.  56.  Letter,  original,  3  folios  ;  enclosures, 
copies,  42  folios — 45  folios. 

N.  B.  A  letter  on  the  same  subject  was  written  to  the  Earl  of 
Halifax,  Seer,  of  State.  See  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
172. 

[Capt.  Archibald  Kennedy  was  interested  in  a  tract  of  land  near  Jersey  City, 
and  at  one  time  had  a  country  seat  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Passaic,  north  of  Newark. 
He  became  a  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy,  April  4th,  17,57.  His  second  wife  was 
the  eldest  daughter  of  John  Watts,  of  New  York,  in  which  city  Captain  Kennedy 
also  had  property,  at  the  lower  end  of  Broadway  and  near  the  Battery.  He  suc- 
ceeded to  the  title  of  Earl  of  Cassilis  in  the  Scotch  Peerage,  and  died  Dec.  29, 
1794.     See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  822.] 

Oct.  10.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 


1764.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  381 

of  Halifax — Owing  to  the  absence  of  the  Chief  Justice  and  Attor- 
ney General  uppn  the  Circuits,  he  is  oblirred  to  defer  complying 
with  his  Lordship's  commands  to  transmit  a  list  of  such  instruments 
&c.,  as  may  be  proper  to  charge  with  proper  duties.  S.  P  0  \m 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original     1  folio. 

Oct.  13.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Further  remarks  with  regard  to  the  nature  of  the  New 
Jersey  Act  for  partition  of  Bergen,  complained  of  by  Capt.  Kenne- 
dy— the  laws  and  customs  of  that  Province  and  New  York  for  di- 
viding lands.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  57.  Orig- 
inal.    3  folios. 

Similar  letter  was  written  to  Seer,  of  State,  the  Earl  of  Halifax. 
See  S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172. 

Oct.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer,  of 
State,  the  Earl  of  Halifax,  enclosing  the  Attorney  General's  list  of 
the  instruments,  &c.,  made  use  of  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  Secreta- 
ry's observations  thereupon,  pointing  out  such  articles  in  the  said 
list  as  will  bear  the  highest  stamp  duty.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol  172.     Original.     11  folios. 

[Oct.  — .  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  James  Parker  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  His  Majesty's  mandamus 
to  be  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey.  Original  draft.  White- 
head MSS.] 

Nov.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
of  State,  the  Earl  of  Halifiix — There  is  bo  illicit  trade  in  New  Jer- 
sey, owing  to  the  vigilance  of  the  officers  of  the  Customs — that 
Province  has  very  little  trade  to  any  place  but  New  York  and  Phil- 
adelphia, where  they  sell  their  produce.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol  172.     Duplicate.     2  folios. 

Nov.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer,  of 
State,  the  Earl  of  Halifax — Every  assistance  will  be  given  to  for- 
ward the  measures  proposed  by  the  Postmaster  General  for  improv- 
ing correspondence  between  the  several  Colonics — there  is  no  sepa- 
rate map  of  New  Jersey  published  as  yet,  but  one  is  being  prepared 
— the  post  between  New  York  and  Philadelphia  goes  through  New 
Jersey  three  times  a  week — some  new  roads  have  been  opened  late- 
ly.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Duplicate.     4  folios. 

Nov.  12.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer,  of 
State,  the  Earl  of  Halifax — The  mandamus  directing  to  issue  a 
Commission  to  Frederick  Smyth,  Esq.,  appointing  liim  Chief  Justice 
of  New  Jersey,  was  obeyed — Mr.  Smyth  met  with  a  very  good  re- 
ception from  the  principal  gentlemen  of  the  Colony,  and  Governor 
Franklin  procured  £50  per  annum  to  be  added  to  the  profits  of  his 
office.     S.  P.O.,  Am.  &W.  Indies.     Vol  172.     Duplicate.     2  folios. 

Dec.  7.     Whitehall.     Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 


382  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1764. 

(signed  by  Seer.  Pownall)  to  several  Grovernors  in  North  America, 
enclosing  a  copy  of  Minutes  of  the  Treasury  Board,  desiring  an  ac- 
count of  all  the  bills  drawn  by  any  Commander-in-Chief  or  Gov- 
ernor during  the  late  campaign.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
45,  p.  444.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Dec.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Governor 
Eranklin,  enclosing  an  order  of  Council  for  repealing  an  Act  of  N. 
Jersey  Assembly,  passed  in  1762,  entitled  an  Act  for  rendering  void 
the  lottery  lately  made  by  Peter  Gordon,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  190.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[ '  Assessors  list  for  the  poor  rate  in  Shrewsbury.  Origi- 
nal. ■  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Jan.  9.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion  upon  six  Acts  of  the  New  Jer- 
sey Assembly,  passed  there  in  Feb.,  1764.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  61.     Original.     6  folios. 

Feb.  9.  St.  James'.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Halifax 
to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  transmitting  some  explanatory 
orders  relative  to  the  command  of  the  troops  stationed  in  their  re- 
spective Governments.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Voh  251. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

Feb.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer,  of 
State,  the  Earl  of  Halifax,  enclosing  a  petition  to  the  King  in  Coun- 
cil from  the  principal  possessors  of  the  islands  in  the  River  Dela- 
ware, praying  to  be  annexed  to  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  and  of- 
fering his  remarks  upon  the  same.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  172.     Original.     9  folios. 

June  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  the  Speaker  of  the  Assem- 
bly of  New  Jersey  to  the  Speaker  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Assem- 
bly— Though  the  people  of  New  Jersey  are  not  without  "  a  just  sen- 
sibility" respecting  the  Stamp  Act,  yet  they  are  against  uniting  on 
the  present  occasion,  and  only  wish  the  other  Colonies  success  they 
can  "  loyally  and  reasonably  desire."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Copy.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer.  Conway,  Sept. 
23,  1765. 

[July  31.  Lincoln,  England.  Letter  from  (Captain  ?)  George 
Otter  to  Lewis  Johnston,  of  Perth  Amboy — Regrets  to  hear  the 
cooper  (see  Letter,  Feb.  3d,  1764,)  had  "  proved  a  rascal" — had  been 
well  recommended,  but  "  the  people  on  this  side  hold  you  cheap,  and 
therefore  think  any  thing  will  do  for  America" — Lord  Scarborough 
had  informed  him  that  the  island  in  the  Delaware  (see  Letters,  Jan. 
6,  1762,  and  March,  16,  1764,)  had  been  granted  to  the  Corporation 
of  Burlington  "  for  reasons  of  State" — had  applied  for  "  something 


1764.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  383 

civil  or  military  in  any  part  of  the  globe."     Original.     Whitehead 
MSS.] 

Aug.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Transmits  several  public  papers — the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  were  prevailed  upon  to  grant  some  bounties  for  raising  hemp 
and  flax  and  the  culture  of  silk — they  have  made  provision  for  sur- 
vej'ing  the  public  roads — the  reasons  for  not  assenting  to  the  Act 
for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law — indiscreet  practices  of  the 
lawyers — the  Province  enjoys  perfect  peace.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  58.     Original.     3  folios. 

Aug.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  all  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  informing  them 
of  the  appointment  of  new  Commissioners,  and  desiring  an  exact 
and  faithful  account  of  all  occurrences  within  the  Provinces  under 
their  respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol. 
45,  p.  465.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Sept.  3.  Philadelphia.  Letter  from  Mr.  Wm.  Coxe  to  Govern- 
or Franklin — Informs  him  of  having  surrendered  the  office  of  Dis- 
tributor of  Stamps  for  N.  Jersey  to  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the 
Treasury.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.172.     Copy.    1  folio. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer.  Conway,  Sept. 
23,  1765. 

[The  " Sons  of  Liberty,"  of 'Woodbiidge  and  Piscataway,  particularly  promi- 
nent in  inducing  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Coxe.  See  Note  to  Nov.  13,  and  "Contri- 
butions to  the  History  of  Perth  Amboy  and  Sun-ounding  country,"  p.  398.] 

Sept.  4.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Mr.  Wm. 
Coxe — As  he  made  application  for  the  office  of  the  Distributor  of 
Stamps  in  New  Jersey,  so  he  is  bound  in  honor  to  endeavour^  at 
least,  to  carry  it  into  execution — Gov'r  Franklin  having  no  power  to 
appoint  another  person  in  his  place,  it  is  necessary  that  he,  Mr. 
Coxe,  should  keep  the  papers  belonging  to  that  office  until  further 
orders  from  home.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  172.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Govt  Franklin  to  Seer.  Conway,  Sept. 
23,  1765. 

Sept.  14.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  Seer.  Conway  to  Governor 
Franklin — the  petition  from  the  principal  possessors  of  the  islands 
in  the  River  Delaware  has  been  laid  before  the  King  in  Council,  and 
will  have  all  that  attention  which  its  importance  deserves.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Sept.  14.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  General 
Gage — The  Distributor  of  Stamps  in  New  Jersey  having  resigned 
his  office  on  account  of  the  intimations  he  had  received,  and  having 
refused  to  take  the  charge  of  the  said  stamps,  Gov'r  Franklin  is  de- 
sirous to  be  informed  whether  he  could  have  the  aid  of  the  military 


384:  WILLIAM   FRANKLIX   GOVERNOR,  [1764. 

in   case  he  should  find   it  necessary  to  call  upon   them.     S.  P.   0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer.  Conway,  Sept. 
23,  1765. 

Sept.  16.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gen.  Gage  to  Gov^r  Frank- 
lin, informing  him  that  he  may  depend  upon  having  one  hundred 
men,  with  proper  officers,  ready  to  march  to  New  Jersey  at  his  re- 
quisition, to  preserve  good  order  in  that  Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer.  Conway,  Sept. 
23,  1765. 

Sept.  23.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  R't 
Hon.  H.  S.  Conway,  Seer,  of  State — Congratulates  upon,  his  ap- 
pointment to  the  Secretaryship — the  principal  matter  which  agitates 
the  minds  of  the  people  of  New  Jersey,  is  the  Act  of  Parliament 
for  establishing  a  stamp  duty  in  America — the  Distributor  of  Stamps 
resigned  his  office — Gen.  Gage  has  promised  the  aid  of  the  military 
if  it  should  be  necessary — he,  the  Governor,  will  appoint  a  person 
to  distribute  the  stamps  until  lie  receives  further  commands  on  the 
subject  from  home,  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies,  Vol.  172.  Orig- 
ginal.     8  folios. 

Enclosing  several  of  foregoing  documents. 

Oct.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Notwithstanding  the  many  inflammatory  publications 
which  have  been  circulated  against  the  Stamp  Act,  from  the  neigh- 
bouring Provinces,  peace  and  order  prevails  throughout  New  Jer- 
sey— the  Distributor  of  Stamps  resigned  his  office  through  timid- 
ity— the  stamps  are  removed  on  board  the  King's  ship  Sardine — 
there  will  be  a  great  difficulty  to  find  any  gentleman  in  the  Province 
who  can  give  security,  and  be  willing  to  undertake  the  office  of  Dis- 
tributor of  Stamps.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K,  49. 
Original.     5  folios, 

[Oct.  24.  St.  James'.  Letter  from  Hon,  H.  S.  Conway,  Under 
Secretary  of  State,  to  Gov'r  Franklin,  commenting  upon  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Colonies,  and  authorizing  the  Governor,  if  necessary 
to  repel  any  outrage,  to  call  upon  the  Commanders  of  the  land  and 
uaval  forces  for  assistance.     Copy.     Whitehead  MSS. 

This  copy  sent  by  order  of  Gov,  Franklin  to  James  Parker,  one  of  the  Coun- 
cil, for  his  advice,  as  to  the  propriety  of  calUng  the  Assembly  together  to  lay  the 
letter  before  them.     See  1766,  Jan.  22.] 

[ Anonymous  communication  to  Cadwallader  Colden,   in 

relation  to  the  report  that  he  had  bound  himself  by  an  oath  to  en- 
force the  Stamp  Act,  threatening  him  with  the  vengeance  of  the 
populace.  Copy  in  the  handwriting  of  Cortlandt  Skinner.  AVhite- 
head  MSS.] 

[For  Lieut.  Gov.  Coldeu's  views  and  proceedings,  see  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol. 
Vn.  pp.  769-771,] 


1765.]  WILLIAM   FEANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  385 

Oct.  27.  St.  Martiu's  Lane,  London.  Letter  from  Mr.  Ilusko 
to  Seer.  Conway,  enclosing  observations  on  the  trade  of  Great  Brit- 
ain to  her  American  Colonies,  and  on  T;heir  trade  to  foreign  Planta- 
tions, with  a  plan  for  retrieving,  extending,  and  securing  thereof. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  25  L     Original.     50  folios. 

Nov.  12.  Representation  from  the  Bishop  of  London  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  desiring  their  instructions  to  the  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  that,  for  the  future,  marriage  licenses  may  be  directed  only 
to  a  Protestant  Minister  of  the  Gospel  there.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  48.     Original.     4  folios. 

Nov.  13.  Burlington.  Letter  from  GovV  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade —  Received  no  instructions  to  carry  the  Stamp  Act  into  ex- 
ecution— transmits  a  copy  of  the  Minutes  of  Council,  with  their  ad- 
vice on  the  subject — the  seditious  spirit  from  the  neighbouring  Colo- 
nies is  beginning  to  appear  in  New  Jersey — the  people  of  that  Prov- 
ince are  sure  to  follow  the  example  set  to  them  by  their  neiglihmirs 
— at  the  last  Supreme  Court  only  criminal  matters  were  tran.sacted — 
the  lawyers  have  enter'ed  into  an  agreement  not  to  act  under  the 
Stamp  Law.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  51.  Let- 
ter, original,  6  folios ;   Enclosures,  copies,  25  do.  :  31  folios. 

[To  the  members'of  the  Bar,  the  distinction  is  to  he  conced(»d  of  having  been 
the  fii'st  to  adopt  a  systematic  opposition  to  the  use  of  stamps  in  New  Jersey.  At 
that  day  the  lawyers,  as  a  body,  were  perhaps  equal,  if  not  superior,  in  talents  and 
character  to  those  who  at  any  subsequent  period  have  upheld  the  honor  of  the  State 
and  of  their  profession ;  and  although  many  of  them,  rather  than  countenance  a  re- 
sort to  arms  to  procure  a  redress  of  grievances,  eventually  abandoned  the  cause  of 
the  colonists,  yet  at  the  period  under  consideration,  they  were  deeply  interested  in 
the  matter  at  issue,  and  warmly  opposed  to  the  encroachments  of  power  and  minis- 
terial influence. 

The  unhappy  state  in  which  the  colonies  were  thrown  by  the  passage  of  the 
Stamp  Act,"  had  induced  several  of  the  leading  men  of  the  profession  to  call  a  gen- 
eral meeting  at  Perth  Amboy,  in  September,  1705,  (the  arrival  of  the  stamp  pa- 
pers being  then  daily  looked  for,)  in  order  to  consult  upon  the  adoption  of  such 
measures  as  should  indicate  their  true  opinion  to  the  people  of  the  Province,  while, 
at  the  same  time,  they  prevented  any  improper  popular  commotions  adverse  to  the 
authority  of  the  Govermnent.  The  meeting  took  place  ;  and,  after  a  fuU  discus- 
sion of  the  act  and  its  anticipated  effects,  those  present  determined,  without  a  dis- 
senting voice,  that  they  would  not  as  lawyers,  make  any  use  of  the  stamps  for  any 
purpose  or  under  any  circmnstances ;  and  this  was  understood  to  be  likewise  the 
intention  of  most  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  bar  who  were  absent.  This  was  cer- 
tainly the  -wisest  course  they  could  have  adopted ; — it  prevented  any  immediate 
collision  with  the  Government ; — it  called  for  no  violation  of  official  oaths,  or  resig- 
nation by  the  functionaries  of  the  difi'erent  courts :  and  although  it  would  inevitably 
operate  much  to  their  pecuniary  detriment,  yet  they  had  the  satisfaction  of  knowing 
that  it  rendered  the  stamps  entirely  useless  as  a  source  of  revenue  to  the  Crown. 

The  day  after  this  meeting,  (Sept.  20,  176.>,)  all  the  practitioners  were  desired 
to  attend  the  Chief  Justice.  On  their  doing  so,  that  officer  alluded  to  a  report 
which  had  become  cun-rent,  of  his  having  solicited  and  exerted  himself  to  obtain 
the  situation  of  stamp  distributor  for  the  colony;  and  stated  that  the  impropriety 
of  the  act  was  a  sufficient  refutation  of  the  charge:  but,  in  order  that  there  might 
be  no  doubt  on  the  subject,  he  declared  upon  his  honor  that  he  had  in  no  way  at- 
tempted to  obtain  the  office. 

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o86  WILLIAM   FKANKLIN     GOVERNOR.  [17(35. 

He  then  inquired  of  them  whether,  should  the  stamps  arrive  and  be  pL^ced  at 
Burlington  by,  or  after,  the^first  of  November,  as  was  expected,  they  would,  as  prac- 
titioners, agree  to  purchase  them  for  the  necessary  proceedings  in  the  law  ?  This 
they  answered  in  the  negative,  in  conformity  to  their  pre\'ious  resolution,  statinc 
that  they  would  rather  have  their  private  interests  give  way  to  public  opinion : — 
protesting  at  the  same  time  against  all  riotous  and  indecent  behavior,  which  they 
would  discountenance  ;  by  every  means  in  their  power  preserving  order,  while  by 
an  absolute  refusal  to  make  ijse  of  stamps,  and  other  quiet  methods,  they  would  en- 
deavor to  obtain  a  repeal  of  the  law.  They  were  then  asked  if  it  was  their  opin- 
ion, should  the  act  go  into  operation,  that  the  duties  could  possibly  be  paid  in  gold 
and  silver  ?  This  was  also  answered  in  the  negative,  a  conviction  being  expressed 
that  such  payment  could  not  be  made  even  for  one  year. 

The  Chief  Justice  then  inquired,  in  the  third  place,  if  in  their  opinion — as  the 
Act  required  the  Governor  and  Chief  Justice  to  superintend  the  distribution — he 
should  be  obliged  to  act  as  distributor,  should  the  Governor  appoint  him  to  that 
office  ?  In  answer  to  this,  they  advised  him  not  to  accept  the  appointment,  the 
Governor  not  being  authorized  by  the  Act  to  appoint,  and  if  he  had  that  power,  he 
could  not  enforce  acceptance ; — and  moreover  they  deemed  the  office  incompatible 
with  the  official  station  he  already  held.* 

What  a  commentary  is  this  proceeding  of  the  Chief  Justice  upon  the  wisdom 
of  the  English  Ministry!  How  illustrative,  either  of  their  ignorance  or  infatua- 
tion, that  the  head  of  the  judiciary  of  the  Province — a  commissioned  officer  of  the 
Crown — independent  of  the  people — and  one  who  continued  loyal  to  the  King 
throughout  the  struggle,  shoidd  be  so  convinced  of  the  oppiressive  character  of  the 
Act,  as  willingly  to  excuse  himself  from  putting  it  in  execution,  even  should  it  be 
in  opposition  to  the  Governor  ! 

The  communication  of  these  opinions  and  resolutions  drew  forth  the  warmest 
approbation  from  the  public,  but  it  was  to  be  expected  that  such  an- entire  cessa- 
tion of  all  legal  proceedings  would  not  oidy  occasion  great  confusion  in  the  transac- 
tion of  business  generally,  but  also,  excite  to  the  adoption  of  more  energetic 
measures  to  frustrate  the  operation  of  the  detested  Act,  which  might  leave  the 
people  at  liberty  to  pursue  their  usual  vocations  untrammelled  by  its  provisions. 
Endeavors  were  soon  made  to  transact  the  business  of  the  courts  as  usual,  and  cen- 
sures were  publicly  cast  upon  them  for  refusing  so  to  do.  They  were  well  sus- 
tained, however,  in  their  determination. 

It  was  stated  that,  to  tne  lasting  honor  of  the  hiwyers  of  New  Jersey  it  had 
been,  and  would  be  said  they  had  set  the  example  as  the  most  determined  oppo- 
sers  of  the  oppressive  Acts  of  Parliament.  Some  of  the  most  learned  and  judicious 
had  declared  that  the  Act  was  of  such  a  nature,  and  so  curiously  fabricated,  it 
would  execiite  itself,  and  not  an  American  patriot  ever  fancied  that  the  Provinces 
could  have  given  .such  spirited  and  universal  opposition.  An  expectation  of  sub- 
mission had  continued  almost  universal  down  to  the  eve  of  that  fatal  day  destined 
for  the  commencement  of  their  slavery  ;  and  eveiy  city,  town,  and  village  upon 
tliis  vast  continent  resounded  with  the  knell  of  departing  liberty.  The  merchants 
could  not  think  of  venturing  their  fortunes  in  a  vessel  not  protected  by  a  stamped 
passport, — not  a  person  who  held  an  office  under  the  crown  could  think  of  losing 
his  appointment,  and  thereby  perhaps  the  only  means  of  subsisting  himself  and 
family,  by  opposing  an  act  framed  under  the  direction  of  the  King's  Ministry, — not 
a  farmer  who  could  bear  to  think  of  taking  a  conveyance  for  lands  without  a 
stamp,  when  his  estate  for  want  thereof  was  declared  void  ;  nor  would  he  ofler  to 
try  an  action  at  law  without  the  same  prerequisites,  lest  his  recovery  should  be 
illegal ;  in  short,  the  caution  of  the  merchants,  the  fear  of  the  public  officers,  and 
the  ignorance  of  the  common  people  would  undoubtedly  have  introduced  the 
stamped  papers,  had  not  the  professors  of  the  law  (through  whose  hands  most  of 
them  must  have  passed)  at  that  instant  stood  forth  and  declared  they  would   not 

*  For  these  proceedings  at  length,  Vide  Annual  Remembrancer,  Vol.  I.,  "  Prior  Docu- 
ments," p.  24,  and  New  York  Gazette,  October  24,  1765.  The  article  in  the  Gazette,  which 
is  a  communication  from  New  Jersey,  does  not  mention  the  second  query. 


1765.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  887 

receive  them.  The  colonists  were  urged  to  continue  in  their  present  state  till  some 
decisive  intelligence  should  be  received,  not  to  call  upon  the  courts  to  open,  lest 
the  public  peace  should  be  broken,  nor  contradict  their  public  petitions  for  relief 
by  attempting  it  -with  their  own  hands  before  it  should  be  denied  by  the  mother 
country.  * 

There  were,  however,  among  the  members  of  the  Bar  those  who,  either  from 
pecuniary  or  sinister  motives,  were  in  iavor  of  ultra  measures,  and  by  some  of 
them  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  hold  another  meeting  for  tlie  purpose  of  consulta- 
tion ;  this  convened  at  New  Brunswick  on  the  13th  of  February,  17C6.  The  title 
of  "  Sons  of  Liberty"  first  adopted  at  this  crisis  by  the  freemen  of  Connecticut, 
was  soon  assumed  by  the  active  citizens  of  New  Jersey.  The  proceedin"-s  of  in- 
dividuals and  public  bodies  were  subjected  to  the  surveillance  of  these  associated 
patriots,  receiving  their  censure  or  approbation  as  circumstunccs  might  waiTant, 
although  in  a  more  limited  degree  than  was  subsequently  the  case  ; — the  approach- 
ing convention  of  lawyers  was  consequently  not  overlooked. 

On  the  appointed  day,  several  hundreds  of  the  Sons  of  Liberty  from  Woodbridce 
and  Fiscataway,  joined  by  deputies  from  the  western  part  of  the  Province,  pre- 
sented themselves  at  New  Brunswick,  and  handed  in  to  the  gentlemcH  of  the  bar 
who  were  there  assembled,  a  written  and  "united  request  that  tliey  should  imme- 
diately pi'oceed  to  business  as  usual  without  stamps,  and  use  their  influence  to  open 
the  courts  of  justice."f  After  due  deliberation,  the  majority  of  tbe  gentlenieu 
agreed,  in  order  "to  preserve  that^happy  state  of  pe;ice  ami  tranquillity  which  has, 
by  tbe  blessing  of  God,  hitherto  been  maintained  in  this  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
to  desist  from  their  practice  till  the  first  day  of  April  next,  and  if  they  receive  no 
accounts  from  the  Parliament  before  the  said  first  day  of  April,  they  will,  in  such 
case,  begin  their  practice  as  usual,  or  sooner,  if  earlier  accounts  are  received." 
They  also  appointed  two  of  their  number  to  assure  the  Sons  of  Libertv,  in  the  name 
of  the  whole,  that,  unless  the  Stamp  Act  was  suspended  or  repealed,  they  would 
join  in  opposition  to  it  with  their  lives  and  tbrtuues.  The  course  adopted  met 
with  the  approval  of  the  assembled  patriots, — thanks  were  returned,  and  hopes  ex- 
pressed that  such  an  example  might  be  imitated  by  every  gentleman  ol"  the  pro- 
fession on  the  continent. 

The  subsequent  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act  put  an  end  to  all  further  proceedings  ; 
but  the  firmness,  disinterestedness,  prudence  and  patriotism  already  exhibited  by 
the  lawyers  of  that  day,  deserve  to  be  recorded. 

*  Vide  an  able  article  in  New  York  Gazette  of  February  20th,  170G,  in  answer  to  a  letter 
signed  A.  B.,  published  in  the  same  paper  January  30th,  containing  mutter  of  the  cliaracter 
referred  to  in  the  text. 

+  A  draft  of  this  written  request  made  at  the  time,  and  apparently  the  rough  one  from 
which  the  perfect  copy  was  made,  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Editor  of  this  volume.  It  is  on 
the  same  sheet,  with  an,  iinj)er/eai  cojji/  of  the  resolution,  agreed  to  hy  the  law^/ers,  imli- 
cating  the  exercise  of  some  intluence,  or  direction,  by  one  of  the  members  of  the  bar,  over 
the  proceedings  of  the  Sons  of  Liberty ;  for  from  their  juxtaposition,  their  origin  must  have 
been  the  same".  If  the  papers  of  the  day  are  to  be  believed,  some  of  the  lawyers  (particularly 
those  of  Elizabethtown)  did  soon  after  resume  their  business  without  stamps.] 

Nov.  30.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Conway — The  infection,  with  regard  to  the  Stamp  ^Vct,  has  spread 
from  the  neighbouring  Colonies  to  N.  Jersey — they  committed  no 
riots  as  yet,  but  the  most  prudent  management  is  necessary  to  pre- 
vent them — the  Minutes  of  Council  and  Votes  of  Assembly  are  sent 
to  enable  to  form  a  true  judgment  of  the  situation  of  the^Frovince. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  17:^.     Orig'l.     2  folios. 

[Dec.  9.  Letter  from  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  of  the 
New  Jersey  Assembly  to  Joseph  Sherwood,  the  agent  of  the  Prov- 
ince, in  London — Transmitting  copies  of  the  petitions  to  the  King 
and  both  Houses  of  Parliament,  agreed  to  by  the  Congress  in  New 


388  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERXOK.  [1765. 

York — the  Minutes  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  relating  to  the  resig- 
nation of  the  Speaker,  (Robert  Ogden,)  and  communicating  their 
views  upon  the  exciting  topics  of  the  day.  Original  draft  by  Cort- 
landt  Skinner.     Whitehead  MSS. 

The  answers  of  Sherwood  to  the  letters  written  to  hira,  are  in  the  possession  of 
the  N.  J.  Hist.  See,  and  printed  in  their  Proceedings,  Vol.  V.  p.  131.] 

Dec.  12.  Philadelphia.  Letter  from  Col.  [George]  Croghan  to 
Benjamin  Franklin,  Esq.,  giving  an  account  of  his  journey  through 
the  Indian  country — Transmits  a  journal  of  his  transactions — pro- 
posals for  regulating  the  trade  with  the  Indians.  S.  P.  O.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  251.     Orig  1.     160  folios. 

[See  the  "  Journal  and  Transactions"  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p. 
779.  Col.  Croghan  was  Deputy  Agent  for  Indian  affairs ;  and  the  New  York 
Colonial  Documents  contain  many  of  his  letters  and  reports  relating  to  the  Indiaia 
tribes :  and  for  a  biographical  sketch,  see  note  by  Mr.  O'Callaghan  in  Vol.  VII. 
p.  982.] 

Dec.  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Franklin,  enclosing  copy  of  representation  from  the  Bishop  of  Lon- 
don to  that  Board,  (see  12th  Nov.,  1765,)  about  the  propriety  of  li- 
censes for  marriages  in  New  Jersey  being  directed  to  the  Clergy 
only — desiring  his  opinion  on  the  subject.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  191.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  17.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Esq.,  in  London — The  success  of  Col.  Croghan  in  his  nego- 
tiations with  the  Indians — boundary  in  Indian  countiy — retribution 
to  be  made  in  lands  by  the  Indians  to  the  merchants.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  251.     Orig'l.     10  folios. 

Dec.  18,  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Fi-anklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Notwithstanding  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey's  refusal 
to  send  a  Committee  to  the  Congress  at  New  York,  the  Speaker 
[Robert  Ogden]  summoned  the  House  to  oblige  the  people  of  East 
Jersey,  and  prevailed  upon  them  to  choose  three ;  but  refusing  to  be 
one  of  the  Committee,  he  was  burned  in  effigy  in  almost  all  the  towns 
of  East  Jersey,  which  induced  him  to  resign  his  seat  in  the  Assem- 
bly— the  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  contain  particulars  of  the 
Assembly's  further  proceedings — the  Stamp  Act  has  not  been  yet 
carried  into  execution ;  the  officers  dare  not  do  it  for  fear  of  being 
torn  to  pieces  by.  the  mob — the  stamps  are  still  on  board  the  man- 
of-war — the  business  is  at  a  stand  still.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  9,  K.  53,     Original.     7  folios. 

Dec.  19,  St.  James'.  Letter  from  Mr.  Secretary  Conway  to 
the  Board-'  of  Trade — That  all  papers  and  letters  concerning  the 
riots  in  America,  touching  the  opposition  to  the  Stamp  Act,  be  for- 
warded to  him,  to  be  laid  before  the  King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  20,  S.  86.     Original.     3  folios. 

1766. 

Jan.  7.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Secre- 


1766.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  389 

tary  tbe  Duke  of  Grafton — Transmitting  copies  of  all  papers  con- 
taining information  of  the  riots  in  America  against  the  Stamp  Act 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  481.     Entry.     20  folios. 

[Jan.  14.  Newark.  Letter  from  David  Ogden  to  Philip 
Kearny,  of  Perth  Amboy — Had  received  the  request  of  several  gen- 
tlemen of  the  law  to  appoint  a  meeting  of '  Attornies  to  consult 
in  relation  to  the  resumption  of  business  under  the  Stamp  Act — 
isnot  in  favor  of  the  meeting — prefers  abiding  by  their  first  deter- 
mination— from  the  accounts  just  received,  thinks  their  troubles  are 
just  beginning — if  the  meeting  should  be  held,  recommends  Amboy 
—See  Nov.  13th,  1765.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Jan.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Province  to  James  Parker,  one  of  the  Council,  enclosing  a  copy  of 
Secretary  Conway's  despatch  of  October  24th,  17G5,  by  order  of  the 
Governor,  who  wishes  his  advice  upon  the  propriety  of  calling  an  As- 
sembly for  the  purpose  of  laying  the  letter  before  them.  Original. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Jan.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  James  Parker  to  Gov- 
ernor Franklin,  on  the  receipt  of  the  foregoing,  giving  his  reasons 
for  the  opinion,  that  the  calling  of  an  Assembly  to  consider  Secre- 
tary Conway's  letter  would  answer  no  salutary  end.  Original  draft. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

Jan.  29.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
House  ?)f  Commons,  giving  (in  pursuance  to  their  resolution  and  Ad- 
dress to  the  King  on  the  22d  of  Jan.)  a  statement  of  the  annual  ex- 
pense of  the  several  establishments  of  the  Colonies  in  N.  America  and 
the  West  Indies,  distinguishing  each  Colony  respectively ;  and  like- 
wise a  statement  of  the  debts  incurred  by  the  Colonies  in  North 
America  and  the  West  Indies,  as  they  stood  at  the  end  of  the  late 
war,  distinguishing  what  part  of  the  said  debts  remains  undischarged, 
and  the  provision  made  for  such  discharge,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol  45,  p.  489.     Entry.     24  folios.     • 

N.  B. — Similar  report  was  sent  to  the  House  of  Lords  25th  Feb., 
1766.     See  S.  P.O.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  507. 

Jan.  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Hon'ble  H.  S.  Conway,  Seer,  o^  State,  enclosing  copy  of  Gov'r 
Franklin's  letter  to  them  of  the  13th  Nov.,  17G5,  relating  to  the 
proceedings  of  the  New  Jersey  Council  with  regard  to  the  Stamp 
Act.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  192.  Entry.  2 
folios. 

Feb.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Seer. 
Conway,  with  copies  and  extracts  of  several  letters  relating  to  the 
stamp  riots  in  the  several  Colonies  in  North  America.  S.  P.  0., 
B,  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  45,  p.  499.     Entry.     1  folio. 

March  1.     St.  James'.     Circular   Letter  from   Mr.   Seer.    Con- 


390  WILLIAM   FRAXKLm   GOVERNOR.  [1766. 

way  to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America — Cannot  give  any 
instructions  how  to  act  in  the  perplexed  situation  of  things  in  the 
Colonies — a  bill  is  brought  in  and  has  made  some  progress  in  the 
House  of  Commons  for  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act.  S  P.  0  ,  B.  T. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  251.     Draft.     2  folios. 

March  27.  An  Address  of  the  House  of  Commons  to  the  King, 
praying  that  the  instruction  be  given  to  the  Governors  in  North 
America,  to  transmit  particular  and  exact  accounts  of  the  several 
manufactures,  which  have  been  set  up  and  carried  on  in  their  respec- 
tive Governments  from  the  year  1734.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &.  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol  254.     Copy.     2  folios. 

March  31.  St.  James'.  Circular  Letter  from  Seer.  Conway  to 
several  Governors  in  N.  America^Transmittiug  copies  of  two  Acts 
of  Parliament — one  for  securing  the  dependency  of  the  Colonies  on 
the  mother  country,  the  second  for  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act ;  and 
shortly  another  will  be  sent,  viz.,  for  the  indemnity  of  such  persons 
as  have  incurred  the  penalties  imposed  by  the  Stamp  Act — to  re- 
commend to  their  respective  Assemblies  full  and  ample  compensa- 
tion to  be  made  to  those  who  have  suffered  during  the  late  riots. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  251.     Draft.     9  folios. 

[April  10.  Elizabethtown.  Rev.  James  Caldwell  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Bellamy — Yesterday  Mr.  Jedediah  Chapman  was  examined  for  or- 
dination— the  Presbytery  highly  pleased — the  congregation  of  New- 
ark Mountains  satisfied,  except  with  his  delivery  and  something  in 
.the  management  of  his  voice — "  we  love  him  much."  Copy.  Pres. 
Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

[May  ?  Burlington.  Samuel  Smith  to  Cortlandt  Skinner, 
Speaker  of  the  Assembly — Transmitting  a  rough  draft  of  an  Address 
to  the  King,  expressive  of  gratitude  at  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act, 
— and  requesting  that  an  order  may  issue  for  an  election  of  a  member 
in  his  place.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  12.  Whitehall  Circular  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Rich- 
mond [Seer,  of  State]  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America  and 
the  West  Indies,  transmitting  copy  of  the  Act  of  Parliament  to  in- 
demnify such  persons  as  have  incurred  the  penalties  imposed  upon 
them  by  the  Stamp  Act.  S.  P.  0.  ,Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  251. 
Draft.     4  folios. 

June  19.  Whitehall  Circular  Letter  from  Mr  Seer.  Pownall 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  transmitting  printed 
copies  of  the  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  passed  in  the  last  session, 
which  relate  to  America.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  46, 
p.  11.     Entry.      1  folio. 

June  19.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Conway — The    Council    and    Assembly  of  N.   Jersey  return    their 


1766.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN"   GOVERNOR.  391 

thanks  for  relieving  that  country  from  the  difficulties  occasioned  by 
the  Stamp  Act — glad  to  have  been  able  to  preserve  peace — sends  a 
copy  of  his  Speech  to  the  Assembly,  and  their  and  the  Council's  Ad- 
dress to  the  King.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  172.  Orig'l. 
4  folios.     Enclosures.     18  folios. 

[June  20.  Reply  of  the  Council  to  the  Speech  of  Governor 
Franklin  at  the  opening  of  the  session  of  the  Legislature.  Original 
draft  in  the  handwriting  of  James  Parker.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  30.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to 
the  Boai-d  of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion  upon  thirty-five  Acts  of  the 
N.  Jersey  Assembly,  passed  there  in  May  and  Juue,  1765.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  62.     Original.     18  folios. 

July  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Duke  of  Rich- 
mond to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  transmitting  an  Act  of  Par- 
liament for  repealing  certain  duties  in  the  British  Colonies  and 
Plantations,  granted  by  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  &c.,  and  for 
granting  other  duties  instead  thereof  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  251.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Aug.  1.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Governors  of  the  Plantations  in  America,  requiring  from  them 
an  account  of  the  several  manufactures  which  have  been  set  up  and 
carried  on  within  their  respective  Governments,  pursuant  to  an  Ad- 
dress of  the  House  of  Commons  to  the  King  on  the  27th  of  March 
last.  S:  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  46,  p.  19.  Entry.  2 
folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  84] 

Aug.  8.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  pi-epare  additional  instructions  to  all  the  Governors  in  the 
Plantations  to  transmit,  in  future,  any  particular  or  general  accounts 
of  their  proceedings,  or  of  matters  relative  to  their  Governments 
to  the  King,  through  one  of  the  principal  Secretaries  of  State,  and 
duplicates  of  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  except  in  cases  of  a 
secret  nature.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  106.  Original. 
4  folios. 

Auo-.  9.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gov- 
ernors in  the  American  Plantations  regulating  their  correspondence, 
conformable  with  the  Order  of  Council  of  tlie  8th  instant.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  J.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  20.     Entry.     5  folios. 

[See  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  848.] 

Aug.  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Shel- 
burne  to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  acquainting  them  with  the  re- 
signation of  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and  his  own  appointment  as  Sec- 
retary for  the  Southern  Department,  and  desiring  that  all  despatches 
in  future  may  be  addressed  to  him.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  251.     Draft.     2  folios. 


.392  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [176(5- 

Aug.  9.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Shel- 
burne  to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  transmitting  an  Order  of 
Council  of  the  8th  inst.,  which  revokes  and  repeals  every  clause  and 
article  contained  in  the  order  made  by  the  late  King  on  the  11th 
March,  1752.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  251.  Draft. 
1  folio. 

[Sept.  2.  State  of  a  case  drawn  from  the  Will  of  Thomas  Hart, 
(one  of  the  twenty-four  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,)  submitted  to 
Philip  Kearny,  of  Perth  Amboy,  with  his  opinion.  Original. 
Whitehead  MSS.] 

[See  opinion  of  Sir  Philip  Yorke,  May  24,  1729  ;  and  of  Peter  Bond,  May  1, 
1786.] 

Sept.  8.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Duke 
of  Richmond — Congratulates  him  upon  being  appointed  Seer,  of 
State,  and  wishes  to  have  the  King's  commands  to  correspond  with 
him.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Orig'l.     1  folio. 

Sept.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Sends  some  of  the  public  papers — owing  to  the  indisposi- 
tion of  the  principal  clerk  in  the  Secretary's  Office,  the  certified 
copies  of  the  Minutes  of  New  Jersey  Council  could  not  be  got  ready 
for  this  conveyance.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K. 
59.     Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  11.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Duke 
of  Richmond,  Seer,  of  State — Acknowledges  to  have  received  the 
Acts  of  Parliament  relative  to  America,  and  sends  printed  copies  of 
the  last  Votes  and  Acts  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     2  folios. 

Sept.  13.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Shel- 
burne  to  all  the  Governors  in  America — The  superintendents  of  the 
Indian  affairs  complain  of  the  most  unprovoked  murders  having  been 
committed  upon  the  Indians  under  the  Bi'itish  protection,  and  that 
the  settlements  have  been  made  on  the  back  of  the  Provinces  beyond 
the  limits  prescribed  by  the  proclamation  of  1763 — the  Governors 
are  desired  to  remedy  those  evils,  and  the  Commander-in-Chief  has 
received  orders  to  co-operate  with  them.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  251.     Draft.     5  folios. 

Sept.  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Shelburne  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Conveying  the  King's  approval  of  the  conduct  of  the  peo- 
ple of  New  Jersey  during  the  late  disturbances,  and  commending 
Gov'r  Franklin's  conduct  in  the  Government  of  that  Province.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Sept.  25.  Bloomsbury  Square.  Letter  from  Henry  Wilmot 
to  Cortlandt  Skinner — Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  Assembly's 
resolution  appointing  him  agent  of  the  Province — the  Address  to  the 
King  accompanying  the   resolution  had   been  presented  and  inserted 


176(1.]         WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  GOVERNOR.  398 

in  the  Gazette — another  change  in  the  administration  liad  been  made 
— such  frequent  changes  detrimental  to  the  public  interests — Lord 
Chatham  "  in  full  possession  of  the  closet  at  present" — Lord  Camden 
Chancellor — Lord  Northington  President  of  the  Council,  &c. — Par- 
liament to  meet  on  11th  November — considerable  opposition  expected. 
Original.     Whitehead  MS  S.J 

Dec.  11.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Secretary  Lord  Shelburne  ' 
to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — To  transmit,  for  the  King's  infor- 
mation, an  exact  estimate  of  the  annual  charge  of  maintaining  and 
supporting  the  entire  establishment  of  that  Province  ;  also  a  full  and 
clear  account  of  the  manner  of  imposing  quit-rents,  and  of  levying 
them,  as  also  the  mode  of  granting  lands.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  270.     Draft.     3  folios. 

Dec.  16.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  the 
#Earl  of  Shelburne,  Seer,  of  State  —His  Lordship's  letter  was  com- 
municated to  the  Council  of  New  Jersey — some  few  violences  were 
committed  upon  the  Indians,  but  the  miscreants  were  punished — 
sends  Minutes  of  Council — remarks  upon  the  Act  for  supplying  the 
several  barracks,  &c., — the  troops,  in  New  Jersey  are  perfectly  sat- 
isfied with  their  quarters.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9, 
K.  64.     Duplicate.     13  folios. 

N.  B.     The   original  letter  (which  is  in   S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.   • 
Indies,  Vol.    172,)   is   dated   Dec.    18,  but  evidently   altered  from 
Dec.  16. 

Dec.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Enclosing  copy  of  his  letter  to  the  Seer,  of  State,  the 
Earl  of  Shelburne,  dated  16th  Dec,  1766,  for  the  Board's  infor- 
mation. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  63.  Original. 
1  folio. 

Dec.  23  ?  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Shelburne,  Seer,  of  State — One  Seymour  was  tried  by  a  spe- 
cial commission  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  in  the  County  of  Sussex  in 
New  Jersey,  for  murder  of  an  Oneida  Indian,  convicted  and  exe- 
cuted.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Orig'l.     1  folio. 

Dec.  28.  Burlington.  Account  by  Governor  Franklin,  of  the 
standing  salaries  annually  granted  to  the  officers  of  the  Government 
of  New  Jersey,  amounting  to  £1,075  sterling,  with  remarks  there- 
on.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  270.     Original.     8  folios. 

1T67. 

Jan.  13.  Whitehall.  Seer.  Lord  Shelburne  to  the  Gov'r  of  N. 
Jersey — Requesting  an  account  of  the  established  fees  of  the  dif- 
ferent offices  in  the  Colony,  particularly  fees  and  other  charges  at- 
tending grants  of  lands,  whether  legally  establislied  or  received  as 
perquisites.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  271.  Draft.  2 
folios. 


394  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1767. 

[Jan.  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  John  Stevens  to  James 
Parker  of  Perth  Amboy — A  Commission  for  settling  the  line  be- 
tween New  York  and  New  Jersey  had  arrived — the  Commissioners 
named  being  John  Temple,  Peter  Randolph,  Charles  Stewart  Sur- 
veyor General,  Andrew  Elliot,  Chambers  Russell,  Wm.  Allen,  Sam- 
uel C.  Holland  and  Wm.  De  Brahn  Surveyor  Generals  for  the 
Southern  and  Northern  Districts  of  Amei-ica,  Andrew  Oliver,  Cha's 
Morris  one  of  the  Council  of  Nova  Scotia,  Peyton  Randolph,  Benj. 
Franklin  and  Jared  Ingersoll ;  any  five  of  them  to  make  a  quorum 
— the  first  meeting  to  be  at  New  York,  and  afterward  wherever 
they  might  appoint.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Jan.  28.  Petition  of  Mr.  Peter  Hasenclever  &  Co.,  London 
merchants,  to  the  Earl  of  Shelburne — In  the  year  1763  they  en- 
tered into  agreement  to  purchase  tracts  of  land  in  New  York  and 
New  Jersey  for  erecting  furnaces,  forges,  and  other  buildings  requi- 
site for  establishing  a  manufactory  of  iron — they  cannot  procure  in 
those  Provinces  sufficient  land  in  convenient  situations  to  give  con- 
stant employment  to  the  Germans,  whom  they  sent  over  there  for 
the  purpose  of  manufacturing  the  iron — pray  that  they  may  be  al- 
lowed to  purchase  land  jlt  St.  Maurice.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  252.     Original.     10  folios. 

Feb.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Lord  Shielburne — Has  received  his  Lordship's  letter  of  11th  Dec, 
— has  already  written  to  the  Treasury  on  the  subject  of  the  annual 
charges  in  the  Province  of  New  Jersey — as  to  the  quit-rents,  is  in- 
clined to  think  the  whole  of  the  rents  due  to  the  Crown  is  in  ar- 
rear — remarks  on  same.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  270. 
Orig'l.     6  folios. 

[March  28.  Opinion  of  David  Ogden  on  a  statement  of  the 
case  of  the  Eastern  Proprietors,  against  holders  of  land  under  pa- 
tent to  John  Berry — as  to  their  right  to  quit-rents.  See  May  10. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

April  2.  Whitehall.  Order  of  Council,  referring  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  for  their  report  the  petition  of  Mr.  Wilmot,  the  agent 
of  New  Jersey,  to  the  King,  proposing  alterations  to  be  made  in  the 
annexed  list  of  Commissioners  for  settling  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween that  Province  and  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  9,  K.  66.     Original.     12  folios. 

April  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Lord  Shelburne  to  the 
Board  of  Trade — To  transmit  a  report  of  the  exact  state  of  the 
civil  establishments  of  the  Governor,  Judges,  and  other  officers  in 
the  several  Colonies  of  America,  concerned  in  the  administration  of 
justice.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  26,  T.  26.  Original. 
1  folio. 

April   12.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 


1767.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  395 

Lord  Shelburne — Has  received  his  Lordship's  letter  of  13th  Jan., 
— transmits  an  exact  list  of  the  fees  taken  in  the  ditFerent  offices  of 
the  Province  of  New  Jersey — the  fees  received  by  Mr.  Smytli,  Chief 
Justice,  do  not  exceed  £300  currency,  GO  per  cent,  worse  than  ster- 
ling ;  and  those  he  receives  barely  enough,  with  the  salary,  for  a 
Governor  to  maintain  his  rank  and  station.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  271.     Original.     85  folios  (about.) 

April  13.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  14  seals 
for  the  several  Colonies  in  America,  (New  Jersey  among  them,)  and 
directing  Seer,  of  State,  the  Earl  of  Shelburne,  to  transmit  the  same 
to  the  Governors.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  lOG.  Orig- 
inal.    2  folios. 

April  16.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Earl  of  Shelburne,  of  the  establishment,  of  the  salaries  of  Gover- 
nors, Judges  and  other  officers,  principally  concerned  in  the  admin- 
istration of  justice  in  the  North  American  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,B.  T. 
Plant.   Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  148.     Entry,  (about  N.  Jersey.)     3  folios. 

April  16.  Whitehall.  Report  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
King — On  the  establishments  and  Government  of  New  Jersey.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  91  &  160.     Entry.     7  folios. 

April  30.  Admiralty  Office.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Admi- 
ralty to  Seer.  Lord  Shelburne — Transmitting  an  account  of  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  Admiralty  Courts  in  the  several  Colonics  in 
America,  including  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  252.     Original.     8  folios. 

May  2.  Lincoln's  Inn.  Report  from  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to  the 
Board  of  Trade,  giving  his  opinion  upon  twenty-two  Acts  of  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  June,  1766.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  67.     Original.     10  folios. 

May  8.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  repeal  of  an  Act  of  New  Jersey 
Assembly,  entitled  an  Act  appointing  Commissionex'S  for  supplying 
the  several  barracks,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17, 
p.  193.     Entry.     4  folios. 

[May  10.  Burlington.  Opinion  of  John  Kinsey  on  a  statement 
of  the  case  of  the  Eastern  Proprietors,  against  the  holders  under 
the  patent  to  John  Berry,  as  to  their  right  to  c^uit-rents.)  (See 
March  28.)     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  13.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  repealing  an  Act  of 
the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  entitled  "  An  Act  appointing  Commis- 
sioners for  supplying  the  several  barracks,  &c."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  68.     Copy.     3  folios. 

May  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  Mr. 
Wilmot,  Agent  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  desiring  his  at- 


398  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1767. 

tendance  before  the  Board  of  Trade,  on  the  subject  of  his  petition  to 
the  King,  proposing  alterations  to  be  made  in  the  list  of  Commis- 
sioners for  settling  the  boundary  line  between  that  Province  and  N. 
York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  195.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

June  3.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council  for  Plantation  affairs,  ap- 
proving the  alterations  proposed  by  Mr.  Wilmot,  Agent  for  New 
Jersey,  in  the  list  of  Commissioners  for  settling  the  boundary  line 
between  that  Province  and  New  York.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jer- 
sey.    Vol.  17,  p.  196.     Entry.     6  folios. 

June  12.     Whitehall.      Letter  from  Mr.  Seer.  Pownall  to  the 

Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals,  desiring  them  to  take  into  consid- 
eration the  Act  made  in  the  12  of  Q.  Anne,  Stat.  2d  Cap.  18,  enti- 
tled "  An  Act  for  the  preserving  all  such  ships  and  goods  thereof, 
which  shall  happen  to  be  forced  on  shore  or  stranded  upon  the  coasts 
of  this  Kingdom,  or  any  other  of  Her  Majesty's  dominions" — Also, 
4th  Geo.  I.  Cap.  12,  "  An  Act  for  enforcing  and  making  perpetual, 
&c.," — the  former  Act — ^.and  to  give  their  opinion  whether  the  said 
Acts  do  extend  to  the  American  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol  17,  p.  200.     Entry.     3  folios. 

June  26.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  draft 
of  a  Commission,  prepared  by  the  Att.  and  Sol.  Geu'ls,  to  settle  and 
adjust  the  boundary  between  the  Provinces  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey,  from  the  station  on  Hudson's  River  to  the  station  on  Dela- 
ware River.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  106.  Original. 
25  folios. 

July  8.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  June,  1766,  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
extend  certain  Acts  of  Parliament  of  Great  Britain,  passed  in  the 
12th  year  of  her  late  Majesty,  Queen  Anne,  and  the  4th  of  his  late 
Majesty,  King  George  I.,  for  the  preserving  all  such  .ships  and 
goods  thereof,  which  shall  happen  o  be  forced  on  shore  or  stranded." 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol  17,  p.  201.     Entry.     9  folios. 

July  11.  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State  to  Gov'r  Franklin — 
Enclosing  copy  of  an  Act  passed  last  session  of  Parliament,  and  a 
new  Seal  for  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  with  the  King's  warrant  for 
using  same.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  «fe  W.  Indies.  Vol.  347.  Entry.  1 
folio. 

July  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Shelburne  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Conveying  the  King's  displeasure  at  the  Assembly  of  N. 
Jersey  for  having  avoided  a  complete  obedience  to  an  Act  of  the 
British  Parliament,  for  rendering  more  effectual  in  America,  an  Act 
for  punishing  mutiny  and  desertion.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  172.     Draft.     4  folios. 


1767.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  397 

July  24.  Whitehall.  Kepresentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  a  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gov- 
ernors in  North  America,  directing  them  not  to  give  their  assent  to 
any  law  to  be  passed  in  their  respective  Governments,  by  which  the 
number  of  the  Assembly  shall  be  enlarged  or  diminished,  the  dura- 
tion of  it  ascertained,  the  qualifications  of  the  electors  or  the  elected 
fixed  or  altered,  &c.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  40,  p. 
175.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[For  draft  of  the  Instructions,  see  K  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  VoL  VII.  p.  946.] 

Aug.  7.  Letter  from  the  Seer,  of  State  to  Gov'r  Franklin,  en- 
closing an  Order  in  Council  repealing  an  Act  passed  in  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey,  for  supplying  the  barracks  with  furniture  and  other 
necessaries  for  the  King's  troops,  and  copy  of  the  representation 
from  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  said  Act.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol  317.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Aug.  22.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Shelburne — Sends  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly,  and  copies  of 
twelve  Acts  passed  at  the  last  session — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
made  provision  for  supplying  the  King's  troops,  quartered  in  that 
Colony,  with  all  the  necessaries  required  by  Act  of  Parliament.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  172.     Original.     2  folios. 

Aug.  26.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  approving  the  draft 
of  an  additional  instruction  for  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  re- 
quiring him  not  to  give  his  assent  to  any  law  touching  the  number, 
duration,  &c.,  of  the  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  1.06.     Original.     5  folios. 

Oct.  6.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer.  Shel- 
burne— Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  Act  for  granting  certain 
duties  in  the  British  Colonies,  and  the  new  Seal  for  the  Colony  of 
New  Jersey — also  returns  the  old  Seal.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  172.     Original.     1  folio. 

(Oct.)  22.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Shelburne — The  inequality  of  the  expense  in  quartering  troops 
causes  dissatisfaction  in  the  Colonies — suggests  a  plan  to  obviate  this, 
by  appropriating  some  of  the  Crown  revenue  in  America,  for  the  de- 
fraying of  those  expenses  for  the  future.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  172.     Original.     7  folios. 

(Before  Nov.)  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Jones,  Esq.,  to  the 
Earl  of  Shelburne — That  in  the  year  1759  he  was  appointed  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey,  but  was  not  permitted  to  execute  that  office, 
through  the  interference  of  Mr.  R.  Hunter  Morris — that  he  received 
no  recompense  for  the  loss  of  time,  and  the  incurred  expenses  in 
transporting  himself  and  family  abroad,  and  as  the  Chief  Justice  of 
New  York's  office  is  vacant  he  prays  to  be  appointed  to  it.  [See 
1759.]     S.  P.  0.     Am.,&  W.Indies.     Vol.172.     Orig'l.     0  folios. 


898  WILLIAM  FEANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1768. 

1T6§, 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America  and  the  West  In- 
dies, informing  them  of  his  being  appointed  Seer,  of  State  for  the 
Southern  Department,  and  directing  that  all  their  despatches  in  fu- 
ture are  to  be  addressed  to  him.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  254.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  Ylll.  p.  7.] 

[?]  Petition  of  Nathaniel  Jones,  barrister  at  law,  to  Seer.  Lord 
Hillsborough — That  he  was  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  the  Jerseys 
in  1759 — states  in  detail  Mr.  Morris's  proceedings,  which  prevented 
him  executing  the  ofl&ce — that  the  expenses  he  has  incurred  and  the 
loss  of  his  practice,  through  his  absence  from  England  in  conse- 
quence, have  exhausted  his  substance,  so  that  he  is  destitute  of  any 
support  for  himself  and  family — prays  relief  [See  1759  &  1767.] 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  271  A.    .Original.     12  folios. 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America  and  the  West  In- 
dies, desiring  them  to  transmit  a  complete  collection,  either  in  man- 
uscript or  print,  of  the  laws  of  each  Colony.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  254.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Feb.  20.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America,  transmitting  a  du- 
plicate of  the  Address  of  the  House  of  Commons  to  the  King,  of 
the  27th  March,  17G6,  and  desiring  the  Governors  to  pay  exact  obe- 
dience to  the  said  Address.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
254.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Feb.  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough, 
Seer,  of  State,  to  Gov'r  Franklin — The  law  passed  in  New  Jersey 
for  making  provision  for  quartering  the  King's  troops  is  referred  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — the  King  received  the  greatest  satisfaction 
from  the  submission  and  obedience  of  the  Colonies,  to  the  laws  and 
authority  of  the  Mother  Country — his,  the  Governor's,  plan  for  reg- 
ulating the  expenses  in  the  Colonies  for  quartering  the  King's  troops, 
will  have  a  proper  attention  paid  to  it — any  irregularities  and  improper 
behaviour  of  the  officers  or  soldiers  ought  to  be  severely  punished. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  173.     Draft.     4  folios. 

Feb.  26.  St.*  James'.  Order  of  Council,  repealing  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  1766,  to  extend  to  that  Province  two  Acts 
of  Parliament  relating  to  ships  and  goods  forced  on  shore  or  strand- 
ed, and  directing  that  notice  should  be  given  to  the  Governors  of 
the  several  Colonies  in  America,  of  the  opinion  of  the  Attorney  and 
Solicitor  Generals  on  the  said  Acts  of  Parliament.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  Jersey.     Vol.  9,  K.  72      ^opy.     10  folios. 

March  5.     WhitehaD-      Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 


1768.]  WILLIAM    FKANKLIN    GOVEKNOE.  399 

borougli  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  America  and  West  Indies 

The  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals,  in  their  report  upon  an  Act 
passed^in  New  Jersey  to  extend  an  Act  of  Parliament  for  preserving 
all  such  ships  and  goods  thereof  that  shall  happen  to  be  forced  on 
shore  or  stranded,  gave  their  opinion  that  the  Act  of  the  r2th  of 
Queen  Anne,  Statute  2,  cap.  18,  is  in  force,  and  extends  to  America 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  254.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[April  4.  Great  Barrington,  Mass.  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins  to 
Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy — The  Rev.  Jeremiah  Halsey  of  Lamiugton,  N.  J., 
preached  the  public  Lecture  for  Mr.  Foxcraft,  in  Boston — he  greatly 
disobliged  every  clergyujan  in  town,  except  one  or  two — his  theme 
was :  'Tis  impossible  for  an  impenitent  to  believe  on  Christ — and  one 
inference  was,  that  faith  is  not  the  first  act  of  the  renewed  soul — Dr. 
Chauncy  says  he  is  astonished  at  the  man's  impudence— the  Clergy 
in  Boston  are  greatly  displeased  with  the  letter  wrote  by  the  Convention 
of  Clergy  at  Elizabethtown,  in  which  they  repeatedly  declare  they 
have  nothing  against  a  Bishop's  being  sent  to  America,  if  by  an  Act 
of  Parliament  he  may  be  confined  wholly  to  the  people  of  his  own 
denomination,  and  excluded  from  all  civil  authorit}^,  &c., — they  say 
tliis  gives  up  the  whole,  even  all  they  desire — such  an  Act  uf  Par- 
liament may  be  made,  but  will  soon  be  repealed,  when  a  Bishop  has 
once  got  footing  in  America,  &c.,  »&c.  Copy.  Pres'n  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers,  Phila.] 

[From  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

April  20.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  that  his  Majesty  hav- 
ing received  the  old  Seal  from  New  Jersey,  the  same  was  defaced  by 
the  King.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  30,  V.  3.  Copy. 
2  folios. 

April  21.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America,  transmitting 
copy  of  a  letter  from  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to  the  Speaker  and  Assembly  of 
each  Colony,  and  desiring  them  to  use  their  utmost  influence  to  de- 
feat this  flagitious  attempt  to  disturb  the  public  peace.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  254.     Draft.     4  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIIL  p.  58.] 

April  30.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  on  the  Continent  of  America,  directing 
them  to  take  all  legal  measures  for  the  apprehending  of  3Iclchise- 
deck  Kinsman,  charged  with  murder  of  one  William  Odgers,  a  Cus- 
tom Ofiicer,  who  sailed  from  Falmouth  in  one  of  the  N.  York  packets 
about  three  weeks  ago.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  254. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

May  7.  New  Jersey.  The  Humble  Address  and  Petition  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  to  the  King,  praying  relief  from  some 
of  the  late  Acts  of  Parliament  impo.sing  a  duty  on  them  for  the  ex- 


400  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1768. 

press  purpose  of  raising  a  revenue.     S.    P.  0.     Am,  &  W.   Indies. 
Vol.  173.     Original.     8  folios. 

N.  B. — This  Address  was  not  delivered  until  after  the  15th 
Nov.,  1768.  See  the  E.  of  H.'s  letter  to  Gov'r  Franklin  of  that 
date. 

May  9.  Virginia.  Letter  from  Pay  ton  Randolph,  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Virginia,  to  the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  calling  upon  the  said  Assembly  to  join  the  union,  in 
order  to  take  every  regular  step  to  assert  their  constitutional  liberty, 
of  which  the  late  Acts  of  the  British  Parliament  manifestly  tend 
to  deprive  them  of  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  174. 
Copy.     17  folios. 

Enclosed  in  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl  of  Holder- 
nesse,  Jan.  28,  1769. 

May  14.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Secretary  Lord  Hillsborough 
to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — Requesting  him  to  give  all  the  as- 
sistance and  support  in  his  power  to  the  Officers  of  Customs  in  the 
discharge  of  their- duties.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  254. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

May  30.  Report  of  Sir  Matthew  Lamb  to  the  Board  of  Trade 
upon  twelve  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  the 
year  1766.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol  9,  K.  69.  Origi- 
nal.    5  folios. 

[June  10.  Commission  from  George  III,  to  John  Skinner  (of 
Perth  Amboy)  to  be  Captain  in  the  70th  Regiment  of  Foot.  Origi- 
nal on  parchment.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  10.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  repeal  of  An  Act  passed  by  the  As- 
sembly of  New  Jersey  in  June,  1767,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  appoint 
Commissioners  for  supplying  the  several  Barracks,  &c.,"  not  being 
strictly  confoi'mable  to  the  Act  of  Parliament.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
New  jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  206.     Entry.     9  folios. 

June  13.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Hillsborough — In  pursuance  of  the  King's  orders,  he  will  correspond 
with  His  Lordship,  and  from  time  to  time  transmit  all  Acts  and  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Government  and  Legislature  of  New  Jersey — the 
Assembly  have  promised  to  send  a  complete  collection  of  the  Laws 
of  that  Colony  to  the  present  time.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  173.     Original.     3  folios. 

June  14.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Hillsborough — Gives  an  account  of  the  manufactures,  produce  and 
trade  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173. 
Original.     10  folios. 

June  14.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r   Franklin   to  Seer. 


1768.]        WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  GOVERNOR.  401 

Hillsborough— The  Board  of  Trade  will  probably  make  the  same 
objections  to  the  New  Jersey  Act  of  1767  for  (luartering  the  troops 
as  they  did  to  the  former  one — the  only  diiference  is  about  the  mode, 
not  the  essentials,  and  he,  the  Gov'r,  was  obliged  either  to  give  his 
consent,  or  to  let  the  army  be  unprovided  with  the  necessaries  re- 
quired by  Act  of  Parliament — the  public  papers  are  being  copied — 
Had  dissolved  the  Assembly,  and  issued  writs  for  a  new  election,  re- 
turnable the  25th  of  June.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173. 
Orig'l.     4  folios. 

June  15.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Hillsborough — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  New  Jersey  Act 
of  1766  for  extending  certain  Acts  of  Parliament  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  ships,  &c.,  which  may  happen  to  be  forced  on  shore  or  stranded 
and  the  King's  disallowance  of  the  same.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.   173.     Original.     2  folios. 

June  16.  Annapolis.  Letter  from  Horatio  Sharpe,  Governor 
of  Maryland,  to  Secretary  Lord  Hillsborough,  relative  to  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  June,  1766,  which  he  has  received,  as  also 
the  report  of  the  Attorney  and  Solicitor  Generals  thereon.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies;  Proprieties.     Vol.  180.     Original.     3  folios. 

June  16.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer- 
Hillsborough — Never  saw  a  copy  of  the  letter  from  the  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Bepresentatives  of  Massachusetts  Bay  to  the  Speaker 
of  the  Assembly  of  each  Colony,  till  it  was  mentioned  on  the  Min- 
utes of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  that  such  a  letter  had  been  laid 
before  the  House,  and  that  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  prepare 
and  bring  an  answer  thereto — there  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  the 
people  of  New  Jersey  will  enter  into  any  unwarrantable  combination 
with  the  Massachusetts  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  173.     Original.     4  folios. 

June  21.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  the  Governors  of  Quebec,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts 
Bay,  West  and  East  Florida,  directing  them  to  transmit  such  ob- 
servations upon  their  general  instructions  as  shall  occur  to  them, 
upon  those  articles  which  may  require  such  alteration  or  addition  as 
may  improve  the  revenue,  and  add  strength  and  dignity  to  the  King's 
authority.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  254.  Draft.  3 
folios. 

July  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  thera  not  to  send 
any  more  duplicates  of  their  correspondence  with  the  Secretary  of 
State  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
254.     Draft.     2  folios. 

July  6.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  directing  that  a  Commis- 
sion be  passed  under  the  Great  Seal,  authorizing  the  Lords  of  the 
26 


402  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1768. 

Admiralty  to  establish  four  Courts  of  Vice  Admiralty  in  America, 
with  a  plan  of  districts  proper  to  be  allotted  to  the  Courts.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  107.     Original.     18  folios. 

July  9.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hill'sborough,  Seer,  of  State — Transmits  twenty-three  Acts,  passed 
by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  ;  to  two  of  them,  viz. — "  An  Act  for 
the  septennial  election  of  representatives,  and  an  Act  for  choosing 
representatives  in  the  counties  of  Morris,  Cumberland,  and  Sussex, 
gave  his  assent,  as  they  were  tendered  with  suspending  clauses.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &.  W.  Indies.     Vol.  173.     Original.     4  folios. 

July  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  them  not  to  con- 
fine themselves  in  the  transmission  of  their  dispatches,  to  the  packets 
only,  but  to  embrace  the  first  opportunity  that  ofi"ers.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  254.     Draft.     2  folios. 

July  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  (except  Massachusetts 
Bay,)  directing  them  to  give  every  assistance  to  the  Commissioners 
of  Customs  to  enable  them  to  carry  the  Laws  of  Trade  and  Revenue 
into  due  execution.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  254. 
Draft.     1  folio. 

July  11.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Hillsborough — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  sent  an  answer  to  the 
letter  from  the  Speaker  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  but  no  notice  of 
it  was  taken  on  their  Minutes,  which  induced  him  to  believe  they 
had  not — the  answer  was  printed  in  "  The  Pennsylvania  Chronicle 
and  Universal  Advertiser"  of  4th  July,  1768,  No.  24,  of  Vol.  II.,  a 
copy  of  which  is  herewith  enclosed — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
have  been  dissolved,  and  a  new  one  elected — sends  an  anonymous 
pamphlet,  published  first  in  New  York,  and  reprinted  in  Philadel- 
phia. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173.  Original.  4 
folios. 

Enclosing  the  Pennsylvania  Chronicle  and  Universal  Advertiser, 
July  11,  1768,  and  "  The  Power  and  Grandeur  of  G't  Br.,  &c.,"  (a 
pamphlet.) 

^     Philadelphia.     A  pamphlet  entitled  "  The  Power    and 

Grandeur  of  Great  Britain,  iouuded  on  the  liberty  of  the  Colonies, 
and  the  mischiefs  attending  the  taxing  them  by  Act  of  Parliament, 
demonstrated" — Philadelphia,  printed  and  sold  by  Wm.  Goddard, 
at  the  new  Printing  Office  in  Market  Street.  MDCCLXVIIL  S. 
P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173.  22  pages  12mo.  About  65 
folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing  letter  of  Gov'r  Franklin. 

[July  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Affidavit  of  Mary  Parker  before 
Chief  Justice  Smyth,  to  the  effect,  that  she  heard  the  noise  of  a  boat 


1768.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  408 

on  the  night  of  21st  July,  presumed  to  have  on  board  the  robbers  of 
the  Provincial  Treasury.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 
Enclosed  in  letter  from  James  Parker  of  August  8th. 

Aug.  3.  Whitehall.  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lords  of  the  Privy  Council  for  Plantation  Affairs,  on  the  petition  of 
Daniel  Coxe,  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  offering  the  surrender 
of  an  immense  tract  of  country  named  Carolana,  granted  by  Charles 
I.,  by  letters  patent,  to  Sir  Robert  Heath,  and  since  vested  in  him — 
Recommending  a  grant  of  40,000  acres  in  the  Province  of  Now  York 
to  the  petitioner  and  his  associates  upon  the  usual  terms,  provided 
he  do  make  full  and  absolute  cession  and  surrender  to  tlie  Crown  of 
all  right,  title,  &c.,  to  the  said  Province  of  Carolana.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.   Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  273.     Entry.     9  folios. 

[The  father  of  this  Daniel,  iu  1722,  published  "a  description  of  the  English 
Province  of  Carolana,  by  the  Spaniards  called  Florida,  and  by  the  French  La. 
Louisiana,''  it  having  descended  to  him  from  his  father,  in  whom  the  title  had 
been  declared  to  be  in  1G92.  See  Field's  Provincial  Courts,  p.  13i;  Grahanie's 
Col.  History,  Vol.  II.  p.  199.] 

[Aug.  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Draft  of  a  letter  from  James  Parker 
to  Governor  Franklin — Giving  the  result  of  the  examination  of  sun- 
dry persons  supposed  to  be  implicated  in  the  robbery  of  the  Treasury. 
Whitehead  MSS. 

See  Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Hist.  See,  Vol.  V.  p.  49,  for  an  account  of  the  rob- 
bery.] 

Aug.  12.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  repealing  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  June,  1767,  appointing  Commissioners  for 
supplying  the  barracks,  &c.,  and  directing  that  the  Gov'r  should  be 
admonished  for  having  passed  that  Act  contrary  to  an  Act  of  Par- 
liament. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  73.  Copy. 
10  folios. 

Aug.  13.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Mr.  Woodruff  of  the  New  Jersey  Council  being 
dead,  he  recommends  Mr.  Richard  Stockton,  of  Princeton,  to  be  ap- 
pointed to  tlie  vacancy  at  that  Board.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  173.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Aug.  15,  1768,  to  Nov.  5,  1775.  Documents  referring  to  the 
schools  at  Perth  Amboy — Subscribers'  names — sums  contributed — 
drafts  of  letters  to  James  Rivington,  the  printer,  and  Doctor  Myles 
Cooper,  of  King's  College,  from  James  Parker,  and  the  answers  of 
Doctor  Cooper  as  to  the  qualifications  of  teachers — names  of  scholars, 
(William  Dunlap,  the  artist,  among  them,)  &c.  Originals.  White- 
head, MSS.] 

Aug.  16.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Hillsborough  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Received  his  dispatches  from  one  to  five,  and  laid  theui  be- 
fore the  King — the  King  is  concerned  to  find  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  questioning  the  power  and  authority  of  Parliament  to  enact 


404  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1768. 

laws  binding  upon  the  Colonies — the  entire  ignorance  of  what  was 
passing  in  the  Assembly,  concerning  the  letter  from  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  "  betrays  a  very  blameable  inattention"  of  Gov'r 
Franklin  to  his  duty,  and  "  indicates  a  disposition  that  does  not  cor- 
respond with  those  principles  which  ought  to  be  the  rule  of  your 
(Gov'r  F.'s)  conduct" — the  practice  of  laying  the  Secretary's  letters, 
&c.,  before  the  Assembly,  disapproved  [See  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol. 
VIII.  p.  100] — transmits  an  Order  of  Council  disallowing  the  Act 
passed  in  1767,  for  making  provision  for  quartering  the  King's  troops, 
and  conveys  His  Majesty's,  disapprobation  of  Gov'r  Franklin's  con- 
duct in  assenting  to  a  law  contrary  to  an  Act  of  Parliament — hopes 
that  the  petition  resolved  upon  by  the  Assembly  will  not  be  sent  up, 
as  it  must  be  rejected.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173. 
Original     11  folios. 

Aug.  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  llilUborough — The  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  at  the 
last  sessions  passed  a  bill  for  striking  one  hundred  thousand  pounds 
in  bills  of  credit,  but  as  they  had,  contrary  to  Act  of  Parliament, 
made  the  money  a  legal  tender  and  refused  to  add  a  suspending 
clause,  he,  Gov'r  Franklin,  refused  his  assent — desires  to  have  in- 
structions on  the  subject — sends  a  list  of  the  salaries  annually 
granted  in  N.  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  173. 
Original,  6  folios  ;  Enclosures,  7  do.     13  folios. 

August  25.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — Received  copies  of  several  papers  relative  to 
the  murder  of  "William  Odgers,  one  of  the  Officers  of  the  Customs  in 
Cornwall — every  step  will  be  taken  to  secure  the  murderer  if  he 
should  be  found  within  the  Government  of  N.  J.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol  173.     Original.     1  folio. 

Aug.  25.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough,  in  answer  to  the  complaint  made  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Customs  in  America  to  the  King — There  has  been  but  one 
instance  in  N.  Jersey  when  one  of  the  Custom  Officers  was  obstructed 
in  the  execution  of  his  duty  ;  but  Mr.  Hatton,  the  Collector  of  Sa- 
lem, had  exceedingly  misbehaved  himself,  being  "  a  man  of  a  most 
unhappy  temper."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies  Vol.  173.  Orig'l. 
3  folios. 

Aug.  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Informs  that,  by  the  advice  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey,  he  is  going  to  meet  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  to  be  present 
at  the  Treaty  with  the  Indians  for  settling  a  boundary  line  between 
them  and  the  northern  British  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  173.     Original     3  folios. 

[For  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting  at  Fort  Stanwix  with  the  In- 
dians, see  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  104.] 

[Aug.  27.     New  York.     Letter  from  James  Franklin  to  James 


1768.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  40-> 

Parker,  Perth  Amboy — Enquiring  after  the  state  of  Robert  Bar- 
clay's Proprietary  rights  in  East  Jersey;  and  also  as  to  the  will  and 
heirs  of  John  Barclay.     Original.      Whitehead  MSS.] 

(August  ?)  Memorial  of  Nathaniel  Jones,  Barrister  at  Law,  to 
Secretary  Lord  Hillsborough — That,  in  1759,  he  was  constituted  by 
his  late  Majesty  Chief  Justice  of  the  Jerseys  in  North  America,  but 
through  the  illegal  and  unwarrantable  proceedings  of  Robert  Hunter 
Morris,  against  which  the  then  Governor,  Francis  Bernard,  entered 
a  protest  in  form,  was  absolutely  prevented  the  execution  of  his 
office — prays  that  he  may  be  appointed  Chief  Justice  of  South  Caro- 
lina, now  vacant — [See  1759  &  1767,]  (with  three  testimonials.)  S. 
P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  271,  A.  Original  7  folios.  En- 
closures.    9  folios. 

Sept.  2.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  directing  them  not  to  com- 
municate either  to  the  Council  or  Assembly  any  of  their  letters 
which  they  shall  receive  from  the  Secretary  of  State,  unless  they 
have  the  King's  express  commands  for  so  doing.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  25-4.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  VoL  YIII.  p.  100.] 

[Sept.  20.  Abstract  from  the  Public  Records  of  the  State,  of 
Robert  Barclay's  shares  of  propriety  in  the  Eastern  Division  of  New 
Jersey.     Copy.     Whitehead  MSS. 

Enclosed  in  James  Parker's  letter  of  Sept.  22d.j 

[Sept.  22.  Perth  Amboy.  James  Parker  to  James  Frank- 
lin— Giving  information  respecting  the  property  of  Robert  Barclay, 
and  the  character  and  circumstances  of  John  Barclay — enclosing  the 
foregoing  abstract.     Original  draft.      Whitehead  MSS.j 

[Oct.  7.  Royal  Commission  to  John  Temple,  Peter  Randolph, 
Charles  Stewart,  Andrew  Elliot,  Chambers  Russell,  William  Allen, 
Samuel  Holland,  Wm.  de  Brahm,  Andrew  Oliver,  Charles  Morris, 
Peyton  Randolph,  Benjamin  Franklin,  and  Jared  Ingersoll,  or  any 
five  of  them-,  to  determine  the  boundary  line  between  N.  York  and 
New  Jersey  from  the  Hudson  to  the  Delaware.  See  Feb.  6,  1769, 
and  Oct.  7,  1769.     Copy.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  31 SS.] 

Oct.  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  three  last  letters — 
the  pains  with  which  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have  concealed 
their  proceedings  upon  the  letter  from  the  Assembly  of  >Lassachu- 
setts  Bay,  "  shows  but  too  plainly  the  sense  they  had  of  the  meas- 
ures they  were  about  to  pursue,  and  it  is  very  proper  that  Mr.  Skin- 
ner (the  Speaker)  should  know  that  his  conduct  upon  this  occasion 
has  not  escaped  His  Majesty's  notice."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  «fc  W.  In- 
dies.    VoL  173.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Oct.  13.     Whitehall     Letter  from   Mr.  Pownall  to  Gen.  Gage, 


406  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1768. 

Sir  Wm.  Johnson,  Sir  Henry  Moore,  Governors  Franklin  and  Penn, 
acquainting  them  with  the  receipt  of  their  despatches,  but  as  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough  is  in  the  country,  it  would  be  impossible  to 
give  them  answers  before  the  departure  of  the  packet  of  this  month. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  254.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Nov.  1.     Whitehall.    Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  King,  recommending  Mr.  Richard  Stockton  to  be  of  the  Council 
of  N.    Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Samuel  Woodruff,  deceased.     S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  211.     Entry.     1  folio. 
[For  notice  of  Richard  Stockton,  see  "  Field's  Provincial  Courts."'] 

Nov.  2.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  directing  that  Richard 
Stockton,  Esq.,  be  constituted  and  appointed  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Samuel  AVoodruff,  Esq.,  deceased. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  107.     Original.     2  folios. 

Nov.  5.  Fort  Stanwix.  Proceedings  at  a  Treaty  with  the  Six 
Nations  of  Indians  at  Fort  Stanwix,  for  establishing  a  boundary  line 
between  the  Colonies  and  Indians — and  the  deed  of  cessation  to  the 
King  from  the  said  Six  Nations  of  a  certain  tract  of  land.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  254.     Orig'l.     180  folios. 

[See  these  documents  with  the  accompanying  map  in  the  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts., 
Vol.  VIII  p.  187.] 

Nov.  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  King  will  not  allow  him  to  give  his  assent  to 
the  New  Jersey  bill  for  issuing  £100,000,  and  thinks  that  no  law  of 
this  kind  should  be  assented  to  by  Gov'r  Franklin,  unless  a  draft  of 
the  bill  has  been  first  transmitted  for  the  King's  approbation — the 
petition  to  the  King  from  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  on  the 
subject  of  some  late  Acts  of  Parliament,  was  neither  received  from 
him,  the  Governor,  nor  presented  by  any  other  person,  although 
printed  and  published  under  the  direction  of  the  AssemJjly,  a  pro- 
ceeding which  the  King  cannot  but  consider  as  most  unwarrantable 
and  disrespectful — copies  of  several  public  papers  are  transmitted — 
the  Queen  was  delivered  of  a  Princess.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  173.     Draft.     8  folios. 

o 

Nov.  20.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Frederick  Smyth,  Esq., 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough — Com- 
plains of  the  insufficiency  of  his  salary,  and  prays  that  "  the  bounty 
of  the  Crown  may  be  extended  to  him  as  some  reward  for  past  ser- 
vices."    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  174.     Orig'l.     5  folios. 

Nov.  23.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Defending  his  conduct  during  the  last  session  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  against  the  severe  censure  made  upon 
it  by  his  Lordship — (very  interesting  letter — it  gives  the  exact  state 
of  things  in  the  Legislature  of  the  Province  as  it  existed  at  that 
time.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  174.  Original.  120 
folios. 


17^8.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIM    GOVERNOR.  407 

Dec.  17.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Announces  his  return  from  Fort  Stanwix,  where 
he  was  to  assist  at  a  Treaty  with  the  Indians  for  settling  the  boun- 
dary line  between  them  and  the  British  Colonies — for  particulars  he 
refers  his  Lordship  to  the  Report  of  Sir  William  Johnson,  and  the 
Minutes  of  the  New  Jersey  Council,  herewith  transmitted.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  174.     Original     3  folios. 

[See  Nov.  5,  1768.] 

[1768  ?  Statement  of  the  case  of  the  East  Jersey  Treasurer, 
(Stephen  Skinner,)  in  relation  to  the  robbing  of  the  Treasury,  sub- 
mitted to  Solicitor  Wodderburne,  and  his  answer.  Copies.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1769. 

Jan.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — Gives  further  reasons  for  the  issuing  of 
£100,000  in  bills  of  credit — cannot  account  for  the  petition  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey  not  being  presented  to  the  King,  as  it  was 
sent  to  their  Agent  for  that  purpose — Mr.  Skinner,  the  Speaker  of 
the  late  Assembly,  sent  him  a  copy  of  a  letter  which  he  received 
since  the  dissolution  of  the  House,  from  the  Speaker  of  the  Assem- 
bly in  Virginia,  and  will  be  glad  to  know  the  King's  pleasure, 
whether  in  case  the  Assembly  determine  upon  receiving  and  answer- 
ing it,  he  should  prorogue  or  dissolve  them — received  from  Mr.  Skin- 
ner the  two  first  volumes  of  the  printed  laws  of  New  Jersey,  which 
will  be  forwarded  by  the  first  opportunity.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.  Vol.  174.  Original,  14  folios ;  enclosure,  copy,  17  folios — 
31  folios. 

Enclosing  letter  from  the  Speaker  of  Virginia  to  the  Speaker  of 
New  Jersey,  May  9,  1768. 

[Feb.  6,  to  1770,  Sept.  14.  A  collection  of  documents,  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  in  number,  referring  to  the  controversy  between 
New  York  and  New  Jersey,  respecting  the  boundary  line  from  the 
Hudson  to  the  Delaware ;  comprising  letters  to  and  from  James 
Parker,  one  of  the  New  Jersey  Agents — among  the  writers  being 
Lord  Stirling,  Walter  Rutherfurd,  Benjamin  Chew,  Gov'r  Franklin, 
John  Stevens,  Cortlandt  Skinner,  &c., — illustrating  the  New  Jersey 
claims,  with  copies  of  grants,  exhibits  of  title,  evidences,  &c.,  ar- 
ranged and  indexed — (some  few  of  the  papers  are  specified  on  pre- 
ceding and  subsequent  pages.)  Boundary  Papers.  Whitehead 
MSS.J 

Feb.  26.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Transmitting  a  complete  collection  of  the  Laws  of 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  2.  Orig- 
inal.    1  folio. 

March  7.     Whitehall.     Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trado 


408  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1769. 

to  the  King — Kecommending  the   issuing  of  additional  instructions 
to  the  Governors  in  the  American   Plantations,  not  to  give  their  as- ' 
sent  to  any,  either   public   or  private,  lottery  Act.     S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  281.     Draft.     4  folios. 

March  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough 
to  Gov'r  Franklin — The  bill  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly  for  issu- 
ing £100,000  has  been  referred  to  the  Board  of  Trade  for  their 
consideration,  but  the  report  upon  it  not  yet  received — with  regard 
to  the  letter  from  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgesses  of  Vir- 
ginia, (mentioned  in  his  despatch  of  the  28th  of  Jan.  last,)  his  Lord- 
ship cannot  give  any  precise  instructions  how  to  act  in  that  matter, 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  174.     Draft.     4  folios. 

April  24.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council,  directing  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  instructions  to  the  Governors  in 
America,  (including  New  Jersey,)  forbidding  them  to  pass  any  law 
whereby  money  is  proposed  to  be  raised,  by  public  or  private  lotte- 
ries. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  30.  V.  16.  Original. 
4  folios. 

April  25.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Upon  the  finally  fixing  a  boundary  line  between 
lands  comprised  within  the  limits  of  the  Colonies  in  America,  and  the 
lands  claimed  by  the  Indians.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
255.     Original.     64  folios. 

May  2.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Recommending  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  for  making  current  £100,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  212.     Entry.     8  folios. 

May  8.  Whitehall.  Order  of  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of 
Council  for  Plantation  Affairs,  referring  to  the  Board  of  Trade  for 
their  consideration  and  report,  a  petition  of  Sir  Tho's  Mackworth, 
Bart.,  relative  to  an  estate  formerly  granted  to  James  Smith,  Esq., 
deceased,  which  he  states  to  have  since  reverted  to  the  King,  and  to 
remain  uncultivated,  and  praying  that  a  grant  thereof  may  be  made 
to  him  and  his  heirs,  agreeable  to  the  intention  of  the  said  James 
Smith.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  9,  K.  75.  Orig'l. 
10  folios. 

May  11.  Draft  of  additional  instructions  to  all  the  Governors 
in  North  America,  directing  them  not  to  permit  any  public  or  pri- 
vate lotteries  to  be  held  in  their  respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  347.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[May  11.  Burlington.  Proclamation  of  GovV  Franklin — 
Granting  protection  to  the  Surveyors  engaged  in  running  the  bound- 
ary line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.J 


1769.]  WILLIAM    FRaNKLIN    GOVERNOR.  409 

May  13.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Lord  Hillsborough  to 
the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — Encloses  the  King's  speech  to  Parlia- 
ment— His  Majesty's  present  Government  have  at  no  time  enter- 
tained a  design  to  propose  laying  any  further  taxes  on  America,  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  a  revenue — their  intention  to  propose  the 
taking  off  duties  upon  glass,  paper  and  colours,  such  duties  having 
been  laid  contrary  to  the  true  principles  of  commerce — reliance  upon 
bis  prudence  to  explain  such  measures,  which  may  tend  to  remove 
prejudices  and  re-establish  mutual  confidence  and  affection.  S.  P. 
0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  255.  Draft.  6  folios. 
[Printed  in  New  York  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  1G4.] 

May  26.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  disallowing  the  bill 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  "  For  making  current  £100,000  in  bills  of 
credit,"  and  directing  that  if  the  Council  and  Assembly  of  that 
Province  at  the  next  meeting  shall  pass  another  bill  to  the  same  ef- 
fect, and  press  for  the  Governor's  assent,  he  do  not  on  any  account 
give  his  assent  to  any  proposals  whereby  the  same  may  be  carried 
into  effect  without  reference  to  His  Majesty's  approbation;  and  that 
the  Governor  do  cither  transmit  such  propo.sals  as  he  may  receive 
from  the  Council  and  Assembly  for  that  purpose,  in  form  of  a  bill, 
or  in  case  the  same  be  passed  into  an  Act,  that  he  do  .take  care  a 
suspending  clause  be  inserted  therein.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  108.     Original.     10  folios. 

June  7  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Transmitting  an  Order  of  Council  of  the  2Gth  of 
May,  1769,  disallowing  the  Act  of  New  Jersey  for  making  current 
£100,000  in  bills  of  credit.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
174.     Draft.     1  folio. 

June  28.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  approving  the  draft 
of  additional  instructions  prepared  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  to  the 
Governors  in  the  American  Plantations,  directing  them  not  to  give 
their  assent  to  any  Act  or  Acts  for  raising  money  by  the  institution 
of  any  public  or  private  lotteries  whatsoever,  until  they  .shall  have 
first  transmitted  a  draft  or  drafts  of  such  Acts,  and  shall  have  re- 
ceived His  Majesty's  directions  thereupon.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  108.     Original.     2  folios. 

July  14.  Whitehall.  Circular  letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America — Transmitting 
an  additional  instruction  prohibiting  public  and  private  lotteries  in 
the  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  255.  Draft.  1 
folio. 

[Lotteries  were  everywhere  adopted  as  the  most  ready  way  of  obtaining  funds 
for  almost  all  public  objects.  For  tlieir  prevalence  in  New  Jersey,  see  "  Contri- 
butions to  East  Jersey  History."  p.  321.] 

July  18.     Burlington.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 


410  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1769. 

of  Hillsborough — Is  fully  convinced  that  the  assurances  given  by 
his  Lordship  in  his  letter  of  the  13th  of  May,  that  the  present  Ad- 
ministration have  no  design  to  propose  to  Parliament  to  lay  any  fur- 
ther taxes  upon  America,  and  that  they  intend  to  propose  in  the 
next  session  to  take  oiF  the  duties  upon  glass,  paper  and  colors — 
cannot  fail  to  produce  the  most  salutary  effects.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     VoL  174.     Original     3  folios. 

[Aug.  18.  Burlington.  Proclamation  of  Gov'r  Franklin — Call- 
ing upon  the  inhabitants  of  the  country  traversed  by  the  Surveyors 
running  the  line  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  to  refrain 
from  obstructing  them,  &c.     Orig'L     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Every  possible  obstacle  was  thrown  in  the  way  of  the  Surveyors,  by  the  peo- 
ple, from  apprehensions  that  they  might  have  their  titles  disturbed.] 

[Sept.  20.  Bloorasbury  Square.  Letter  from  Henry  Wilmot, 
the  Provincial  Agent,  to  Cortlandt  Skinner — North  American  af- 
fairs in  a  very  uncertain  state — the  old  disputes  were  between  the 
King  and  the  Parliament  and  people — now,  for  the  first  time,  be- 
tween the  King  and  Parliament  on  one  side,  and  the  people  on  the 
other — Lord  Chatham  w^ell  again,  and  a  reconciliation  between  the 
brothers  efi'ected — this,  with  the  union  of  the  Rockingham  party, 
would  make  the  opposition  in  Parliament  powerful  during  the  win- 
ter.    Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept.  27.  Burlington  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  two  last  letters — The 
Assembly  are  called  to  meet  on  the  10th  of  October — the  late  reso- 
lution of  the  Assembly  of  South  Carolina,  wherein  they  refuse  to 
provide  for  the  troops,  but  declare  that  these  expenses  ought  to  be 
defrayed  out  of  the  revenue  arising  from  the  American  duty  Acts, 
will  have  an  ill  effect  upon  the  proceedings  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  174.     Orig'l.     2  folios. 

[September.  Printed  brief  of  the  New  Jersey  Agents  in  the 
controversy  with  New  York,  relative  to  the  boundary  line.  Folio 
pp.  44.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  J.  Pownall  to  Gov'r  Franklin 
— Acquainting  him,  in  the  absence  of  Lord  Hillsborough,  who  is 
gone  to  Ireland,  that  his  despatch  No.  17,  has  been  received  and 
laid  before  the  King.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  364. 
Entry.     1  folio. 

Oct.  5.  Burlington,  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Informs  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Lewio  Ashfield,  one 
of  the  Council  of  NewJersey,  and  agreeable  to  his  instructions  re- 
commends three  persons  as  fit  to  fill  the  vacancy,  viz.,  Mr.  Wm.  Bay- 
ard, Mr.  Wm.  Kelly,  and  Mr.  Michael  Kearny ;  desires,  that  prefer- 
ence should  be  given  to  Mr.  Bayard  .  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol  174.     Original.     3  folios. 


1<69.]  WILLIAM   FRATSKLIN   GOVERNOR.  411 

[Oct.  7.     Decision  of  the  Commissioners  appointed  to  settle  the 

boundary  line  between  the  Colonies  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey 

making  it  run  from  a  rock  on  Hudson  River,  in  lat.  41  degrees,  to  a 
fork  at  the  mouth  of  the  River  Mahackamack,  in  lat.  41  degree.s,  21 
minutes,  and  30  seconds — Charles  Stewart,  Andrew  Elliot,  Andrew 
Oliver,  and  Jared  Ingcrsoll  affirming ;  Samuel  Holland  and  Charles 
Morris  dissenting  in  part  from  the  decision.  Official  copy  Boun- 
dary Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Oct.  14.  Stepney  Causy  to  Rev.  Mr.  Bellamy— Heard  tliat  Dr. 
Witherspoon  declined  through  his  lady's  refusal  to  comply  with  the 
invitation  given  him  from  the  trustees ;  she  has  been  persuaded  to 
think  diffiirently,  and  he  may  still  go  unless  some  letters  sent  in 
great  haste  should  not  arrive  at  the  New  Jerseys  time  enough. 
Copy.     Pres.  Hist.  Soc.  Papers,  Phila.] 

[f'rom  Rev.  Richard  Webster.] 

[Dec.  7.  Burlington.  Letter  of  Committee  of  Assembly  to  Dr. 
Benjamin  Franklin,  notifying  him  of  his  appointment  as  Agent  of 
the  Colony- — Signed  by  Cortlandt  Skinner,  Aaron  Leaming,  Abra- 
ham Hewlings,  Henry  Paxson,  Ebenezcr  Miller,  Joseph  Smith. 
Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Dec.  9.  "Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
GovV  Franklin — The  King  hopes  that  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
will  not  follow  the  example  set  by  that  of  South  Carolina — the 
Board  of  Trade  recommended  Mr.  Cortlandt  (Stephen  ?)  Skinner  to 
be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Ashfield,  de- 
ceased— Mr.  Skinner  has  long  been  upon  their  list  as  a  person  to 
whom  they  stood  engaged  for  the  first  vacancy.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  174.     Draft.     4  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Mr.  Seer. 
Pownall — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  were  prorogued  on  the  10th 
of  Dec,  after  having  made  provision  for  the  support  of  the  King's 
troops,  notwithstanding  the  endeavours  which  were  used  to  induce 
them  to  follow  the  example  of  South  Carolina  in  this  respect.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  174.     Original.     2  folios. 

[Dec.  12.  Bloomsbury  Square.  Letter  from  Henry  Wilmot, 
the  Agent  of  the  Province,  to  Cortlandt  Skinner — The  Administra- 
tion willing  to  let  the  Province  have  a  paper  currency,  provided  it 
were  not  made  a  legal  tender — tlie  last  bill  sent  over  returned  be- 
cause the  Board  of  Trade  was  of  opinion  that  it  made  the  bills  a  le- 
gal tender — should  a  bill  be  passed  guarding  against  that  result,  it 
would  receive  the  assent  of  the  Administration — the  bill  for  regu- 
lating the  practice  of  the  law  would  have  to  be  referred  to  counsel — 
the  bill  for  septennial  elections  likely  to  lie  for  some  time  unacted 
on — the  bills  for  choosing  Representatives  for  the  Counties  of  Mor- 
ris, Cumberland  and  Sussex  would  not  be  passed — the  Board  thought 


412  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1769. 

there  was  no  necessity  for  it — the  matter  might  come  before  the 
King  on  petition,  and  if  its  prayer  was  granted  instructions  could 
be  sent  to  the  Governor  to  issue  writs  for  the  counties.  Original. 
Whitehead  iMSS.] 

Dec.  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  Stephen  Skinner,  Esq.,  to  be  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Lewis  Ashfield,  Esq.,  de- 
ceased. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  216.  Entry. 
1  folio. 

[Mr.  Skinner  was  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Division,  and  for  several  years  was 
subjected  to  much  embarrassment  from  the  loss  of  between  six  and  seven  thousand 
pounds,  from  a  reported  robbery  on  22d  July,  1768.  See  Contributions  to  East 
Jersey  History,  p.  Ill — and  "Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,"  Vol.  V.  p.  49 — 
and  several  subsequent  dates  herein.] 

Dec.  14.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  directing  that  Stephen 
Skinner,  Esq.,  be  constituted  and  appointed  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Lewis  Ashfield,  Esq.,  deceased. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  108.     Original.     2  folios. 

Dee.  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Transmits  the  Chief  Justice  Smyth's  memorial 
with  respect  to  the  incompetency  of  his  salary,  and  recommends  the 
same  to  his  Lordship's  consideration — the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
will  not  appropriate  a  part  of  the  interest  money,  to  arise  from  the 
loan  of  the  £100,000  proposed  to  be  struck  in  bills  of  credit,  towards 
making  a  more  adequate  provision  for  the  support  of  the  officers  of 
Government — the  sessions  ended  amicably,  notwithstanding  the  en- 
deavours made  to  induce  the  Assembly  to  follow  the  example  of 
South  Carolina.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Ind.  Vol.  175.  Original 
6  folios. 

Enclosing  the  following. 

(Dee.)  Memorial  of  Mr.  Frederick  Smyth,  Chief  Justice  of  N. 
Jersey,  to  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough,  complaining  of  the  inadequacy 
of  his  salary,  and  as  the  Assembly  of  that  Province  will  make  no 
increase  of  his  allowance  till  a  commission  can  be  obtained  for  him 
more  independent  of  the  Crown,  he  prays  that  he  may  have  further 
support  from  the  King  to  enable  him  to  discharge  the  duties  of  his 
station.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  175.     Orig'l.    3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing. 

Jan.  18.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Sends  the  King's  speech  and  the  Addresses  of  both 
Houses,  &c., — the  Christian  name  of  Mr.  Skinner  recommended  to 
supply  the  vacancy  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  is  not  Cortlandt 
but  Stephen — the  Great  Seal  was  taken  out  of  the  hands  of  Lord 
Camden  and  given  to  Mr.  Charles  Yorke.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  175.     Draft.     2  folios. 


1770.]  WILLIAM    FRATSKLIN    GOVERNOR.  413 

[JaD.  28.  New  York.  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Cortlandt  Skinner— 
The  riotous  proceedings  at  Monmouth  of  so  alarming  a  nature  that 
he  had  thought  it  necessary  to  summon  a  meeting  of  the  Council  at 
Amboy  on  7th  Feb.,  and  to  require  the  attendance  of  the  Sheriff 
and  Justices  of  the  County  present  at  the  riot — the  affair  such  an 
audacious  insult  to  the  Government,  that  let  the  consequences  be 
what  they  might,  the  offenders  should  be  punished  in  the  most  ex- 
emplary manner.     Original     Whitehead  MSS. 

See  Newark  Daily  Advertiser,  June,  1846;  and  a  Pamphlet  in  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  Library,  "  Liberty  and  Property  without  Oppression."] 

Feb.  12.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Sends  several  public  papers — observations  upon 
two  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  during  their  last 
sitting.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  175.  OrigiuaL  12 
folios. 

Feb.  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin,  notifying  certain  changes  in  the  Ministry  in  conse- 
quence of  the  death  of  Mr.  Yorke,  a  few  days  after  he  received  the 
Great  Seal.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  364.  Entry. 
1  fulio. 

Feb.  26.  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Mr.  Richard 
Stockton,  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough— Enclosing  copy  of  his  Report  delivered  to  Gov'r  Frank- 
lin, wherein  he  gives  as  his  opinion,  supported  by  historical  facts 
and  judicial  authority,  that  the  Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief 
of  New  Jersey,  for  the  time  being,  is  duly  authorized  to  hold  a 
Court  of  Equity,  and  to  sit  as  the  Judge  thereof.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  175.     Original.     45  folios. 

[For  sketch  of  Richard  Stockton,  see  "Field's  Provincial  Courts,  &c.,"  p. 
190,  &c.] 

(March  20.)  New  York.  Petition  of  William  Bayard,  Esq., 
of  New  York,  to  the  Board  of  Trade,  praying  disallowance  of  an 
Act  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Ad  appointing 
Commissioners  for  finally  settling  and  determining  the  several 
rights,  titles,  and  claims  to  the  common  lands  in  the  township  of 
Bergen,  &g.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  N.  Jersey.  Voh  10,  L.  5.  Orig- 
in ah     9  folios. 

(March  20.  Received.)  Petition  of  Henry  Muilman,  Presi- 
dent, Joseph  Mico,  Vice  President  and  Treasurer,  and  the  several 
Committee  men  or  Assistants  of  the  West  New  Jersey  Society,  to 
the  Board  of  Trade — Setting  forth  that  the  tract  of  land  called  Caro- 
lana  in  North  America,  to  which  Daniel  Coxe,  in  a  petition  to  their 
Lordships  in  the  year  1768,  laid  claim  to,  was  subsequently  granted 
and  released  to  Jonathan  Greenwood  and  others,  who  formed  thcm- 
Belves  into  a  Society,  of  which  they,  petitioners,  are  now  the  suc- 
cessors of — that  100,000  acres  of  land  in  the  Province  of  New  York 


414  WII.LIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1770. 

was  granted  to  the  said  Coxe  in  17G9,  provided  he  relinquished  all 
right  and  title,  &c.,  in  favor  of  the  Crown,  to  the  said  tract  of  land, 
and  praying  that  they  may  be  allowed  to  inspect  and  have  a  copy  of 
a  certain  report  made  by  the  Attorney  Greneral  about  1699,  in  order 
to  make  out  the  right  of  the  said  Society  in  like  manner  as  the  said 
Daniel  Coxe  had.  S.  P.  0-,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  30,  V.  47. 
Orig'l.     16  folios. 

April  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King  recommending  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  the  Assem- 
bly of  New  Jersey,  entitled  "  An  Act  for  striking  one  hundred 
thousand  pounds  in  bills  of  credit."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  17,  p.  217.     Entry.     2  folios. 

April  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  New  Jer- 
sey Assembly  for  finally  settling  and  determining  the  several  rights, 
&c..  to  the  common  lands  of  the  township  of  Bergen.  S.  P.  0.,  B. 
T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  219.     Entry.     10  folios. 

April  14.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to 
all  the  Governors  in  America — Enclosing  copy  of  an  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment for  repealing  so  much  of  an  Act  made  in  the  7th  year  of  His 
present  Majesty  for  granting  certain  duties  in  the  British  Colonies 
and  Plantations  in  America,  &c  ,  as  relates  to  the  duties  upon  glass, 
red  le;'d,  white  lead,  painters'  colours,  paper,  &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  256.     Draft.     1  folio. 

April  14.  Whitehall  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  memorial  of  Mr.  Smyth  and  the  Acts  of  the 
New  Jersey  Assembly  received — the  remarks  made  upon  two  Acts 
of  the  Assembly  will  be  communicated  to  the  Board  of  Trade.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  175.     Draft.     1  folio. 

[April  27.  Proceedings  at  a  meeting  of  the  King  in  Council,  to 
take  into  consideration  a  report  from  the  Board  of  Trade,  relative  to 
the  commission  for  determining  the  boundary  between  New  York 
and  New  Jersey — authorizing  less  than  a  quorum  to  act  in  certain 
matters.     Ctpy.     Boundary  Papers.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

April  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  mandamus  appointing  Mr.  Stephen  Skinner 
of  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey  received — the  Assembly  was  called  on 
account  of  the  riots  committed  by  the  "  Sons  of  Liberty"  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Monmouth  and  Essex,  but  the  rioters  are  entirely  quelled  and 
humbled — observations  upon  an  Act  against  excessive  costs  in  the 
recovery  of  debts  under  £50 — the  Assembly  are  pressing  the  Gover- 
nor to  give  up  the  appointment  of  Coroners,  and  to  let  them  for  the 
future  be  entirely  elected  by  the  people  as  in  the  counties  in  Eng- 
land.    S.  P.  O.     Am.  &  W.  lud.     Vol   175.     Original.     9  folios. 

[See  1770,  Jan.  28.] 


1770.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN  GOVERNOR.  415 

April  30.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Mr..  Jack- 
son— Transmitting  several  Acts  passed  in  America,  for  his  opinion. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  368.     Entry.     5  folios. 

[May  19.     Philadelphia.     Letter  to Johnston — Refers  to 

the  meeting  at  the  Coffee  House  in  support  of  the  non-importation 
resolutions — "  the  leading  man  among  the  drygoods  men  was  Mr. 
Will.  West — and  him  Bounin  prevented  speaking  several  times 
when  he  was  standing  up  and  essaving  to  communicate  his  ideas." 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  6.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council,  disallowing  two  Acts  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  passed  in  1769,  viz.,  an  Act  for  strik- 
ing £100,000  in  bills  of  credit,  and  a  supplementary  Act  for  settling 
the  common  lands  of  the  township  of  Bergen.  S.  P.  O.,  B.  T.  N. 
Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  20.     Copy.     4  folios. 

June  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Grov'r  Franklin,  desiring  him  to  take  the  proper  steps  for  promulga- 
ting His  Majesty's  Royal  disallowance  of  two  Acts  of  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  364.  Entry. 
2  folios. 

July  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  are  com- 
municated to  the  Board  of  Trade — the  activity  and  zeal  of  the 
Council  and  Civil  Magistrates  to  suppress  the  riots  in  the  counties  of 
Monmouth  and  Essex  highly  commended — the  King  approves  (Jov'r 
Franklin's  conduct  in  not  giving  up  the  power  of  appointing  Coro- 
ners.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  175.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[July  17.  New  York.  Anonymous  communication  signed 
"  Non-Importers,"  to  Cortlandt  Skinner,  of  Perth  Amboy,  suggest- 
ing, in  consequence  of  the  "  scandalous  defection  of  New  York  iu 
violating  their  public  faith,"  in  relation  to  the  non-importing  resolu- 
tions, that  means  be  taken  to  off"er  such  advantages  to  those  settling 
at  Perth  Amboy  for  purposes  of  trade,  as  would  secure  the  tran.sfcr 
thither  of  the  trade  of  New  York.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

July  18.  Report  of  Richard  Jackson,  Esq.,  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  upon  two  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  viz.,  "  An 
Act  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law  and  other  purposes  therein 
mentioned" — "  An  Act  for  choosing  Representatives  in  the  counties 
of  Morris,  Cumberland  and  Sussex,  &c."  and  "  An  Act  for  the  Sep- 
tennial election  of  Representatives" — objecting  to  the  first  only.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey,     Vol.  10,  L.  8.     Original.     5  folios. 

July  20.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Recommending  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of  Now  Jer- 
sey for  choosing  Representatives  in  the  counties  of  Morris,  Cumber- 
land, &c.,  for°His  Majesty's  approbation.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New- 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  225.     Entry.     7  folios. 


416  WILLIAM   FKANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1770. 

July  20.  Whitehall.  Eeprcsentation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — liecommending  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  New 
Jersey,  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law,  and  other  purposes 
therein  mentioned.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p. 
230.     Entry.     3  folios. 

[July  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Answer  of  Cortlandt  Skinner  (anony- 
mously) to  the  communication  of  "  Non-Importers,"  July  17,  1770, 
stating  that  the  subject  matter  thereof  had  been  brought  to  the  no- 
.  tice  of  the  inhabitants  and  Corporation,  and  that  every  encourage- 
ment would  be  extended  to  the  project,  and  they  would  be  pleased 
to  treat  with  any  gentleman  who  might  be  interested  in  carrying  it 
into  effect.      Original  draft.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Sept.  28.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  (most  secret  and  confi- 
dential) from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to  the  Governors  in  North 
America  and  the  West  Indies,  advising  them  of  a  probable  war  be- 
tween England  and  Spain,  and  directing  them  to  take  every  neces- 
sary step  for  the  protection  and  defence  of  their  respective  Grovern- 
meuts.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  Indies.  Vol.  256.  Draft.  3  folios. 
[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  246.] 

Sept.  29.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — The  members  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey are  greatly  displeased  at  the  disallowance  of  the  paper  money 
Act,  and  it  is  to  be  feared  that  a  party  among  them  will  take  the 
advantage  of  the  ill-humor,  and  prevail  on  the  Assembly  not  to 
grant  any  money  for  the  support  of  the  King's  troops  stationed  in 
that  Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  175.  Origi- 
nal.    6  folios. 

Nov.  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — 'llie  session  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  lasted 
until  the  27th  of  Oct., — they  came  to  a  resolution  that  no  further 
provision  should  be- made  for  the  supply  of  the  troops,  but  the  mat- 
ter was  reconsidered,  and  they  granted  £500  currency  for  that  pur- 
pose, which  will  last  until  April — the  Assembly  have  left  the  ap- 
pointment of  the  barrack  masters  entirely  to  the  Governor — the 
masters  nominated  by  the  Assembly  greatly  imposed  upon  and  de- 
frauded the  Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  175. 
Original.     5  folios. 

Nov.  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Lord  Hillsborough  to 
the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — The  King's  pleasure  that  he  should, 
without  delay,  with  the  advice  of  his  Council  and  Assembly,  fall 
upon  some  means  to  put  Indian  affairs  under  such  regulations  as 
may  have  the  effect  of  preventing  abuses  of  trade  and  violences, 
&c.,  which  the  Indians  .so  justly  complain  of  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  256.     Draft.     5  folios. 

[See  similar  letter  to  Governor  of  New  York  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII. 
p.  254.J 


1770.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  417 

Nov.  15.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Frankliu— Ackno-,vledges  the  receipt  of  his  letter  of  thel^Qth 
of  Sept.,  and  informs  him  of  having  laid  the  same  before  the  King 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  175.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Dec.  6.  Cape  May.  Two -warrants  directing  the  apprehension 
of  Mr.  John  Hatton,  Collector  at  Salem,  and  his  slave  Ned,  i3:iued 
by  Messrs.  Whillden,  (Wilden  ?)  Learning,  and  Leonard,  ma<^is- 
trates  at  Cape  May.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  2o7. 
Copies.     6  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Mr.  Robinson's  letter  of  13th  July,  1771. 

Dec.  7.  Report  of  Mr.  Jackson  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon  six 
Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  1768,  and  twenty- 
three  Acts  in  1769.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  9. 
Original.     20  folios. 

Dec.  7.  (Perth  Amboy.)  Letter  from  Mr.  John  llatton.  Col- 
lector of  Salem  and  Cohensey,  to  Gov'r  Franklin — He  was  obliged 
to  fly  from,  and  quit  his  office — complains  of  the  actions  of  3Ir.  Jas. 
Wilden,  Thomas  Learning,  and  John  Leonard,  Esqrs.,  Justices  at 
Cape  May — gives  an  account  of  his  proceedings  from  the  23d  of 
November.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol  257.  Copy.  15 
folios. 

Enclosed  in  Mr.  Robinson's  letter  of  13th  July,  1771. 

Dec.  9.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  approving  the  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey,  passed  in  May,  1768,  "  for  choosing  rep- 
resentatives in  the  counties  of  Morris,  Cumberland,  and  Sussex,  and 
directing  the  Moi-ris  county  taxes  to  be  paid  into  the  Eastern  Treas- 
ury of  that  Colony."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  108. 
Original.     10  folios. 

Dec.  9.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  an  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  June,  1765,  entitled  an  Act 
for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law  and  other  purposes  therein 
mentioned.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  22.  Copy. 
3  folios. 

Dec.  11.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  the  Governors  iu  North  America  and  West  Indies,  di- 
recting them  to  give  every  assistance  to  the  King's  Officers  to  raise 
such  a  number  of  recruits  as  shall  be  necessary  for  augmenting  the 
battalions  now  serving  iu  America.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  256.     Draft.     3  folios. 

Dec.  IL  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Governor  Franklin — Transmits  two  Orders  of  Council ;  one  disal- 
lowing an  Act  of  New  Jersey  for  regulating  the  practice  of  the  law, 
another  confirming  an  Act  for  choosing  Representatives  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Morris,  Cumberland,  and  Sussex — observations  upon  the  said 
Acts.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  175.  Draft.  5  folios. 
27 


418  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1770. 

Dec.  19.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to 
the  King,  recommending  the  repeal  of  an  Act  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  there  in  November,  1769,  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
erect  courts  in  the  several  counties  in  this  Colony  for  the  trial  of 
causes  of  ten  pounds  and  under."  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey. 
Vol.  17,  p.  232.     Entry.     15  folios. 

Dec.  25.  Perth  Araboy.  Letter  from  Mr.  Hatton,  Collector  of 
Salem,  to  the  Custom  Commissioners  in  Boston — Complains  of  the 
ill-treatment  he  had  received — no  assistance  from  the  Peace  and 
other  Officers — a  set  of  merchants  of  Philadelphia  transmitted  a 
quantity  of  money  to  New  Jersey  to  gain  any  point  they  want — he  * 
obliged  to  conceal  himself  during  the  day — is  going  to  call  upon  the 
Grov'r  for  an  answer  to  his  remonstrance.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  257.     Copy.     8  folios. 

Enclosed  with  the  three  following  in  Mr.  Robinson's  letter  of 
IBth  July,  1771. 

Dec.  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Cortlandt  Skinner,  the  Att.  Gen'l  of  N. 
Jersey,  to  Mr.  John  Hatton,  Collector  at  Salem,  giving  his  opinion 
on  the  proceedings  of  the  magistrates  at  Cape  May — (accompanying 
the  foregoing.)     S.  P.    0.     Am.  &  W.   Indies.     Vol.  257.     Copy. 

2  folios. 

Dec.  25.  Letter  from  Mr.  Cortlandt  Skinner  to  Mr.  Chas.  Petit, 
Secretary  to  Gov'r  Franklin,  giving  his  opinion  that  the  conduct  of 
the  magistrates  of  Cape  May  towards  Mr.  Hatton  and  his  slave,  was 
an  insolent  contempt  of  the  Governor's  proclamation — (accompany- 
ing the  foregoing.)    S.  P.  0.    Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  257.    Copy. 

3  folios.     [See  May  19,  1771.] 

Dec.  30.  Cooper's  Ferry.  Letter  from  Mr.  "Hatton,  Collector 
of  Salem  and  Cohensey,  to  the  Custom  Commissioners  in  Boston — 
The  case  is  going  to  be  tried  at  the  next  Court  in  February — his 
son  is  recovering  from  the  wounds — very  much  in  want  of  money — 
prays  an  advance  upon  his  salary — (accompanying  the  foregoing.) 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  257.     Copy.     4  folios. 

Jan.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Nothing  would  have  been  more  unbecoming  than 
the  New  Jersey  Assembly's  refusal  to  provide  for  the  King's  troops 
— it  gives  great  pleasure  to  find  they  had  receded  from  so  indecent  a 
resolution.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Draft.  1 
folio. 

Jan.  10.  New  Jersey.  Letter  from  Frederick  Smyth,  Esq., 
Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  (Earl  of  Hillsborough,)  tender- 
ing his  resignation  of  the  seat  at  the  Council  Board  of  that  Province. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     3  folios. 

Jan  14.     Burlington.    Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl  of 


1771.]  WILLIAM   FKAJSTKLIN   GOVEKNOR.  4iH 

Hillsborough— Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  despatches— he 
wii  pay  every  attention  to  the  security  of  New  Jersey  in  case  of  war 
with  bpain— doubts  if  the  Assembly  of  that  Province  would  engage 
in  any  expense  to  support  the  superintendence  of  the  Indian  affairs 
—sends  Minutes  of  Council,  &c.,  and  three  Acts  of  tlic  Assembly- 
John  Ladd,  Esq.,  of  the  Council,  died  on  the  20th  of  Dec.— Daniel 
Coxe,  of  Trenton,  and  John  Lawrence,  of  Burlington,  Esqrs.  are 
recommended  as  candidates  for  the  vacancy.  S.  P.  0  Am  &  W 
Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     12  folios. 

Jan.  22.  Whitehall. '  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America — Acquainting  them  of  the 
satisfactory  settling  of  the  misunderstanding  between  England  and 
Spain — changes  of  the  principal  Officers  of  State.  S.  P.  0  Am 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  257.     Draft.     3  folios. 

March  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Powriall  to  Mr.  Robin- 
son— Requesting  him  to  communicate  to  the  Lords  ot  the  Treasury 
— that  the  answers  of  the  merchants  to  the  objections  made  by  the 
Commissioners  of  Customs,  relative  to  their  memorial  touchin"-  the 
granting  a  bounty  upon  slaves  from  America,  are  full  and  satisfac- 
tory. S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  46,  p.  876.  Entry.  3 
folios. 

March  15.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  His  Lordship's 
several  despatches,  &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Original.     2  folios. 

March  26.  Burlington.  Proclamation  of  Gov'r  Franklin,  di- 
recting all  Magistrates,  Constables,  and  other  Civil  Officers  in  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  to  be  aiding  and  assisting  the  recruiting 
parties,  who  shall  be  ordered  into  that  Province — Printed  in  Bur- 
lington by  Isaac  Collins,  printer  to  the  King  for  the  Province  of 
New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Small 
Broadside.     3  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  following. 

March  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — Upon  the  receipt  of  the  Circular  Letter  of  the 
11th  Dec.  last,  the  Proclamation  was  issued  requiring  all  magistrates 
and  others  to  assist  the  recruiting  parties — the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey  is  called  for  the  17th  of  next  month,  to  make  provision  for 
the  King's  troops — (Mr.  John  Smith,  of  the  Council  of  N.  J.,  died 
on  the  26th  of  March.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Original.     2  folios. 

Enclosed  in  the  foregoing. 

[March  30.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to 
Lieutenant  Arthur  Wadman,  26th  Regiment — Promising  all  the  as- 
sistance in  his  power  in  furthering  the  recruiting  of  men  in  New  Jer 


420  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1771. 

sey — Lieut.  W.  having  arrived  in  the  Province  for  the  purpose, 
and  made  New  Brunswick  his  headquarters — had  issued  a  procla- 
mation to  all  magistrates  and  other  civil  officers  to  aid  and  assist. 
Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[March.  Private  instructions  to  Lieut.  Arthur  Wadman,  26th 
Regiment — Engaged  in  recruiting  in  New  Jersey,  from  Dudley  Tem- 
pler,  Lieut.  Col.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

April  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  the 
several  Governors  in  North  America,  enclosing  to  each  of  them  ten 
printed  copies  of  a  full  and  exact  account  of  the  process  used  in 
Sweden  in  the  manufacture  of  pitch  and  tar,  in  order  to  be  distrib- 
uted in  the  best  manner  they  think  proper.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  257.     Draft.     1  folio. 

A  printed  copy  of  "  A  Description  of  the  manner  of  making  Tar 
in  Sweden,"  is  with  the  draft. 

April  9.  Report  of  Mr.  Jackson  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon 
seven  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  March,  1770. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  10.  Original.  7 
folios. 

April  26.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,,  proposing  Daniel  Coxe,  Esq.,  to  be  one  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  John  Ladd,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  238.     Entry.     1  folio. 

April  30.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  refused  to  provide 
for  the  King's  troops — sends  copies  of  his  Speech  and  Messages  on 
the  subject.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Original.  3 
folios. 

Enclosing.  Gov'r  Franklin's  Speech  to  the  Assembly,  April  18, 
1771 ;  the  Assembly's  Address,  April  20 ;  Gov'r  Franklin's  Mes- 
sage, April  2o ;  the  Assembly's  Reply  to  the  Gov'r's  Message  of  the 
23d  instant ;  and  Gov'r  Franklin's  second  Message  to  the  Assembly, 
April  29. 

[May.  Hunterdon.  Instructions  of  the  Freeholders  of  Hunter- 
don County  to  their  representatives  in  Assembly,  John  Hart  and 
Samuel  Tucker,  adverse  to  the  quartering  of  troops  in  the  Province  ; 
signed  by  thirteen  persons.     Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

For  a  notice  of  Samuel  Tucker,  see  Field's  Provincial  Courts.] 

May  1.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  Daniel  Coxe, 
Esq.,  to  be  a  member  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room 
of  John  Ladd,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
10,  L.  24.     Copy.     2  folios. 

May  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  King  doubts  not  but  the  people  of  New  Jer- 
sey will  put  themselves  iu  a  state  of»defence  in  case   of  a  war  with 


1771.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  421 

Spain — His  Lordship  is  aware  of  the  difficulties  that  will  attend 
making  a  general  regulation  for  the  Indian  trade,  and  cannot  but 
lament  the  obstacles  which  have  been  thrown  in  the  way  of  establish- 
ing a  general  superintending  power  over  all  the  British  Dominions 
in  America — the  King  has  been  pleased  to  approve  Mr.  D.  Coxe  for 
the  vacancy  in  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  occasioned  by  the  death 
of  Mr.  John  Ladd.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Draft.     4  folios. 

May  4.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough— Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  a  Circular  Dispatch, 
informing  him  that  the  King  of  Spain  promised  to  restore  Port  E(r- 
mont,  and  that  this  event  gives  a  prospect  of  the  public  tranquillity 
being  continued.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Ori^''! 
1  folio.  *= 

May  11.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  disallowance  of  an  Act  of  the  New 
Jersey  Assembly,  passed  there  in  March,  1770,  entitled  "  An  Act  to 
explain  and  amend  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly,  passed  in  the 
tenth  year  of  His  Majesty's  reign,  entitled  '  An  Act  for  the  relief  of 
insolvent  debtors,  and  for  other  purposes  therein  mentioned.'  "  S.  P. 
0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  239.     Entry.     5  folios. 

May  19.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Transmits  Minutes  of  Council  of  New  Jersey  re- 
lating chiefly  to  the  complaint  made  by  John  Hatton,  Esq.,  Collec- 
tor of  Customs  at  Salem — there  is  not  the  least  foundation  for  his 
complaint  against  Justices — copies  of  several  papers  relative  to  this 
aifair  are  herewith  transmitted.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
176.     Originah     3  folios. 

Notes  and  observations  made  by  the  Dep'ty  Secretary  of 

New  Jersey,  on  the  complaint  of  John  Hatton,  Esq.,  Collector  of. 
Salem,  against'  three  of  the  magistrates  of  Cape  May,  after  the  ex- 
amination of  the  parties  before  the  Gov'r  and  Council,  explaining 
more  particularly  several  matters  either  omitted  or  but  slightly 
mentioned  in  the  Minutes  of  Council  on  that  subject — (a  very  inter- 
esting paper.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Copy. 
58  folios. 

Enclosed  in  foregoing  letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin. 

June  1.  Burliflgton.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  still  refuse  to  grant 
any  money  for  the  supply  of  the  King's  troops  stationed  there — the 
reasons  why  they  should  not  be  dissolved — they  will  be  prorogued 
from  time  to  time,  until  the  orders  from  the  King  shall  arrive  what 
is  to  be  done  in  this  matter.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
176.     Original.     9  folios. 

June  5.     Whitehall.     Circular   Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 


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borough  to  all  the  Governors  in  America — Advising  them  of  the 
birth  of  a  Prince.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  257.  Draft. 
1  folio. 

June  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  all 
the  Governors  in  America — Transmitting  copies  of  four  Acts  of  Par- 
liament, -which  relate  to  America,  passed  the  last  session.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  257.     Draft.     1  folio. 

June  7.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  an  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  March,  1770,  entitled  "  An 
Act  to  explain  and  amend  an  Act  for  the  relief  of  insolvent  debtors." 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  25.     Copy.     4  folios. 

June  7.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  an  Act  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  November,  1769,  entitled  an 
Act  to  erect  Courts  in  the  several  counties  in  this  Colony  for  the 
trial  of  causes  of  ten  pounds  aad  under.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  26.     Copy.     4  folios. 

June  18.  Report  of  Mr.  Jackson  to  the  Board  of  Trade  upon 
seven  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  October,  1770. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  11.     Orig'l.     13  folios. 

June  21.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King  upon  two  Acts  of  the  New  Jersey  Assembly,  entitled 
"  A  supplementary  Act  to  an  Act,  intituled  '  An  Act  for  the  better 
enabling  creditors  to  recover  their  just  debts  from  persons  who  ab- 
scond themselves ;'  "  and  "  An  Act  to  enable  persons  who  are  His 
Majesty's  liege  subjects,  either  by  birth  or  naturalization,  to  in- 
herit and  hold  real  estates  notwithstanding  the  purchase,  grant,  or 
devise  were  made  before  naturalization  within  this  Colony" — recom- 
mending them  for  the  King's  disallowance.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  243.     Entry.     6  folios. 

June  21.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Reasons  for  recommending  to  the  King  the  disallowance 
of  the  Supplementary  Act  to  the  Act  for  enabling  creditors  to  re- 
cover their  just  debts,  and  the  Act  for  confirming  titles  derived  from 
grants  and  devises  made  by  aliens,  passed  in  New  Jersey  in  Oct., 
1770 — the  Act  for  the  support  of  Government  requires  some  expla- 
nation— not  to  give  assent  to  any  law  which  establishes  the  sole 
right  of  the  House  of  Representatives  to  appoint  an  agent  for  the 
colony.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17,  p.  247.  Entry. 
8  folios. 

June  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  proposing  John  Lawrence,  Esq.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of 
New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  John  Smith,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  251.     1  folio. 

July  3.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 


1771.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  423 

Gov'r  Franklin — Approving  his  conduct  with  regard  to  the  plan  for 
recruiting  the  King's  forces — the  Board  of  Trade  recommended  Mr. 
Lawrence  to  fill  the  vacancy  at  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  occa- 
sioned by  the  death  of  Mr.  John  Smith — to  induce  the  Assembly  to 
grant  provision  for  the  King's  troops — several  public  papers  are 
transmitted.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Draft.  2 
folios. 

July  13.  Treasury  Chambers.  Letter  from  Mr.  Robinson  to 
Mr.  Pownall — By  order  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury,  transmits 
several  papers,  &c.,  from  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs  in 
America,  relative  to  certain  outrages  committed  on  their  officers,  and 
the  neglect  of  the  Governors  and  Civil  Magistrates  in  giving  them 
assistance  and  protection — thirteen  enclosures.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  257.     Original.     1  folio. 

July  19.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  appointing  John  Law- 
rence, Esq.,  to  be  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  John 
Smith,  Esq.,  deceased.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L. 
27.     Copy.     3  folios. 

July  19.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  examination  into  the  complaint  of  Mr.  Hatton 
was  conducted  with  great  attention  and  impartiality  by  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey — the  obstinacy  of  the  Assembly  in  persisting  in  their 
refusal  to  provide  the  King's  troops  with  the  necessaries,  is  matter 
of  very  serious  consideration — Gov'r  Franklin's  conduct  approved  in 
dissolving  them.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Draft. 
3  folios. 

July  19.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Robin- 
son, in  answer  to  his  of  the  13th  of  the  same  month — With  regard 
to  the  complaint  of  Mr.  Hatton,  Collector  of  the  Customs  at  Salem, 
in  New  Jersey,  Lord  Hillsborough  does  not  take  any  steps  thereupon, 
as  the  whole  transaction  appeared  to  him  in  a  different  light  from  the 
papers  transmitted  by  Gov'r  Franklin.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  257.     Draft.     3  folios. 

July  20.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough— Glad  to  hear  of  Mr.  Coxe  being  approved  for  sup- 
plying one  of  the  vacancies  in  the  Council  of  N.  Jersey — sends  Votes 
and  Proceedings  of  the  Assembly — particulars  of  the  dispute  be- 
tween the  Gov'r  and  Assembly  on  the  subject  of  a  member  having 
resio-ned  his  seat  in  the  House,  on  account  of  his  having  become  in- 
solvent— [Mr.  Ogden,  of  Essex,  see  Aug.  7  and  April  0,  1772.]  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     7  folios. 

Auo-.  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough— Transmits  copies  of  the  Minutes  of  Council 
and  Council  in  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
Vol.  176.     Original.     1  folio. 


424  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1771. 

Sept.  3.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  dispatches 
and  public  papers — is  confined  to  his  chamber  with  a  fever.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.   176.     Original.     1  folio. 

Sept.  17.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  J.  Pownall  to  Governor 
Franklin — Acquainting  him,  in  the  absence  of  Lord  Hillsborough, 
that  his  dispatch  No.  82  has  been  received  and  laid  before  the  Kinc. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  364.     Entry.     1  folio. 

[Oct.  7.  Scheme  of  "  The  Newcastle  Lottery  in  Delaware"  to 
raise  £3000  for  the  use  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Churches  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  and  the  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Newcastle 
and  Christiana  Bridge — Tickets  obtainable  in  New  Jersey  of  Mr. 
Abraham  Hunt,  merchant  in  Trenton,  Mr.  Enos  Kelsey,  merchant 
in  Princeton,  Doctor  John  Cochrane,  in  New  Brunswick,  Robert 
Ogden,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John  Blanchard,  merchant  in  Elizabethtown. 
Original      Printed  Broadside.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  12.  New  York.  Address  of  the  Committee  of  the  Clergy 
of  the  Church  of  England,  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  to  Sec- 
retary Lord  Hillsborough — Relative  to  the  distressed  state  of  the 
Church  in  those  parts,  which,  through  the  want  of  Bishops,  labours 
under  many  difficulties  and  hardships.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  258.     Original.     15  folios. 

Oct.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Mr.  Lawrence  thankful  for  the  honor  of  being  ap- 
pointed to  the  Council  Board  of  New  Jersey — the  meeting  of  the  As- 
sembly will  take  place  on  the  20th  November,  when  he  will  not  fail 
to  renew  his  endeavoui-s  to  persuade  the  Assembly  to  provide  for  the 
King's  troops — is  sui-prised  to  find  that  the  Commissioners  of  the  Cus- 
toms at  Boston  have  transmitted  to  the  Treasury  Board  the  com- 
plaint of  Hatton,  whom  they  knew  to  have  before  acted  "  as  a  vil- 
lain in  his  office."  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Orig'l. 
4  folios. 

Oct.  21.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — Explains  that  part  of  the  New  Jersey  Money  Bill  which 
relates  to  the  support  of  Government,  and  the  mode  of  sinking  the 
various  emissions.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  14 
Original.     9  folios. 

Dec.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — His  conduct  during  the  dispute  with  the  Assembly 
of  New  Jersey,  on  the  subject  of  a  member  having  resigned  his  seat 
in  the  House  on  account  of  his  insolvency,  is  approved.  [See  July 
20.]     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Dec.  10.  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Mr.  Jackson — Desiring 
him  to  prepare  a  draft  of  a  clause  to  be  inserted  in  all  future  Com- 
missions to  the  Governors  in  the  Plantations,  giving  them,  as  Chan- 


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cellors,  the  necessary  powers  to  issue  Commi^sioDS  for  the  care  and 
custody  of  idiots  and  lunatics.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plaut.  Gen.  Vol. 
46,  p.  392.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  18.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Rich- 
ard Jackson,  Esq. — B.equiring  his  opinion  upon  a  dispute  of  the 
Gov'r  of  New  Jersey  with  the  Assembly  of  that  Province,  concern- 
ing their  claim  of  a  right  for  a  new  election  for  the  county  of  Essex, 
on  the  resignation  by  the  Representative  for  the  said  county  of  his 
seat  in  the  Assembly  on  account  of  insolvency.  [See  Dec.  4.]  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  252.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Dec.  26.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  have  given  up  the  claim  to  the  sole 
appointing  of  an  agent — he  will  be  appointed  by  the  Votes  of  Coun- 
cil and  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  15. 
Orig'l.     2  folios. 

Dec.  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  Assembly  was  prevailed  upon  to  provide  for 
the  arrears  due  to  the  troops  stationed  in  New  Jersey — the  debt  of 
the  Colony  incurred  during  the  late  war,  about  £200,000  currency, 
is  to  be  paid  oif  annually  until  1783,  at  £15,000  a-year — observations 
on  this  subject — the  matter  of  appointment  of  an  Agent  is  also 
settled  agreeably  to  the  wishes  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     8  folios. 

Enclosures.  Gov'r  Franklin's  Speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  Nov.  21  ;  the  Assembly's  Address  to  Gov'r  Franklin,  Nov. 
25;  Messages  to  the  Assembly,  Dec.  7  and  18;  and  Gov'r  Frank- 
lin's Speech  at  the  close  of  the  session,  Dec.  21. 

1YY2. 

Jan.  11.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — By  the  removal  of  the  troops  from  New  Jersey, 
there  will  be  no  occasion  for  any  further  demand  that  may  give  rise 
to  disagreeable  altercation  with  the  Assembly — it  remains  now  to 
obtain  the  payment  of  arrears  only.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  176.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Jan.  15.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  instructions  to  the  Governors  in  America, 
(including  Now  Jersey,)  forbidding  them  to  pass  any  law  whereby 
the  lands,  goods,  rights  and  credit  of  persons  who  have  never  re- 
sided within  the  Colony  shall  be  liable  to  be  attached  for  debt.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  29,  U.  19.     Original.     12  folios. 

Jan.  15.  St.  James'.  Order  of  Council  disallowing  two  Acts 
of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  October,  1770,  entitled  a 
Supplementary  Act  to  an  Act  for  the  better  enabling  creditors  to  re- 
cover their  just  debts  from  persons  who  abscond  themselves,  and  an 
Act  to  enable  persons  who  are  liege  subjects,  either  by  birth  or  uutu- 


426  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1772 

ralization,  to  inherit  or  hold  real  estates,  notwithstanding  the  pur- 
chase, grant  or  devise  were  made  before  naturalization  within  this 
Colony.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  28.  Copy. 
4  folios. 

Feb.  1.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  submitting  a  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the 
Governors  in  the' American  Plantations  with  regard  to  the  passing  of 
the  laws  relative  to  the  attachment  of  lands,  goods  and  chattels,  be- 
longing to  persons  who  have  never  resided  in  the  Colony.  S.  P.  0., 
B.   T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  395.     Entry.     4  folios. 

Feb.' 3.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  forbidding 
him  to  assent  to  any  law  by  which  the  lands,  &c.,  of  persons  who 
have  never  resided  within  his  Province  shall  be  attached  for  the  pay- 
ment of  debts  due  from  such  persons,  otherwise  than  as  allowed 
by  the  laws  of  Great  Britain.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
108,  A.    Orig'l.     3  folios. 

Feb.  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  transmitting  the  King's 
Speech  to  the  Houses  of  Parliament,  and  their  Addresses ;  also  an 
additional  instructions  with  regard  to  the  passing  of  laws  relative  to 
the  attachment  of  lands,  goods  and  chattels,  belonging  to  persons 
who  have  never  resided  in  the  Colony.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  258.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Feb.  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin— ^Sends  an  Order  of  Council  disallowing  two  Acts 
passed  in  New  Jersey  in  October,  1770,  and  a  copy  of  the  Board  of 
Trade's  representation  thereupon.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
176.     Draft.     1  folio. 

Feb.  8.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hills- 
borough to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  informing  them  of  the 
death  of  the  Princess  Dowager  of  Wales,  which  took  place  on  that 
day  in  the  morning.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  258. 
Draft.     1  folio. 

Enclosing.  Circular  about  the  mourning,  and  Circular  about  the 
alteration  of  the  Form  of  prayer  for  the  Royal  Family. 

Feb.  13.  Whitehall.  Representation  fi-om  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Enclosing  drafts  of  an  additional  instruction  for  the 
Governors  in  America,  relating  to  the  alteration  in  the  prayers  for 
the  Royal  Family.  S  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  46,  p.  405. 
Entry.    6  folios. 

Feb.  17.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
an  additional  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  relative  to 
alterations  iu  the  prayers  for  the  Royal  Family.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.      Vol.  1U8,  A.     Original.     3  folios. 


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March  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  King  approves  of  the  zeal  and  attention  shown 
for  his  service  in  obtaining  the  provision  for  his  troops  lately  sta- 
tioned in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Draft.     1  folio. 

March  IQ,  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Sends  copies  of  the  Minutes  and  Laws  of  the  last 
session  of  General  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — short  remarks  upon 
several  Acts.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  17G.  Original. 
2  folios. 

March  17.  Whitehall  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  the  petition  of  William  Henry,  Earl  of  Rocliford, 
for  a  grant  of  several  islands,  grounds  and  shoals,  within  the  Bay 
and  the  River  of  Delaware,  as  far  as  Station  Point,  in  lat.  41  deg., 
40  min. — Giving  it  as  their  opinion  that  neither  New  Jersey  nor 
Pennsylvania  have  any  right  to  those  islands,  and  the  King  has  the 
power  to  dispose  of  them  in  any  way  he  pleases.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T. 
Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  414.     Entry.     15  folios. 

April  6.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — An  account  of  the  manner  in  which  the  dispute 
■with  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  about  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Og- 
den  as  member  of  the  said  Assembly,  was  settled.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     10  folios. 

May  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  Royal  disallowance  will  be  published  of  the 
two  Acts  passed  in  Oct.  1770 — remarks  upon  the  said  Acts — condo- 
lence upon  the  death  of  the  Dowager  Princess  of  AVales.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  176.     Original.     7  folios. 

May  11.  Burlington;  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — Transmits  the  petition  of  the  Presbyterian  Clergy, 
resident  in  New  Jersey,  praying  that  he  (the  Gov'r)  would  grant 
them  a  charter  to  enable  them  to  raise  a  fund  for  the  support  of  y 
their  widows  and  children,  and  desires  his  Lordship's  opinion  on  the 
subject.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176.  Original.  10 
folios.     [See  Feb.  27,  1773.] 

Enclosing:  The  Petition;  the  draft  of  the  proposed  Charter; 
Mr.  Ogden's  observations  thereupon ;  the  Attorney  General's  two 
Reports  upon  it — and  the  Minutes  of  Council  relative  thereto  :  55 
folios. 

June  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  controversy  with  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey 
being  at  an  end,  no  further  steps  will  be  taken  on  the  subject— the 
King  gave  an  adequate  salary  to  the  Chief  Justice,  and  thus  the 
Province  will  be  relieved  from  any  further  expense  on  account  of 


428  WILLIAM   FEANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1772. 

that  establishment.    S.  P.  0.    Am.  &  W.  Indies.    Vol.  176.    Draft. 
3  folios. 

[June  12.  Salem.  Letter  from  John  Carey  to  Cortlandt  Skin- 
ner, in  reference  to  the  refusal  of  the  Courts  of  Salem  and  Cumber- 
land counties  to  acknowledge  the  right  of  the  Attorney  General  to 
appoint  deputies,  claiming  that  the  right  was  vested  in  them,  and 
they  bad  exercised  it  by  appointing  Mr.  Trenchard  to  the  exclusion 
of  himself,  whom  Mr.  Skinner  had  appointed.  Original.  White- 
head MSS.] 

[June.  State  of  the  claim  of  William,  Earl  of  Stirling,  John 
Stevens,  James  Parker,  Walter  Rutherfurd  and  Lewis  Morris,  to  half 
a  propriety  purchased  by  Arent  Sonmans  of  John  Drummond,  after- 
wards Lord  Viscount  Melfort.  (See  June  15  and  July.)  Contempo- 
raneous copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[June  15.  Arguments  on  the  part  of  Lord  Perth  in  case  in 
Chancery,  "  the  Right  Hon'ble  James,  Earl  of  Perth,  ads  the  Right 
Hon'ble  William,  Earl  of  Stirling — signed  Elias  Boudinot,  of  Coun- 
cil."   Contemporaneous  copy.    46  foolscap  pages.    Whitehead  MSS.] 

June  24.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Hillsborough — Clad  to  hear  that  his  success  to  obtain  a 
provision  for  the  troops  has  been  so  satisfactory  to  the  King — the 
Assembly  are  called  for  the  19th  of  Aug.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original     1  folio. 

[July.  Reply  to  the  Earl  of  Perth's  argument,  in  case  in  Chan- 
cery— "the  Earl  of  Stirling,  John  Stevens,  Walter  Rutherfurd,  Jas. 
Parker  and  Lewis  Morris,  against  the  claim  of  the  Earl  of  Perth. 
(See  1772,  June  15.)  Contemporaneous  copy  signed  R.  R.  Living- 
ston, Jr.,  of  Council.     Whitehead  MSS.     50  foolscap  pages. 

July  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  observations  upon  two  disallowed  Acts  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Oct.,  1770,  contained  in  Gov'r 
Franklin's  despatch  of  May  5,  shall  be  communicated  to  the  Board 
of  Trade.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  176.     Draft.    1  folio. 

July  2.  Report  of  Rlcbard  Jackson,  Esq.,  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Giving  his  opinion  in  point  of  law  upon  twenty-five  Acts  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  at  their  session  in  the  year 
1771.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  29.  Original. 
14  folios. 

July  15.  Letter  from  Mr.  Jackson  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
Giving  it  as  his  opinion  that  the  claim  set  up  by  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  to  order  the  issuing  a  writ  for  the  election  of  a  new 
member  in  the  room  of  Mr.  Ogden,  who  had  resigned  his  seat,  is  il- 
legal and  unconstitutional  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
10,  L.  16.     Original.     2  folios. 


1772.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  4v9 

^  July  15.  Keport  of  Richard  Jackson  to  the  Board  of  Trade — 
With  the  draft  of  a  clause  giving  to  the  Governors  of  the  Colonies 
in  America,  as  Chancellors,  power  to  issue  Commissions  for  the  care 
and  custody  of  idiots  and  lunatics.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  29,  U.  30.     Original.     5  folios. 

July  -29.  Whitehall.  Draft  of  a  clause  proposed  to  be  inserted 
in  the  instructions  to  the  Governors  in  the  American  Plantations, 
giving  them,  as  Chancellors,  the  powers  to  issue  Comuiissions  for  the 
care  and  custody  of  idiots  and  lunatics.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant. 
Gen.     Vol.  46,  p.  426.     Entry.     7  folios. 

Aug.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Hillsborough  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  claim  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  to  order 
the  issuing  a  writ  for  the  election  of  a  new  member  to  serve  in  tliat 
House  for  the  County  of  Essex,  is  considered  by  the  King  as  ille- 
gal, unconstitutional,  and  altogether  unwarranted  by  any  approved 
usage  or  practice  in  Great  Britain  or  any  of  her  Colonies.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  176.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Aug.  14.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  informing  them  of  his  be- 
ing appointed  Colonial  Secretary — Directing  that  their  despatches  be 
addressed  to  him.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  25::!.  Draft. 
2  folios. 

[Aug.  26.  Rules  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  12  in  number. 
Contemporaneous  copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Sept.  4.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to  the  Chief  Jus- 
tices of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts,  and  the  Judge  of 
the  Vice  Admiralty  Court  at  Boston,  informing  of  their  being  ap- 
pointed Commissioners  for  inquiring  into  and  making  report  to  the 
King  of  all  the  circumstances  relative  to  the  attacking,  plundering 
and  burning  the  Gaspee  schooner  within  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  West  Indies.     Vol.  258.     Draft.     '6  folios. 

Sept.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  (Sccr. 
of  State)  to  Gov'r  Franklin — In  consequence  of  the  daring  insult 
oflfered  to  His  Majesty's  Commission,  in  the  plundering  and  burning 
the  Gaspee  schooner  in  the  River  of  Narraganset,  within  the  Colony 
of  Rhode  Island,  the  Chief  Justice  of  N.  Jersey  is  directed  with  all 
convenient  despatch  to  repair  thither,  in  order  to  the  carrying  the 
issued  Commission  into  execution.  •  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  ludies. 
Vol.  176.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Sept.  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
the  Chief  Justices  of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Massachusetts,  and 
the  Judge  of  the  Vice  Admiralty  Court  at  Boston,  enclosing  copy 
of  a  despatch,  received  from  R.  Ad.  Montague,  with  the  list  of  the 
names  of  persons  stated  to  have  been  ringleaders  in  the  attack  and 
burning  of  the  Gaspee  schooner  in  Rhode  Island.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  258.     Draft.     1  folio. 


480  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1772. 

Oct.  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Hillsborough — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  (notwithstanding 
all  the  resolutions  of  the  late  House  to  the  contrary)  granted  a  sum 
of  money  for  the  support  of  the  King's  troops.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  176.      Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  5.  Amboy,  N.  J.  Letter  from  Mr.  Smyth,  Chief  Justice 
of  New  Jersey,  to  the  (Earl  of  Hillsborough) — Arrived  at  N.  York 
on  the  22d  of  Sept., — on  his  coming  to  New  Jersey  he  found  the 
Governor  and  Assembly  engaged  in  a  violent  contest  on  the  subject 
of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Province,  who  about  four  years  ago  was 
robbed  of  £6000  of  public  money — the  opinion  of  the  people  in 
general  on  the  subject  of  the  new  projected  Grovernment  on  the  Ohio 
is  very  unfavorable — desires  to  be  allowed  to  receive  a  certain  sum 
of  money  that  may  be  granted  by  the  Assembly  for  his  travelling 
expenses  on  the  Circuit — the  demand  for  the  British  goods  in  the 
Colonies  is  very  brisk.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Original.     9  folios. 

Oct.  12.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Board 
of  Trade — The  laws  of  N.  Jersey  have  made  no  provision  respect- 
ing either  idiots  or  lunatics,  but  there  were  instances  where  the  Gov- 
ernors, as  Chancellors,  have  undertaken  to  act  in  the  manner,  which 
is  intended  by  the  proposed  clause  in  their  instructions,  they  shall  do 
for  the  future.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  "T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  17. 
Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  the  despatch  of  the 
14th  of  Aug.,  informing  him  of  his  Lordship's  appointment  to  be 
one  of  the  Principal  Secretaries  of  State.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  176.     Original.     1  folio. 

[Oct.  20.  "  Baskenridge."  Letter  from  Wm.  Alexander  (Lord 
Stirling)  to  Cortlandt  Skinner,  relative  to  the  purchase  of  a  tract  of 
land  of  the  Proprietors,  for  the  use  of  the  Hiberuia  Furnace.  Orig- 
inal.    Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  30.  Perth  Amboy.  The  memorial  of  Cortlandt  Skinner, 
Esq.,  Att.  Gen'l  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  praying 
that  he  may  obtain  such  a  salary  from  the  Crown,  as  may  be  thought 
adequate  to  his  services  and  the  importance  and  usefulness  of  his  of- 
fice in  that  Colony.  S.  P.  X).  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177. 
Original.     4  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Franklin's  letter  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
of  5th  of  Jan.,  1773. 

Nov.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Transmits  Minutes  of  Council  and  Assembly  and 
the  Acts  passed  by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  at  the  last  session 
— observations  in  favor  of  three  Acts,  viz.,  the  boundary  Act,  the 


1772.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  431 

Act  about  holding  and  inheriting  estates  in  the  Colony,  and  the  lot- 
tery Act.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  347.  Entry.  8 
folios. 

The  original  letter  is  missing. 

Dec.  9.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Much  gratified  to  see  that  the  resolutions  of  the 
late  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  had  no  influence  upon  the  conduct  of 
the  present,  and  that  they  made  the  requisite  provision  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  King's  troops.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  176. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

1T73. 

Jan.  4.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — The  papers,  &c.,  transmitted  on  the  4th  of  Sept. 
last,  were  transmitted  to  Mr.  Chief  Justice  Smyth,  who  in  a  few 
days  went  to  Rhode  Island  to  enquire  into  the  circumstances  of  de- 
stroying the  Gaspee  schooner.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  tfc  W.  Indies.  Vol 
177.     Original.     1  folio. 

Jan.  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — The  Att.  Gen'l  of  New  Jersey  prays  for  a  more  ad- 
equate compensation  for  his  services — the  Assembly  are  not  inclined 
to  grant  an  additional  allowance  to  the  officers  of  Government — n;es- 
sages  and  answers  on  the  subject — observations  on  the  Governor  and 
other  officers'  fees  and  emoluments.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  AV.  Indies. 
Vol.  177.     Original.     17  folios. 

Enclosing  the  memorial  of  Cortlandt  Skinner,  Esq.,  of  30th  Oct., 
1772. 

Feb.  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Has  received  his  letter  of  28th  of  Nov.,  together 
with  the  Journals  and  Acts  passed  last  session,  and  his  observations 
thereon,  which  shall  have  an  early  consideration,  as  they  require  the 
confirmation  of  the  Crown.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
364.     Entry.     2  folios. 

Feb.  8.  New  York.  Letter  from  Frederick  Smyth,  Esq.,  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  upon  his  return 
from  Rhode  Island,  where  he  went  to  assist  in  carrying  on  an  inc^uiry 
into  the  circumstance  relative  to  the  plundering  and  burning  the 
schooner  Gasp6e — gives  a  particular  account  of  the  disposition  of 
the  inhabitants  of  that  and  the  neighbouring  Provinces,  and  expresses 
his  fears  that  the  intention  of  the  Government  will  be  defeated,  and 
the  ofienders  screened  from  the  hand  of  justice.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     20  folios. 

Feb.  27.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Frapklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth— Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  despatches,  and 
desires  to  know  the  King's  determination  with  respect  to  tlie  peti- 
tion from  the  Presbyterian  Ministers  of  New  Jersey  for  a  Charter. 
S   P   0      Am.  &>  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     2  folios. 


432  WILLIAM   FKANKLIN  GOVERNOR,  [1773. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — He  will  not  fail  to  give  every  weight  to  the  repre- 
sentation of  the  hardships  sustained  by  the  servants  of  the  Crown 
in  New  Jersey,  and  to  recommend  a  more  adequate  establishment  for 
them.     S.   P.  0.    Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

April  7.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  directing  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  report  what  alterations  should  be  made  in  the  instructions 
to  the  Governors  in  America,  touching  the  grant  of  lands,  and  for- 
bidding them  to  make  any  further  grants  until  the  King's  pleasure 
be  known.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  29,  U.  49.  Original. 
6  folios. 

April  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  application  of  the  Presbyterian  Ministers  in 
New  Jersey  will  have  the  fullest  consideration — at  present  the  said 
application  does  not  appear  to  be  unreasonable.  [See  May  11, 
1772.]     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

April  10.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Mr.  Chief  Justice  Smyth — Is  much  obliged  for  his  letter  of  the  8th 
Feb.  last,  and  for  the  very  sensible  remarks  it  contains,  which 
may  be  of  great  use.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies,  Vol.  364. 
Entry.      1  folio. 

April  21.  Report  of  Richard  Jackson,  Esq.,  to  the  Board  of 
Trade — Giving  his  opinion  in  point  of  law  upon  twenty-four  Acts  of 
the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed  at  their  session  in  Sept.,  1772. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  30.     Orig'l.     17  folios. 

May  27.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  upon  four  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  passed 
at  their  session  in  Aug.  and  Sept.,  1772.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New 
Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  253.     Entry.     13  folios. 

May  31.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Thanks  his  Lordship  for  the  promise  to  support  his 
application  for  a  more  adequate  establishment  for  the  servants  of  the 
Crown  in  New  Jersey — Gives  particular  account  of  the  allowances 
of  the  different  officers  in  the  Government,  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies,     Vol.  177.     Original.      7  folios. 

June  2.     Whitehall.     Letter  from  the   Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 

Gov'r  Franklin — The  petition  of  the  Presbyterian  Ministers  of  New 

Jersey  for  a  Charter  has  been  fully  considered,  and   the   King  per- 

y  mits  that  the  Colony  Seal  be  affixed  to  it.     [See   May  11,  1772.] 

S,  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     1  folio. 

June  3.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gover- 
nors in  the  American  Plantations,  containing  rules  and  regulations 
in  the  laying  out,  allotting  and  granting  such  lands,  &c.,  as  now  are 


1773.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR. 


433 


or  hereafter  shall  be  in  the  King's  power  to  dispose  of  within  their 
respective  Governments.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen  Vol  46 
p.  448.     Entry.     24  folios.  "  '       ' 

July  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl  of 
Dartmouth— Being  informed  that  the  Act  of  the  New  Jersey  Assem- 
bly, passed  at  the  last  session,  for  establishing  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween that  Province  and  New  York,  by  some  mistake  was  transmit- 
ted without  the  Colonial  Seal,  he  sends  another  copy  in  due  form  in 
order  that  it  may  be  confirmed.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  Indies 
Vol.  177.     Original.     2  folios. 

July  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  Governors  in  America — The  accounts  hitherto  received 
from  the  Governors  of  the  condition  of  their  respective  Governments 
not^  being  so  full  and  explicit  as  it  is  necessary,  they  are  therefore 
desired  to  send  a  very  full  and  particular  answer  to  the  enclosed 
queries.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  259.  Draft.  11  folios. 
[The  New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VII.  p.  388.] 

Aug.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Owing  to  the  deficiency  of  the  fund  appropriated 
by  Parliament,  for  supporting  the  civil  establishments  in  America,  a 
proper  provision  cannot  be  made  for  the  present  for  the  support  W 
the  King's  Government  in  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  In- 
dies.    Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[Aug.  10.  Bloomsbury  Square.  Letter  from  Henry  Wilmot  to 
Cortlandt  Skinner — Asking  for  the  settlement  and  payment  of  his  ac- 
count as  Agent  of  the  Province.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.J 

Sept.  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  Gov'r  Frank- 
lin— Informing  him  that  his  despatch  of  the  5th  July,  No.  7  has 
been  received  and  laid  before  the  King.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  In- 
dies.    Vol.  364.     Entry.     1  folio. 

Sept.  1.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  disallowing  and  declar- 
ing void  three  Acts  of  New  Jersey,  passed  in  Aug.  and  Sept.,  1772 
entitled  "  An  Act  to  naturalize  John  Felthausen,"  "  Act  for  tlie  re- 
lief of  Benjamin  Ayres,  now  a  prisoner  in  the  gaol  of  the  County  of 
Cumberland,"  and  an  "  Act  to  dissolve  the  marriage  of  David  Ba.x- 
ter  with  Margaret,  his  wife,  late  Margaret  McMastry."  S.  P.  O. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  364.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Sept.  1.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  confirming  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  in  Sept.,  1772,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  enable 
all  persons  who  are  His  Majesty's  liege  subjects,  either  by  birth  or 
naturalization,  to  inherit  and  hold  real  estates,  notwithstanding  any 
defect  of  purchases  made  before  naturalization,  within  tliis  Colony. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  364.     Entry.     5  folios. 

Oct.  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Mr.  W.  Knox  (Seer,  to  the 
28  » 


434:  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1773. 

Earl  of  Dartmouth,)  to  Grov'r  Franklin — Transmitting  Orders  of 
Council,  disallowing  three,  and  allowing  one  Act  of  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey,  passed  at  their  session  in  Sept.,  1772.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Oct.  18.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — He  was  very  much  indisposed — the  Presbyterian 
Ministers  of  New  Jersey  are  very  much  pleased  with  the  grant  of  a 
Charter — he  is  collecting  the  materials  in  order  to  give  a  full  and 
particular  answer  to  the  several  heads  of  enquiry  contained  in  the 
Circular  Letter  of  5th  July,  1773.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.17/.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  28.  Whitehall  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  instructions  to  the  Governors  in 
America,  directing  them  not  to  give  their  assent  to  any  law  for  the 
naturalization  of  aliens,  nor  for  divorce,  nor  for  establishing  a  title 
in  any  persons  to  lands,  &c.,  originally  granted  to  or  purchased  by 
aliens,  antecedent  to  naturalization.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen. 
Vol.  46,  p.  468.     Entry.     5  folios. 

The  above  instructions  were  signed  24th  Nov.,  1778  ;  transmit- 
ted to  the  Governors,  1st  Dec,  do. 

Oct.  28.  Whitehall.  Order  in  Council,  requiring  the  Board  of 
Trade  to  prepare  drafts  of  additional  instructions  to  all  the  Gov- 
ernors in  America,  conformable  to  a  sketch  enclosed,  concerning 
the  regulations  to  be  adopted  as  to  waste  and  unsettled  lauds.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     Plant.  Gen.     Vol.  81,  W.  1.     Original.     25  folios. 

[Nov.  15.  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Letter  from  Samuel  Holland, 
Surveyor  General  of  the  Northern  District  of  America,  to  James 
Parker — Wishes  to  make  Perth  Amboy  his  head-quarters,  and  en- 
quires after  houses  for  the  accommodation  of  himself  and  Assistant 
Surveyors — his  district  included  all  the  Provinces  North  of  Vir- 
ginia— had  completed  the  surveys  from  the  eastward  as  far  as  Bos- 
ton— hopes  the  next  summer  to  be  round  Cape  Cod,  as  far  as  New 
Loudon — it  would  be  at  least  six  years  before  the  whole  survey 
would  be  finished.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Nov.  19.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  approving  di-aft  of  an 
additional  instruction  to  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  directing  him 
not  to  give  his  assent  to  any  bill  for  the  naturalization  of  aliens,  nor 
for  the  divorce  of  persons  joined  together  in  holy  marriage,  nor  for 
establishing  a  title  in  any  persons  to  lands,  &c.,  originally  granted 
to,  or  purchased  by  aliens  antecedent  to  naturalization.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  108,  B.     Original.     3  folios. 

Nov.  25.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  enclosing  draft  of  additional  instructions  to  the  Gov- 
ernors in  America,  with  regard  to  the  management,  &c.,  of  the  lands, 
tenements,  and  hereditaments,  which  are,  or  shall  be  in  the  King's 


1773.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  435 

power,  to  dispose  of.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol  46  p 
467.     Entry.     22  folios. 

[Dec.  Letter  from  Cortlandt  Skinner  to  Philip  Kearny — Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Assembly  in  relation  to  the  Treasurer  Ori<anal 
Whitehead  MSS.  '" 

Extract  printed  in  Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,  Vol.  V.  p.  .59.1 

[Dec.  5.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Cortlandt  Skinner  to  Philip 
Kearny — i*roceeding.s  of  the  Assembly  in  reference  to  the  Treas- 
urer— course  of  John  Kinsey,  &c.      Original.      Whitehead  MSS. 

Extract  printed  in  Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,  Vol.  V.  p.  59.] 

[ Anonymous  letter  from  a  member  of  the   Assembly  to 

Cortlandt  Skinner — Assuring  him  that  his  vote  for  the  removal  of 
his  brother,  Stephen  Skinner,  the  Treasurer,  was  not  prompted  by 
any  personal  or  party  feelings,  but  by  a  desire  to  remove  an  obstacle 
to  the  adoption  of  certain  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  Province. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Dec.  19.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Cortlandt  Skinner  to  Philip 
Kearny — Detailing  the  proceedings  of  the  Legislature  in  relation  to 
the  Treasurer.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS. 

Extract  printed  in  Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc,  Vol.  V.  p.  60.] 
17T4. 

[Jan.  Letter  purporting  to  be  from  Grace  Ford,  wife  of  "  Sam 
Ford,"  the  counterfeiter,  to  James  Kinsey,  as  printed  in  lliving- 
ton's  Gazette,  January  27,  1774.     Copy.       N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

See  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  Vol.  V.  p.  63.] 

[  ?  Draft  of  instructions  to  the  Representatives  in  Assembly 
from  Burlington  county — They  were  not  to  consent  to  the  discharge 
of  the  Eastern  Treasurer  from  his  liabilities — to  insist  upon  his  re- 
moval— no  money  to  be  granted  for  a  trial,  except  to  a  Committee 
appointed  by  the  Assembly — no  trial  to  be  allowed  while  he  has 
charge  of  the  money  of  the  Province — no  excise  law  to  be  allowed, 
nor  any  money  bill.     Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Jan.  8.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  boundary  received  the  King's  approbation,  but 
the  order  will  not  be  issued  until  the  agent  for  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey  does  not  pay  [pays  V]  certain  fees— the  Lottery  Act  is  under 
the  consideration  of  the  Boiu'd  of  Trade.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Jan.  20.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King,  recommending  the  confirmation  of  a  Lottj3ry  Act  passed 
by  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  September,  1772.  S.  P.  0., 
B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  17,  p.  259.     Entry.     6  folios. 

[Feb.  14.  Burlington.  Minutes  of  Council  referring  to  the 
representations   agaiubt  Thomas  Kinney,    High    Sheriff  of  Morris 


436  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1774, 

county,  for  allowing  Samuel  Ford  to  escape  from  jail — The  Council 
of  opinion  that  the  charges  were  not  supported,  but  recommending 
the  prosecution  by  the  Att.  Gen'l  of  an  indictment  found  against  Mr. 
K.  for  misbehaviour  in  the  premises.  Official  copy.  Whitehead 
MSS.] 

[Feb.  24.  Message  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Assembly — 
Transmitting  the  resignation  of  the  Treasurer,  Stephen  Skinner. 
Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Feb.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  John  Stevens  to  Philip 
Kearny  at  Perth  Amboy — Giving  information  respecting  the  resig- 
nation of  Stephen  Skinner,  the  Treasurer,  and  the  appointment  of 
John  Smith  as  his  successor.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  despatches 
— the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey  have  been  sitting  ever  since  the  lOtli 
of  November — great  part  of  their  time  was  taken  up  with  the  dis- 
pute about  the  Treasurer — this  aifair  caused  a  good  deal  of  disturb- 
ance in  the  Province — the  Treasurer  at  last  resigned,  and  every 
thing  is  quiet — Charles  Read,  Esq.,  one  of  the  Council,  having  re- 
moved to  St.  Croix,  Francis  Hopkiuson,  Esq.,  relation  of  the  Bishop 
of  Worcester,  is  recommended  to  supply  his  place.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.   Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     4  folios. 

March  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall,  by 
order  of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  America, 
enclosing  copies  of  the  King's  Message  to  both  Houses  of  Parlia- 
ment, relative  to  the  disturbances  in  America,  and  the  resolutions  of 
both  Houses  which  followed  thereupon.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  260.     Draft  and  copies.     7  folios. 

March  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth,  enclosing  Annswers  to  the  Queries  transmitted 
in  the  Circular  of  the  5th  July  last ;  also  sends  an  account  of  the 
dwelling  houses  in  New  Jersey,  number  of  marriages,  births,  and 
burials  ;  and  an  account  of  the  exports  from  the  port  of  Perth  Am- 
■jjoy — For  further  particulars,  His  Lordship  is  referred  to  the  Smith's 
History  of  New  Jersey,  published  in  1765 — (Mr.  Smith  was  one  of 
the  Council.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Orig'l. 
90  folios. 

April  6.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall,  by 
direction  of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  America, 
enclosing  copy  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  to  prevent  the  landing  of 
goods  in  the  harbour  of  Boston.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
260.     Draft.     1  folio. 

April  13.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  confirming  an  Act 
passed  in  New  Jersey,  September,  1772,  entitled  "  An  Act  to  enable 
certain  persons  to  erect  and  draw  a  lottery  for   raising  the  sum  of 


1774.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  437 

£1050,  to  be  applied  for  the  purposes  therein  mentioned.     S.  P.  0 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  3G4.     Entry.     5  folios. 

April  21.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King — Recommending  Francis  Ilopkinson,  Esq.,  to  be  ap- 
pointed of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  room  of  Charles  Read, 
Esq.,  who  left  the  Province.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol. 
17,  p.  262.     Entry.     2  folios. 

May  2.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Has  received  His  Lordship's  letter  of  the  2d  March 
— congratulations  on  the  Queen's  happy  delivery  and  birth  of  a 
Prince.     S.  P.  0.  *  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  347.     Entry.      1  folio. 

May  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin— It  is  very  satisfactory  to  find  that  an  end  has  been 
put  to  the  dispute  respecting  the  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  New  Jersey — Mr.  Ilopkinson  is  proposed  to  be  of  the  Council. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

May  31.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — The  people  of  New  Jersey  are  not  concerned  in  car- 
rying on  any  commerce  with  the  JMassachusetts  Bay — the  mercliants 
of  Philadelphia  and  New  York  are  inclined  to  assist  those  of  Boston 
— a  Congress  of  members  of  the  several  Houses  of  Assembly  pro- 
posed— the  people  of  New  Jersey  joined  in  the  scheme,  as  they  did 
not  choose  to  appear  singular — the  measure  is  absurd,  if  not  uncon- 
stitutional— he  will  endeavour  to  keep  the  Province  quiet,  and  no 
attachment  nor  connections  shall  ever  make  him  swerve  from  the 
duty  of  his  station — as  the  times  are  likely  to  be  more  and  more  diffi- 
cult, the  Seat  of  Government  will  be  removed  to  Aniboy,  where  a 
Council  can  be  assembled  with  greater  ease  than  at  Burlington.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     9  folios. 

June.  1.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Knox,  by  order 
of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  (except 
Massachusetts  Bay,)  transmitting  copies  of  two  Acts  of  Parliament, 
viz. — An  Act  for  the  impartial  administration  of  justice  in  the  cases 
of  persons  questioned  for  any  acts  done  by  them  in  the  execution  of 
the  law,  or  for  the  suppression  of  the  riots  and  tumults  in  M  assets 
Bay;  and  an  Act  for  better  regulating  the  Government  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  Mass'ts  Bay,  hi  New  England — directing  the  said  Acts  to  be 
made  public  in  each  colony.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  200. 
Draft.     2  folios. 

June  1.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmoutli  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  despatch  of  the  2Sth 
of  March,  and  commends  his  attention  to  the  King's  commands.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     1  folio. 

[June  13.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  the  Committee  of  the 
people  of  Essex  County  to  the  inhabitants  of  Monmouth  County — 


488  WILlilAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1774. 

"  Friends  to  the  liberties  and  privileges  of  the  American  Colonies" 
— commenting  upon  the  events  at  Boston,  and  recommending  a  gen- 
eral meeting  at  New  Brunswick,  July  21.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  Proceedings  of  Society,  Vol.  I.  p.  185.] 
June  13.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Transmits  thirty-three  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  passed  at  their  last  session  ;  also  Minutes  of  the  Council  and 
Journal  of  Council  in  Assembly — remarks  relating  to  four  Acts  of 
the  Assembly  now  transmitted.  S.  P  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol 
177.     Original.     11  folios. 

June  28.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — The  freeholders  and  inhabitants  of  the  County  of 
Essex  held  a  meeting  and  passed  several  resolves  herewith  transmit- 
ted— several  leading  men  in  New  Jersey  are  determined  to  follow 
the  example  of  the  freeholders  of  Essex — their  principal  aim  is  to 
bring  about  a  Congress  of  Deputies  from  all  Colonies,  as  proposed  by 
Virginia — remarks  on  the  utility  of  such  a  Congress.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Original.  7  folios.  Piesolution. 
Copy  10  folios. 

[For  tlie  Resolutions,  see  Force's  American  Ai-chives,  4th  series,  Vol.  I.  col.  403.] 

July  1.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall,  by 
order  of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  America 
— Enclosing  copies  of  several  Acts  passed  in  the  last  session  of  Par- 
liament, which  relate  to  America.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  260.    Draft.     1  folio. 

July  6.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — It  could  hardly  be  expected  that  the  Assembly  of 
New  Jersey  would  resist  appointing  a  Committee  of  Correspondence 
— the  King  approves  the  removal  of  the  Government  Seat  from  Bur- 
lington to  Amboy.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Voh  177.  Draft. 
2  folios. 

July  27.  Philadelphia.  Copy  of  "  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette," 
No.  2379,  containing  the  resolutions  passed  at  a  general  meeting  of 
the  Committees  of  the  several  counties  of  New  Jersey,  held  at  New 
Brunswick  on  Thursday,  the  21st  of  July,  1774,  and  continued  to 
the  Saturday  following — present  seventy-two  members.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     9  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Franklin's  letter  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  of 
6th  September,  1774. 

[P"or  the  Proceedings  of  this  meeting,  see  Force's  American  Archives,  Vol.  I. 
4th  series,  col.  624.] 

Sept.  3  &  5.  Philadelphia.  Extracts  of  two  (secret  and  confi- 
dential) letters  from  one  of  the  Delegates  for  the  Congress  at  Phila- 
phia  to  Gov'r  Franklin — Giving  an  account  of  the  temper  of  the 
Delegates,  their  first   day's  proceedings,   individual   description  of 


1774.; 


WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  4-^9 


some  of  tbem — the  resolves,  &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  Indies 
Vol.  177.     Copy.     8  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Frauklin's  letter  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  of 
6th  September,  1774. 

Sept.  6.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — There  has  been  a  general  meeting  at  New  Brunswick 
when  they  came  to  resolutions  similar  to  those  of  the  other  Colonies 
a  copy  of  which  is  contained  in  the  enclosed — "  The  Pennsylvania' 
Gazette"  [July  27,  No.  2o7!J] — transmits  copies  of  two  letters  from  a 
member  of  the  Congress,  containing  an  account  of  their  first  two 
days'  proceedings,  with  the  request  that  they  should  be  kept  secret 
[dated  Sept.  3  and  Sept.  5] — the  same  gentleman  wrote  a  pamphlet, 
entitled  "  Arguments  on  both  Sides,  &c.,"  which  is  already  printed, 
and  a  copy  herewith  transmitted,  but  is  doubtful  whether  it  will  be 
of  any  vise  to  make  it  public.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
177.      Origl.     7  folios. 

A  printed  Pamphlet,  but  it  is  very  doubtful  if  ever  it  was 

circulated,  entitled  "  Arguments  on  both  sides  in  the  dispute  between 
G't  Britain  and  her  Colonics," — In  which  those  in  favor  of  the  power 
of  Parliament  to  bind  the  Colonies  are  stated  and  answered,  and  the 
rights  of  the  Colonists  explained  and  asserted  on  new  and  just  prui- 
ciples — by  a  sincere  friend  to  both  countries — to  which  is  added. 
Lord  N.'s  Political  Creed  with  respect  to  America — printed  in  the 
year  1774.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  12  12mo. 
pages,  about  40  folios. 

Enclosed  in  Gov'r  Franklin's  letter  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth, 
of  6th  Sept.,  1774. 

Sept.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  several  public  papers 
— the  King  is  ver}^  much  concerned  about  the  nomination  of  Depu- 
ties from  the  diiferent  Colonies  to  meet  in  general  .Congress  at  Pliil- 
adelphia — the  complaints  of  grievances  coming  from  each  Colony 
separately,  would  have  much  greater  weight  than  from  a  channel,  of 
the  propriety  and  legality  of  which  there  may  be  much  doubt — the 
measure  is  gone  too  far  to  encourage  any  hope  of  its  being  retracted. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Sept.  21.  Elizabethtown.  Letter  from  Jonathan  Hampton  to 
Cortlandt  Skinner — Giving  an  account  of  the  filling  up  of  a  well  he 
had  begun  to  dig,  by  twelve  or  more  persons  in  disguise,  the  night 
previous — Doctor  Barnet  implicated — should  bring  the  matter  be- 
fore the  Court.      Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Oct.  19.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  all  the  Governors  in  America— Enclosing  King's  order  for 
arresting  and  securhig  any  gimpowder,  arms  or  ammunition,  which 
might  be  imported  fro'm  England  to  the  Colonies,  except  the  Master 


440  "WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [17 1 4. 

of  the  ship  will  show  a  license  for  so  doing.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  260.     Draft.     2  folios.  ^ 

[New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col  Docts.,  Vol.  VIH.  p.  .509.] 

[Oct.  21.  Boston.  Letter  from  Committee  of  Correspondence  at 
Boston  to  Committee  of  Monmouth  County.  Copy.  N.  J,  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.  Enclosed  in  letter  of  Edward  Taylor's  to  Josiah  Holmes, 
Jan.  11,  1775. 

Printed  in  the  Society's  Proceedings,  Vol.  I.  pp.  187-188.] 

Oct.  29.  New  York.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth — Transmits  a  pamphlet,  published  by  the  Congress  at 
Philadelphia,  containing  their  resolutions,  &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     2  folios. 

Oct.  Philadelphia.  Petition  of  the  members  of  the  Congress  at 
Philadelphia  to  the  King,  praying  the  redress  of  the  grievances — • 
fifty-one  original  signatures,  among  which  are  Samuel  and  John 
Adams,  General  Washington,  and  other  eminent  men.  S.  P.  O. 
Am  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  260.     Orig'l.     30  folios. 

Nov.  2.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  all  the  Grovernors  in  America — Directing  them  to  transmit 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  every  three  months  a  list  of  the  names  of 
the  Council  in  their  respective  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  260.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Nov.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  King  approves  his  conduct  in  transmitting  the 
papers  in  his  despatch  of  the  6th  of  September — every  information 
with  regard  to  the  state  of  North  America  would  be  very  useful 
— it  will  be  kept  most  secret.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Dec.  6.    Perth  Amboy.    Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 

of  Dartmouth — Although  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  are  not 
altogether  satisfactory,  yet  the  terms  of  association  (non-import)  will 
be  generally  carried  into  execution — the  opinion  of  the  moderate 
men  is,  that  the  mother  country  must  either  consent  to  what  must 
appear  humiliating  in  the  eyes  of  all  Europe,  or  to  compel  obedience 
to  her  laws  by  a  military  force — a  plan  of  constitutional  union  with 
Great  Britain  was  proposed  and  even  entered  on  their  Minutes,  with 
an  order  referring  it  to  further  consideration,  but  the  plan  and  order 
was  afterward  erased  from  the  Minutes — copy  of  the  ]plan  of  consti- 
tutional union  with  'the  mother  country  is^herewith  transmitted.  S. 
P.  0.  Am.  &  W'.  Indies.  Nol.  177.  Original.  6  folios.  En- 
closure.    12  folios. 

Dec.  6.  Report  of  Richard  Jackson  on  thirty-three  Acts,  passed 
by  the  Governor,  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in  March, 
1774.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  34.  Original. 
23  folios. 


1774.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  441 

Dec.  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  transmitting  to  tlieni  copies 
of  the  King's  speech  to  both  Houses  of  Parliament,  their  Addresses^ 
and  the  King's  declaration  of  his  determination  to  withstand  every 
attempt  to  weaken  his  authority  over  the  Colonies.  SPG  Am 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  ,260.     Draft.     3  folios. 

Dec.  16.     Burlington.     Caveat  of  the  Overseers  of  a  school  in  the 
town  of  Burlington,  against  any  grants  being  made  of  tlie  island  of 
Burlington,  until  they  are  first  heard  in  support  of  tlieir  title  thereto 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  37.     Original.     5  folios. 

Dec.  19.  Whitehall.  Representation  from  the  Board  of  Trade 
to  the  King  upon  three  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  N.  Jersey,  passed 
at  their  session  in  1774.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  17, 
p.  263.      Entry.      12  folios. 

N.  B.  This  representation  is  the  last  document  relating  to  N. 
Jersey,  which  was  issued  from  the  Board  of  Trade. 

Dec.  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Samuel  Holland,  Sur- 
veyor General  of  the  Northern  District  of  America,  to  John  Pow- 
nall — has  been  engaged  in  making  astronomical  observations  for  set- 
tling the  42d  degree  of  latitude  on  Delaware  River — regrets  that 
none  of  the  plans  he  has  transmitted  can  be  applied  to  any  public 
use  till  the  general  map  is  complete — details  of  the  surveys  he  has 
made  and  intends  making  for  the  finishing  same  next  summer.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.  Plant.  Gen.  Vol.  31,  W.  9.  Original.  16  folios. 
1775. 

Jan.  4.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  Governors  in  North  America,  directing  them  to  pre- 
vent the  choice  of  Deputies  to  attend  the  Continental  Congress,  and 
to  exhort  all  persons  from  such  unjustifiable  proceedings.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  527.] 
[Jan.  5.     Shrewsbury.     Advertisement  calling  a  meeting  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Shrewsbury  for  the  17th  Jan.,  to  choose  a  Committee 
in  accordance  with  the  recommendations  of  the   Continental   Con- 
gress.    Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Printed  in  the  Society's  "Proceedings,"  Vol.  I.  p,  189.] 

Jan.  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  despatch  of  the  6th  of  Dec,  and  the  plan  of 
a  proposed  Union  was  received — the  Parliament  at  the  next  sitting 
will  come  to  some  final  decision  with  regard  to  the  Colonies — the 
disapprobation  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  from  the  higher 
class  of  men  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  must  have  an  intiueuce 
upon  the  minds  of  unprejudiced  persons.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  177.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Jan.  11.     Middletown.     Letter  from  Edward  Taylor  to  Josiah 


442  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1775 

Holmes,  at  Shrewsbury — Enclosiug  1774,  Oct.  21,  letters  from  Bos- 
ton Committee  of  Correspondence  to  the  Committee  of  Correspond- 
ence of  Monmouth  County.      Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
Printed  in  the  "  Society's  Proceedings,"  VoL  I.  pp.  185,  186.] 

Feb.  1.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
(Earl  of  Dartmouth) — The  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  met  on  the 
11th  of  Jan.,  and  have  approved  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  at 
Philadelphia — transmits  public  papers — observations  on  the  As- 
sembly's Address.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Orig- 
inal.    6  folios. 

[For  Proceedings  of  the  Assembly,  see  Force's  Araer.  Archives,  4th  Ser.,  Vol. 
L  col.  1121.] 

Feb.  13.  New  Jersey.  Address  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jer- 
sey to  the  King — Kecapitulating  their  grievances,  and  praying  for 
the  redress  of  them.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Orig- 
inal.    15  folios. 

[Feb.  17.  Letter  from  Lord  Stirling  to  Cortlandt  Skinner — 
Covering  a  valuation  by  three  impartial  persons,  of  the  lands  mort- 
gaged by  him  to  Mrs.  Mary  Verplanck,  "  and  afterwards  by  some 
unaccountable  mistake"  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Province,  as  securi- 
ty for  money  had  out  of  the  Treasury.  (See  Force's  Amer.  Arch., 
4th  Ser.  Vol.  I.  col.  1131.)     Orig'l.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

Feb.  18.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Notice  is  given  to  all  the  officers  of  the  Cus- 
toms in  New  Jersey,  to  seize  all  arms  and  ammunition  which  may 
be  imported  into  that  Province,  without  a  license  from  the  King  or 
the  Privy  Council.  S.  P.  0.,  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Orig- 
inal.    2  folios. 

Feb.  20.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council,  approving  a  report 
from  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  Council  for  Plantations — Rela- 
tive to  three  Acts  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  and  recommending 
a  settlement  of  salaries  more  suitable  to  the  civil  officers  of  the  said 
Province,  the  building  of  houses  suitable  for  the  residence  of  the 
Governor,  &c.,  and  directing  that  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey  do 
make  a  requisition  accordingly  to  his  Province.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  108,  C.     Original.     16  folios. 

Feb.  22.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  Governors  of  New  York,  N.  Jersey,  New  Hampshire 
and  Pennsylvania,  enclosing  the  Addresses  of  both  Houses  of  Par- 
liament to  the  King,  with  regard  to  the  state  of  the  American  Colo- 
nies— a  bill  brought  to  the  House  of  Commons  for  restraining  the 
trade  and  fisheries  to  the  four  New  England  Governments,  and  a 
copy  of  a  resolution  declaratory  of  the  sense  of  Parliament  upon  the 
subject  of  taxation — it  is  hoped  that  the  last-named  resolution  will 
produce  such  a  conduct  on  the  part  of  the  Colonies  as  shall   lead  to 


1775.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN"    GOVERNOR.  44,3 

a  restoration  of  the  public  tranquillity.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W   In- 
dies.    Vol.  261.     Draft.     3  folios. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  Governors  in  North  America — Enclosing  copy  of  a 
resolution  of  the  House  of  Commons,  (•27th  Feb.,)  which  resolution 
the  King  approves  entirely,  and  hopes  that  tlie  Colonies  will  hand- 
somely provide  for  the  Civil  Government — but  every  attempt  to 
violate  the  rights  of  Parliament,  to  distress  and  obstruct  the  lawfal 
commerce  of  his  subjects,  and  to  encourage  in  the  Colonies  ideas  of 
independence,  he  will  resist  with  firmness.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  261.     Draft.     16  folios. 

[New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  545.] 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America,  informing  tlieni 
that  the  Circular  Letter  of  this  day's  date  [the  foregoing]  sliould 
not  be  officially  communicated  to  the  Assemblies,  only  to  be  explained 
to  those  whose  situation  and  connections  may  enable  the  Assembly 
to  give  facility  to  the  measures  it  points  to.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W 
Indies.     Vol.  26  L     Draft.     3  folios. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Transmits  Order  of  Council,  disallowing  an  Act 
passed  in  the  last  session  of  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  for  low- 
ering the  interest  of  money  to  six  per  cent., — and  another  approving 
the  Act  for  striking  £100,000  in  bills  of  credit,  and  an  Act  for  the 
relief  of  Abner  Hatfield,  an  insolvent  debtor — the  King  expects 
that  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  will  provide  adequate  salaries  to 
the  civil  officers  of  the  Government,  and  build  houses  for  the  resi- 
dence of  the  Governor  and  the  meeting  of  the  Legislature.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     4  folios. 

March  3.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Acknowledges  the  receipt  of  his  despatch  of  1st 
Feb.,  and  acquaints  him  that  he  has  no  further  commands  from  the 
King  than  those  contained  in  his  Circular  Letter  of  this  date.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  3G4.     Entry.     2  folios. 

[March  6.     Freehold.     Letter  from   the   Committee  of  Corres- 
pondence by  Nath'l  Scudder,  then.  Clerk,  to  the   "  Respectable  In- 
habitants of  the   Township   of  Shrewsbury,  at  their  annual  Town 
Meeting."      Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 
Printed  in  the  Society's  "Proceedings,"  Vol.  I.  p.  190.] 

March  7.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  tlie 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Transmitting  a  list  of  the  names  of  tlie  Coun- 
cil of  New  Jersey,  none  of  whom  were  absent  from  the  Province. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Original.  2  folios.  List. 
1  folio. 

April  3.     Perth  Amboy.     Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl 


444  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1775. 

of  Dartmouth — Desires  that  all  the  intelligence  which  he  communi- 
cates may  be  kept  as  secret  as  possible — transmits  extracts  of  several 
letters,  giving  an  account  of  the  disposition  of  the  people  of  New 
Jersey — Mr.  Galloway  has  published  a  pamphlet  containing  his  plan 
of  a  proposed  union  between  Great  Britain  and  the  Colonies,  with 
reasons  in  support  of  it — is  very  much  concerned  to  find  that  his  let- 
ter of  the  29th  of  Oct.  was  not  delivered — the  Assembly  had  re- 
solved upon  appointing  members  for  the  intended  general  Congress 
in  May — all  the  Circular  Letters  sent  to  the  Governors  are  pub- 
lished in  Rhode  Island  newspapers,  with  some  innocent  remarks. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  West  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Original.  10  folios. 
Enclosures.     Copies.     60  folios. 

April  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall,  by 
order  of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  North  Ameri- 
ca— Enclosing  copy  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  for  restraining  the  trade 
and  commerce  of  the  four  New  England  Colonies.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.   Indies.     Vol.  261.     Draft.     2  folios. 

April  5.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall  to  all 
the  Governors  in  America — Enclosing  a  Gazette  containing  a  Proc- 
lamation issued  by  order  of  the  States  General,  prohibiting  the  ex- 
portation of  arms  and  ammunition  from  their  dominions.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Draft.      1  folio. 

Enclosing  the  London  Gazette  from  March  28  to  April  1,  1775. 
No.  11548. 

April  15.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America — Acquainting 
them  with  the  King's  pleasure  that  the  orders  of  the  Commander- 
in-Chief  of  the  forces  in  America  shall  be  supreme,  and  be  obeyed 
accordingly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  261.  Draft. 
1  folio. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VHI.  p.  569.] 

[(May  ?)  Articles  of  Association  of  the  Freeholders  and  Inhab- 
itants of  Pequanock,  in  the  County  of  Morris,  pledging  themselves 
to  sustain  the  action  of  the  Continental  and  Provincial  Congresses,  in 
defending  the  Constitution,  signed  by  180  persons.  Original.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  Term.  Draft  of  an  agreement  to  be  signed  by  the  law- 
yers, that,  in  consequence  of  the  state  of  the  Colonies  requiring  the 
aid  and  assistance  of  every  individual,  and  as  many  practitioners  of 
the  law  particularly  were  required  to  give  their  time  and  attention 
to  the  public  service,  they  would  not  carry  on  or  prosecute  any  ac- 
tion unless  with  the  consent  of  the  attoi-ney  on  the  other  side,  and 
that  they  would  do  all  in  their  power  to  prevent  unnecessary  litiga- 
tion.    Original  draft.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

May  6.     Perth  Amboy.     Letter  from   Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 


1775.]  WILLIAM   FKANKLIX    GOVERNOR.  445 

Earl  of  Dartnioiitli — The  reconciliation  with  the  people  was  totally 
defeated  by  the  proceedings  of  the  King's  troops  at  Concord — the 
people  of  N.  J.  are  alarmed — they  are  arming  themselves—  attempt 
to  carry  the  treasury  chest  and  the  records  away — they  are  eutcriu"' 
into  associations  similar  to  that  of  New  York,  to  obey  their  Con- 
gress— observations  on  Gen.  Gage's  measures — the  impropriety  of 
publishing  the  Governor's  correspondence,  by  order  of  the  House  of 
Commons.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.177.  Original.  32 
folios. 

May  22.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Seer.  Lord  Dartmouth  to 
the  Governor  of  New  Jersey — Acquainting  him  with  the  death  of 
the  Queen  of  Denmark,  the  King's  sister,  and  enclosing  t])e  Gazette 
containing  the  orders  for  mourning.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "W.  Indies. 
Vol.  2G1.     Draft.     2  folios. 

May  27.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Samuel  Holland  to  Seer. 
Lord  Dartmouth — Transmitting  the  plans  of  last  summer's  surveys 
— fears  they  will  not  equal  those  of  former  years,  on  account  of  the 
inconveniences  consequent  on  the  situation  of  public  affairs.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Original.     6  folios. 

[May  27  to  1776,  March  6.  Proceedings  of  the  Committee  of 
Correspondence  of  Shrewsbury.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Printed  in  the  Society's  "  Proceedings,"  Vol.  I.  p.  190,  and  see  page  ISi  of 
same  volume  for  preceding  circumstances.] 

June  5.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Govt  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Incorporated  the  whole  letter  of  the  3d  of 
March  into  his  speech  at  the  opening  of  the  session  in  New  Jersey 
— It  is  whispered  that  the  Assembly  intend  to  propose  some  other 
terms  of  accommodation — opinions  on  the  Governor's  speech — since 
the  affair  at  Lexington  the  Colonies  have  been  in  the  utmost  com- 
motion— proceedings  in  New  Jersey — the  militia  officers  send  their 
resio-nations — the  paper  money  could  not  be  sunk — the  Assembly 
took  notice  of  the  extracts  from  his  despatches,  publi.^hed  in  Al- 
mon's  Parliamentary  Register,  and  have  entered  it  on  their  Minutes 
— encloses  several  prhited  and  MS.  papers.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Original.  IS  folios. 
Enclosures.     Pr.  and  MS.,  100  folios. 

[For  proceedings  of  the  Assjembly,  Governor's  speech,  &c.,  see  Force's  Amer. 
Arch.  4th  Series,  Vol.  IL  col.  58i),  &c.] 

June  7.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Every  intelligence  received  from  him  will  be  kept 
gecret — it  is  evident  now  that  the  appointment  of  the  Delegates  to 
the  Congress  could  not  have  been  prevented  by  any  measures— re- 
ceived an  unfavorable  account  of  a  conflict  between  the  King's 
troops  and  some  of  the  Provincials,  but  receiving  no  intelligence 
from  Gen.  Gage,  no  reliance  can  be  placed  upon  the  truth  of  it.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     4  folios. 


446  WILLIAM    FRANKLIN    GOVERNOR.  [1775. 

July  4.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Grov'r  Frankliu  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Intelligence  of  the  movements  of  the  Provin- 
cial troops  in  New  Jersey  and  Philadelphia — sends  Minutes  of  the 
Council  and  Journals  of  the  Assembly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  177.     Original.     3  folios. 

July  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
GrOv'r  Franklin — Gen.  Gage's  attempt  at  Concord  had  a  fatal  ef- 
fect upon  the  mind  of  the  people,  and  frustrated  the  object  for 
which  the  Circular  Letter  of  the  8d  of  March  was  sent  to  the  Gov- 
ernor— no  hope  of  a  reconciliation — the  King  is  firmly  resolved  to 
crush  the  rebellion — Gen.  Gage  and  Admiral  Graves  have  orders  to 
exert  the  most  vigorous  efforts  for  suppressing  the  rebellion.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     6  folios. 

July  5.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — Major  [Philip]  Skene  arrested  in  Philadelphia 
— Copies  of  the  order  of  the  Congress  for  the  arrest  of  Maj.  Skene 
— his  letter  to  Gov'r  Penn,  and  the  Governor's  answer  transmitted. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  ^V.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Original.     10  folios. 

[Major  Skene  arrived  in  Philadelphia  from  London  with  some  other  officers  on 
7th  June.  He  had  been  appointed  Governor  of  the  Forts  at  Ticonderoga  and 
Crown  Point.  His  papers  were  examined,  and  he  sent  a  prisoner  to  Connecticut. 
On  July  24th,  1776,  Gen.  Washington  was  authorized  to  consent  to  his  exchange. 
See  Journals  of  Congress  from  1774  to  1788,  Vol.  I.  ;  Force's  Amer.  Arch.,  &c.] 

July  12.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — His  speech  to  the  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  on  the 
16th  of  May  is  highly  approved — the  Assembly  felt  the  force  of  it, 
only  withheld  their  concurrence  from  the  fear  of  the  consequences 
that  would  follow  from  the  appearance  of  separating  from  the  other 
Colonies — the  notice  which  the  Assembly  has  taken  of  the  publica- 
tion in  the  Parliamentary  Register  of  one  of  his  letters,  is  illiberal 
and  unjust.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Draft.  4 
folios. 

Aug.  2.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — A  formal  Declaration  has  been  published  by 
Congress,  and  every  preparation  is  made  for  carrying  on  war — sends 
a  copy  of  that  declaration,  and  a  letter  from  Col.  Coxe  to  Mr.  Skin- 
ner—  the  latter  shows  the  critical  situation  of  the  Government  offi- 
cers— the  leaders  of  the  people  are  aiming  to  establish  a  Republic. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.      Original.     4  folios. 

Sept.  1.  Petition  of  the  Congress  to  the  King,  signed  by  48 
members  from  the  different  Colonies — those  of  New  Jersey  were 
Wil.  Livingston,  John  De  Hart  and  Richard  Smith — praying  His 
Majesty  to  adopt  measures  of  reconciliation — delivered  to  the  Earl 
of  Dartmouth  by  Messrs.  Penn  and  Lee.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
d  ies.     Vol.  177.     Orig'l.     25  folios. 

Sept.  5.     Whitehall.     Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 


1775.]        WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  GOVERNOR.  447 

mouth  to  the  seA^eral  Governors  in  North  America,  direct iiio-  them 
not  to  send  to  Enghind  any  such  ships  as  ma}'  be  stationed  within 
the  limits  of  their  respective  Governments,  with  any  despatches  to 
England,  unless  such  despatches  are  of  the  most  pressing  nature. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Draft.  2  folios. 
[New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VUI,  p.  G.34.] 

Sept.  5.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — The  despatch  of  the  7th  of  June  came  to  him 
opened  at  the  Post  Office  at  New  York — orders  should  be  given  to 
the  Captains  of  the  packets  to  deliver  despatches  to  the  Captain  of 
the  man-of-war  stationed  in  New  York — an  account  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  people — he  is  loth  to  desert  his  station,  but  it  would 
mortify  him  extremely  to  be  led  like  a  "  bear"  through  the  country 
to  some  place  of  confinement  in  New  England  like  Gov'r  Skoene — 
the  Government  officers  in  New  Jersey  are  not  protected — the  Pro- 
vincial Congress  at  Trenton  took  upon  them  the  entire  command  of 
the  militia — no  prospect  of  the  salaries  being  paid  to  the  King's  of- 
ficers. [See  July  5.]  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  VoL  177 
Original.     17  folios. 

Sept.  6.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  jMr.  Pownall.  l)y 
order  of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  all  the  Governors  in  America, 
enclosing  the  King's  Proclamation  of  the  23d  of  Aug.,  for  suppress- 
ing rebellion  and  sedition.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  ^V.  Indies.  Vol.  177. 
Draft.     1  folio. 

[Sept.  11.  Commission  to  Joseph  Stout,  as  Captain  in  the  Jer- 
sey battalion,  signed  by  John  Hart.  Original  now  (18;')S,)  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New   York.] 

Sept.  20.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Samuel  Holland  to  Sec- 
retary Lord  Dartmouth — Is  ready  to  run  the  boundary  line  between 
New  York  and  Massachusetts  Bay — the  general  map  waits  only  for 
M.  Desbarre's  surveys — has  endeavored  to  survey  the  environs  of 
Perth  Amboy,  but  was  obliged  to  desist  sooner  than  he  expected. 
S.  P.  0.    Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Orig'l.     6  folios. 

Oct.  1.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Mr.  Pownall,  by  or- 
der of  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth,  to  Gov'rs  Tryon,  Franklin,  I'enn  and 
Eden,  desiring  them  to  send  their  despatches  through  the  Admiral, 
as  the  packet  boats  for  America  are  discontinued.  S.  P.  O.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Oct.  3.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dartmouth — The  matters  are  now  carried  so  far  that  unless 
some  propositions  should  come  from  Great  Britain,  there  seems  little 
probability  of  a  change  of  conduct  among  the  people — suggests  the 
expediency  of  his  speech  being  published  in  England — suspects  that 
his  despatches  were  opened  either  in  London,  Falmouth,  or  some  in-, 
termediate  office — John  Adams  avowed  that  the  letters  published  in 


448  WILLIAM   FKAXKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1775. 

Draper's  Mass.  Gazette  to  Gen.  Gage  were  his — Lord  Stirling,  (Mr. 
Alexander,)  one  of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey,  accepted  a  Colonel's 
Commission  from  the  Provincial  Congress — Samuel  Smith,  Esq.,  on 
account  of  his  age  and  infirmities,  has  resigned  his  seat  at  the  Board, 
but  no  gentleman  as  yet  would  consent  to  be  nominated — the  Courts 
are  still  open — the  Council  advised  calling  the  Assembly  on  the  15th 
of  next  month,  but  there  is  a  doubt  if  they  will  meet.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  177.      Orig'l.     15  folios. 

Enclosing  copies  of  the  correspondence,  &c.,  about  the  opening 
of  the  despatches.     Aug.,  1775.     40  folios. 

Oct.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  J.  Pownall  to  Gov'r  Franklin 
— Directing  him  to  send  his  letters  through  the  channels  of  the  Ad- 
miral, by  means  of  the  small  vessels  under  his  command,  as  the  reg- 
ular packet  boats  are  discontinued  for  the  present.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Oct.  2S.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  all  tlie  Governors  in  America,  except  Massachusetts  Bay 
and  North  Carolina,  enclosing  the  King's  speech  and  the  addi-ess,  in 
order  to  convince  the  rebellious  inhabitants  of  the  Colonies  of  the 
firm  resolution  of  every  branch  of  the  Legislature  to  maintain  the 
dignit}'  and  authority  of  Parliament,  as  well  as  their  desire  at  re- 
conciliation. S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  261.  Draft. 
2  folios. 

[New  York  letter  printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  VIII.  p.  642.] 

Nov.  1.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the 
Earl  of  Dai'traouth — Some  of  the  despatches  were  miscarried — by 
order  of  the  Continental  Congress,  two  battalions  are  to  be  raised  in 
New  Jersey — unless  the  army  under  Schuyler  or  Washington  be 
defeated,  there  seems  every  probability  of  the  inhabitants  following 
the  Congress  implicitly — sends  some  newspapers  containing  various 
intelligence — one  Dr.  Church  arrested  by  Washington,  and  accused 
of  acting  as  a  spy  in  his  camp — encloses  copy  of  Dr.  Church's  letter 
to  Major  Kane  at  Boston,  intercepted  at  Rhode  Island,  and  deliv- 
ered to  Washington — the  fate  of  transport  from  Boston  to  New 
York — the  uncertainty  of  conveyance  of  letters  prevents  writing 
more  particularly.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  177.  Orig- 
inal.    7  folios. 

[For  the  letter  and  other  proceedings,  see  Force's  Amer.  Arch.,  4th  Ser.,  Vol. 
Ill  col.  958,  &c.] 

Nov.  8.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  the  Earl  of  Dart- 
mouth to  the  several  Governors  in  North  America,  directing  them 
to  inform  all  the  King's  officers  in  their  respective  Governments, 
that  they  are  at  liberty  to  withdraw  themselves  from  the  Colony 
whenever  their  personal  safety  shall  make  it  necessary  for  them  so 
to  do.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  261.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts,  Vol.  VIIL  p.  G42.] 


1775.]  WILLIAM   FPvANKLIN   GOYEKNOR. 


449 


Nov.  10.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Lord  George  Ger- 
mam  to  all  the  Governors,  &c.,  iu  America,  iiiformiug  tlienrof  his 
beiiDg  appointed  Secretary  of  State,  and  directing  ttiat  their  des- 
patches for  the  future  bo  addressed  to  him.  S  P  0  Am  &  W 
Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Dec.  3.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  the  Earl  of 
Dartmouth — Transmits  copies  of  his  Speech  at  the  opening  of  the 
session,  the  Council  and  Assembly's  Addresses  and  his  Answer;  also 
a  Message  to  them  on  the  support  of  Government,  and  a  procla- 
mation for  suppressing  rebellion  and  sedition,  &c.,  which  will  give 
an  idea  of  the  present  state  of  affairs.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W  Indies 
Vol.  178.     Original     2  folios. 

[For  Proceedings  of  Council  and  Assembly,  see  Force's  American  Arcliives 
4tla  series,  Vol.  III.  cols.  1849-187G.] 

Dec.  12.  Report  of  R.  Jackson  on  nine  Acts  passed  by  tlic 
Governor,  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  in  Feb.,  1775.  S. 
P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  38.     Original.     10  folios. 

Dec.  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Germain  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — The  King  is  very  much  concerned  that  tlic  people 
of  New  Jersey  have  submitted  to  the  Congress — the  King  approv(!.i 
of  his  conduct,  and  relies  upon  his  fidelity.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  »S:  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  177.     Draft.     2  folios. 

Dec.  23.  Whitehall.  Circular  Letter  from  Lord  George  Ger- 
main to  all  the  Governors  in  America,  except  Connecticut  and  Rhode 
Island — Enclosing  an  Act  of  Parliament  appointing  Commission  to 
enquire  into  the  state  of  the  Colonies,  in  order  to  restore  tranijuillity, 
and  to  establish  a  permanent  union  with  the  mother  country.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     A^ol.  2G1.     Draft.     3  folios. 

[Printed  in  N.  Y.  Col.  Docts.,  Vol.  YLU.  p.  618.] 

[ Perth  Amboy  ?     Draft  of  ft  pledge  for  the  signature  of 

Royalists,  written  in  a  feigned  hand — Arms  to  be  provided,  and 
they  to  hold  themselves  in  readiness  three  times  a  week  for  instruction 
in  their  use,  to  enable  them  "  the  better  to  defend  our  constitutional 
rights,  maintain  the  laws,  support  the  magistrates,  and  protect  our- 
selves and  fellows-subjects  from  violence  and  injury" — allegiance  to 
King  George  the  Third  to  be  faithfully  borne,  &c.  Whitehead 
MSS.] 

Jan.  5.  Perth  Amboy.  Secret  and  confidential  letter  from 
Governor  Franklin  to  the  Earl  of  Dartmouth— Several  petitions  pre- 
sented to  the  Assembly  to  discourage  any  attempt  to  promote  an  in- 
dependency of  Great  Britain — majority  of  people  in  New  Jersey  and 
Pennsylvania  averse  to  it — danger  seems  to  bo  that  the  design 
will  be  carried  by  degrees— Asseml)ly  granted  the  usual  support  to 
Government,  but  they  evaded  complying  with  Ilis  Majesty's  requisi- 
29 


450  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1776. 

tion — their  intention  to  petition  the'  King  on  the  present  unhappy 
disputes  prevented  by  a  Committee  of  the  General  Congress  at 
Philadelphia — has  reason  to  believe  that  some  of  the  Council  are 
strongly  inclined  to  favor  the  measures  of  Congress — two  Judges 
and  one  Justice  of  the  Peace  have  been  seized  for  refusing  to  sign 
associations,  and  speaking  against  proceedings  of  Congress — William 
Stirling,  commonly  called  Earl  of  Stirling,  he  has  suspended  from 
the  Council — generally  believed  that  Congress  will  have  assistance 
from  France,  if  not  from  Spain — French  fleet  expected  in  the  St. 
Lawrence,  and  French  troops  have  already  arrived  in  the  West  In- 
dies— the  Tories  (as  they  are  called)  in  Sussex  County  have  fur- 
nished themselves  with  arms — two  of  the  New  Jersey  Delegates  to 
Congress  have  resigned  their  seats,  &c.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol  178.     26  folios. 

[For  the  Correspondeuce  between  Gov'r  Franklin  and  Lord  Stirling,  see  Force's 
American  Archives,  4th  series,  Vol.  III.  col.  G5G-65'J — Princeton  Review,  July, 
1847.] 

Jan.  5.  Enclosures  with  foregoing.  Copy  of  the  resignation  of 
Mr.  de  Hart,  Delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress — Resolutions  of 
Cono-ress  :  Copy  of  an  oath  impose^d  on  the  inhabitants  of  Newport, 
Khode  Island,  by  Gen'l  Lee — An  Act  for  restraining  and  punishing 
persons  who  are  inimical  to  the  liberties  of  Connecticut  and  the  rest 
of  the  United  Colonies — Notes  of  what  Mr.  Dickinson  said  before 
the  House  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey — Articles  of  Confederation 
and  perpetual  Union  entered  into  by  the  Delegates  of  the  several 
Colonies  of  New  Hampshire,  &c.,  in  General  Congress — Message 
from  the  House  of  Assembly  to  the  Governor.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  178.     7  Papers.     Copies.     G7  folios  (about.) 

Jan.  8.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secre 
tary  Lord  Dartmouth — That  Lieut.-Col.  Wm.  Winds,  with  a  party 
of  Provincials,  surrounded  his  house  at  two  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
and  presented  his  servant  with  a  letter  demanding  that  on  account  of 
his  letters,  that  were  intercepted,  having  been  sent  to  the  Continental 
CoDo-ress,  he  was  to  give  his  word  and  honor  that  he  Avould  not  leave 
the  Province  till  the  issue  were  known — his  reply,  that  he  did  not 
intend  to  do  so — Mr.  Skinner's  house  was  also  invested,  but  he  had 
previously  escaped,  and  believes  he  is  safe  on  board  one  of  the  King's 
ships  at  New  York — Lord  Stirling  alone  is  to  blame  for  these  trans- 
actions, who  seized  his  despatch  of  the  5th  instant — finds  it  is  con- 
iectured  the  Congress  will  order  him  to  be  seized  and  sent  to  the  in- 
terior of  the  country,  so  that  he  may  not  have  any  opportunity  of 
transmitting  any  further  intelligence  to  His  Lordshijj — whatever 
may  happen  will  not  swerve  him  in  the  least  from  his  loyalty.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  178.      Original.     10  folios. 

[See  Force's  American  Archives,  Ith  series.  Vol.  IV.  col.  G21.     Contributions  to 
East  Jersey  History,  p.  192.] 

[Jan.  11  to  Feb.  G.     Feb.  27  to  Mar.  2.     June  21   to  July  23. 


1776.]  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  451 

Original  Minutes  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  and  New  Jersey  Pro- 
vincial Congress.     Whitehead  MSS. 

These  IMinutes  were  printed  hi  177G,  and  reprinted  by  order  of  the  Legislature 
in  1835  ;  but  there  are  some  portions  omitted,  which  were  not  deemed  originally  of 
sufEcient  importance  to  be  printed — and  some  other  passages,  which,  after  havin" 
been  entered  on  the  Mhiutes,  were  afterward  erased— giving  information  fre- 
quently, which  is  not  found  in  the  printed  copy.] 

[Jan  24-31.     Several   Documents  referring  to  capture  of  ship 
''  Blue  Mountain  Valley,"  by  Lord   Stirling — Original,  now  (1858)  ' 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  York. 

For  particulars  of  capture,  &c.,  see  Force's  American  Archives,  4th  series,  Vol. 
IV.  pp.  817,  837,  851,  987.J 

[Jan.  27.  Philadelphia.  Letter  from  William  Livingston — 
Relating  to  the  fete  of  Lord  Prescott  and  various  other  matters. 
Original,  now  (1858)  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New 
York.] 

[Feb.  9.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  to  be  Colonel  of  third  bat- 
talion of  the  New  Jersey  troops,  signed  by  John  Hancock,  President 
of  Congress.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  HistrSoc.  MSS.] 

[Feb.  12.  Document  referring  to  the  supply  of  arms  to  the 
Committee  of  Safety  by  the  County  of  Gloucester,  N.  J.,  signed  by 
Samuel  Harrison,  Chairman.  Original,  now  (1858)  iu  the  possession 
of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  York.] 

Feb.  22.  Pteport  of  E.  Jackson  on  an  "  Act  for  the  relief  of 
Richard  Stevens,  with  respect  to  the  imprisonment  of  his  person," 
passed  by  the  Governor,  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey  in 
September,  1772.  S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.  New  Jersey.  Vol.  10,  L.  39. 
Original.     2  folios. 

[Feb.  24.  Perth  Amboy.  Pledge  of  Jonatlian  Deare,  1st  Ma- 
jor, Heathcote  Johnston,  Captain,  Thomas  Bunn,  1st  Lieut.,  and 
John  Thomson,  2d  Lieut. — Officers  in  the  1st  liegiiuent  of  Militia 
in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  to  observe  and  carry  into  execution  the 
orders,  resolves  and  recommendations  of  the  Provincial  Congress,  and 
of  their  superior  officers.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[March  §.  Lord  Stirling  to  the  President  of  Provincial  Con- 
gress of  New  Jersey,  relative  to  the  Royalists,  and  the  assistance 
rendered  by  them  to  the  enemy.  Original,  now  (1858)  iu  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  l''ork.] 

[March  15  &  29.  Elizabethtown.  Abraham  Clark  to  Conunit- 
tee  of  Safety — Relative  to  a  resolution  of  Provincial  Congress  call- 
ino-  for  arms  to  equip  a  battalion  intended  for  Canada — (pas.sed  Feb. 
2j  1776) — "  If  all  the  Congresses  upon  the  Continent  required  us  to 
disarm  ourselves  at  present,  unless  we  are  deemed  dangerous  to  lib- 
erty, I  would  not  obey."  Original,  now  (1858)  iu  the  possession  of 
Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  Y'ork.J  _      ..._.^ 


452  'WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   GOVERNOR.  [1776. 

[Marcli  17.  Lord  Stirling  to  the  New  Jersey  Committee  of 
Safety — Relating  to  the  necessity  for  suspending  the  operation  of  the 
civil  law  during  the  campaign.  Original,  now  (1858)  iu  the  posses- 
sion of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  York.] 

March  27.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to 
Secretary  Lord  George  Germain — Has  received  his  despatch  of  the 
10th  Nov.,  complimentary  on  his  appointment — will  address  future 
despatches  to  His  Lordship.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol. 
178.     Original.     2  folios. 

March  28.  Perth  Amboy.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to 
Secretary  Lord  George  Germain — -A  full  account  of  behig  seized 
prisoner  in  his  own  house,  by  Lord  Stirling's  orders,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  conveying  him  to  Elizabethtown,  whieii  was  however  pre- 
vented by  the  interference  of  the  Chief  Justice,  who  went  to 
Lord  Stirling — the  proceedings,  as  he  has  iieard,  have  been  disap- 
proved of  by  the  Continental  Congress — remarks  on  same — regrets 
the  absence  of  Mr.  Cortlandt  Skinner,  the  Attorney  General  and 
Speaker  of  the  Assembly,  on  ^board  a  man-of-war  with  Governor 
Tryon,  whose  services  would,  as  always,  have  been  of  great  as- 
sistance— he  has  left  a  wife  and  thirteen  children  depending  on  him 
for  support — recommends  his  case  to  the  King — anticipates  some 
difference  with  the  Council  at  their  next  meeting — has  been  told  that 
a  majority  of  the  Provincial  Congress  which  lately  met  at  Bruns- 
wick, appeared  inclined  to  adopt  an  independency — encloses  printed 
pamphlets  and  newspapers,  with  articles  touching  the  seizing  the 
Commissioners  immediately  on  their  arrival — fears  their  labours  will 
be  comparatively  useless — many  represent  "  reconciliation  and  ruiu 
as  nearly  related" — encloses  public  papers.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W. 
Indies.     Vol.  178.     Original.     35  folios. 

[Sec  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  Histoiy,  pp,  193,  105,  106.  Force's  Ameri- 
can Archives,  iih  series,  Vol.  IV.  col.  627.] 

[March  30.  Perth  Amboy.  Requisition  of  Jonathan  Deare, 
by  order  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  and  General  Dickinson,  upon 
Captain  Heathcote  Johnston  for  four  men,  the  number  to  be  drafted 
from  his  company  towards  the  100  men  ordered  from  Middlesex 
county  to  New  York — To  be  at  Woodbridge  the  following  Wednes- 
day— certificate  of  Capt.  Johnston  attached,  that  the  order  had  been 
complied  with.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.j 

[March  31.     Freehold.     George  Taylor  to  President  of  Congress 

Relating  to  his  taking  command  of  a  battalion  of  troops,  if  used  as 

a  coast  guard.  Original,  now  (1858)  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  B. 
Norton,  New  York.] 

[April  5.  Return  of  pay  and  subsistence  due  Captain  Henry 
Vfaddle's  Company  of  Grenadiers  iu  1st  battalion  N.  Jersey  Militia, 
commanded  by  Major  Thomas  Seabrook,  from  the  time  they  began 
their  march.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


1776.]  WILLIAM    FRANKLI.V   GOVERXOR.  453 

April  25.  S.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft  of 
a  Commission  for  the  Lord  High  Admiral  of  Englai^d  to  proceed 
upon  all  seizures,  &c.,  of  all  ships  and  goods  taken  I'roui  the  Colony 
of  New  Jersey  and  the  other  Colonies  in  rebellion.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     Vol.  108,  C.     Original.     15  folios. 

April  25.  St.  James'.  '  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  instructions  (enclosed)  for  the  Commanders  of  His  Majesty's  .ships 
and  vessels  of  war,  with  respect  to  the  seizing  ships  and  vessels  be- 
longing to  the  Colony  of  New  Jersey,  and  others  therein  named 
during  the  continuance  of  the  Rebellion.  S  P.  O.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  108,  C.     Orig'h     20  folios. 

[ Documents  presented  to  N.  J.  Provincial  Congress,  being 

most  of  the  original  memorials  and  papers  referred  to  in  the  printed 
proceedings  of  that  body.      Originals.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MS8. 

Another  collection  of  these  documents  are  now  (1858)  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  York,  for  sale.] 

[May  3.  Hillsborough.  Ileport  of  proceedings  relative  to  the 
formation  of  a  regiment  of  militia  in  Hillsborough — Signatures  of 
John  ]>aptist  Dnmont,  and  Peter  D.  Vroom.  Original,  now  (1858) 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  11  Norton,  New  York.] 

[May  9.  New  York.  Adjutant  Cren'l  Horatio  Gates  to  Col. 
Elias  Dayton — Directing  him  to  proceed  to  join  his  regiment  at  Al- 
bany, and  receive  and  obey  the  orders  of  Major  Gcu'l  Schuyler. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  1-4.     Saratoga.     IMajorGen'l  Ph.  Schuyler  to  Col.  Dayton 
— Directing  him   to  proceed   to   Johnstown,  New  York,  and  make 
prisoner  of  Sir  John  Johnson,  &c.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  jMSS. 
PriuteJ  ill  "  Proceedings"  of  the  Society,  VoL  V.  p.  34  ;  and  in  Force's  Amer- 
ican Archives,  4th  series,  VoL  VI.  p.  Gt2.] 

[May  14.  Saratoga.  Major  Genl  Ph.  Schuyler  to  Sir  John 
Johnson — Informing  him  of  the  orders  given  Colonel  Dayton,  &c., — 
(accompanying  the  foregoing.)      Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Printed  ill  "Proceedings"  of  the  Society,  Vol.  V.  p.  3G ;  and  see  "Proceed- 
inc;,"  Vol.  II.  p.  113,  &c.  See  also  Force's  American  Archives,  4th  scries,  Vol. 
IV.  pp.  642-644.] 

May  17.  Albany.  Brig  Gen'l  John  Sullivan  to  Col.  ])ayton — 
Orders  on  proceeding  to  Johnstown  to  arrest  Col.  John  Jolmson. 
(See  May  14.)     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

[For  Col.  Dayton's  Ileport,  see  Force's  Americaa  Archives,  4th  series.  Vol.  IV. 
p.  644.] 

[June  23.  "  A  second  letter  from  His  Excellency  Governor 
Franklin  to  the  Hon.  Council  and  House  of  Assembly."  Copy.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  23.  Original  draft  of  the  Address  to  the  inhabitants^  of 
N.  Jersey,  calling  "for  ooOO  volunteers   to  defend  the  city  of  New 


454  UNDER  THE    CONVENTION.  [1776. 

York.  In  the  possession  now  (1858)  of  Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New 
York.] 

June  27,  Affidavit  of  James  Mason — Relative  to  the  appear- 
ance at  Ringwood,  Morris  County,  of  an  emissary  of  the  King,  en- 
deavoring to  enlist  men  for  the  British  forces,  &c.  Copy.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Sdb.  MSS. 

His  examination  before  John  Jay  and  Gouvemenr  Mon-is  on  20th  June,  is 
printed  in  Force's  American  Archives,  4th  series,  Voh  IV.  p.  1155.] 

[July  3.  John  Witherspoon  to  President  of  Congress — Express- 
ing his  surprise  that  Governor  Franklin  had  not  yet  been  carried 
further  than  Hackensack.  Original,  now  (1858)  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  C.  B.  Norton,  New  York.] 

[For  particulars  of  Gov'r  Franklin's  arrest,  see  Contributions  to  East  Jersey 
History,  pp.  194-199.  Capt.  Kinney,  who  commanded  the  Escort  having  him  in 
charge,  was  cited  before  the  Provincial  Congress  to  account  for  his  "  loitering  on 
the  way"  to  Connecticut.] 

Aug.  5.  Report  of  R.  Jackson  on  eight  Acts  passed  by  the 
Governor,  Council  and  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  in  December,  1775. 
S.  P.  0.,  B.  T.     New  Jersey.     Vol.  10,  L.  40.     Orig'l.     9  folios. 

[ (Sept.)     Objections  of  New  Jersey  to  the  Confederation, 

presented  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  signed  by  John  Ste- 
vens, Vice  President  of  Council,  and  John  Hart,  Speaker  of  As- 
sembly.    Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soe.  MSS.] 

[Oct.  19.  Fort  Schuyler.  Col.  Elias  Dayton  to  Gen'l  Ph.  Schuy- 
ler— Acknowledging  the  receipt  of  orders  to  expedite  his  march  to 
Fort  George — nearly  100  of  his  men  "  barefoot,"  and  many  of  them 
almost  naked — but  believes  they  will  march  with  cheerfulness. 
Original  draft.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.'MSS.] 

[Oct.  21.  Orders  of  Col.  Edward  Thomas  to  Samuel  Hayes,  Ad- 
jutant, to  take  the  necessai*y  steps  to  collect  the  fines,  imposed  by 
the  Convention  of  the  State,  for  refusing  to  do  military  duty  when 
ordered  by  their  superior  officers — of  Capt.  Francis  Post,  Capt. 
Richard  Van  Riper,  Capt.  Henry  King,  and  Capt  Henry  Garretse. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Oct.  25.  Return  of  the  Officers  of  Third  New  Jersey  Regiment 
in  service  of  U.  States,  with  notes  of  their  capacity,  &c.  Original. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Nov.  4.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Germain  to  the 
Governor  of  New  Jersey — Enclosing  the  King's  Speech  at  the  open- 
ing of  Parliament,  and  the  Addresses  of  both  Houses  in  answer 
thereto.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  262.  Draft.  1 
folio. 

[Nov.  23.  Burlington.  Letter  from  Jonathan  Deare,  Clerk  of 
Assembly,  to  John  Johnston — Transmitting  an  Order  of  the  House, 
that  Mr.  Johnston  transmit  the  Loan  Office  money  yet  in  his  hands 


1776.]  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON    GOVERNOR.  455 

(he  being  one  of  the    signers)   to  lliehard    Smith,  the    Treasurer. 
Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Dec.  6.  Philadelphia.  Receipt  from  Abraham  Clark  for  a 
large  trunk  and  a  box  t-aid  to  contain  a  considerable  (juantity  of  New 
Jersey  Loan  Office  money,  delivered  to  him  by  John  Johnston, 
which  he  is  to  endeavour  to  keep  in  their  then  present  state,  until 
the  Governor  and  Council,  or  Legislative  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
shall  call  for  them.      Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[Dec.  25  &  3L  1776.     Jan.  1,  1777.     Brigade  orders,  Haddon- 
field.     Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 
177T. 

[Jan.  6-8.  Brigade  orders,  Morristown.  Copy.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

(?)  Petition  of  Thomas  Bradbury  Chandler,  D.  D.,  Rec- 
tor of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey,  and  others,  to 
the  King — That  in  consideration  of  their  eminent  services  to  His 
Majesty,  and  that  having,  at  considei-able  expense,  discovered  a  tract 
of  land  on  the  waters  of  the  Ohio,  in  the  Province  of  Canada,  the 
settlement  of  which  must  soon  take  place — pray  His  Majesty  to  grant 
them  a  mandamus  for  100,000  acres  of  land  in  tlie  said  spot.  S. 
P.   0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies. ;   Virginia,  271,  B.     Original.     7  folios. 

March  26.  St.  James'.  Order  in  Council  approving  the  draft 
of  instructions  for  the  Commanders  of  private  ships  and  vessels  em- 
ployed for  the  seizing,  &c.,  all  ships,  vessels,  goods,  &c.,  of  the  Colo- 
nies in  rebellion,  including  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  In- 
dies.    Vol.  108,  C.     Original.     5  folios. 

[April  16.  Receipt  of  John  VY^itherspoon  for  a  legacy  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars,  left  by  Alexander  Perriman,  of  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  to  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  14.  Report  of  Guard  at  Newark — Remington  Parcel,  Offi- 
cer.    Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  18.  Report  of  Guard  at  Newark— Edward  Hedden,  Offi- 
cer.    Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Jan.  24.  Message  from  Gov'r  Livingston  to  the  Legislature. 
Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  10.  Report  of  the  Main  Guard  at  Newark— Caleb 
Wheeler,  jr.,  Captain.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. J 

[Feb.  25.  Haddonfield.  IMessage  from  Gov'r  Livingston  to  the 
Legislature.     Copy.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  11.  Notes  on  the  Battle  of  Brandywine,  from  papers  of 
Elias  Dayton.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Oct.  4.     Notes   ou   the  Battle  of  Gcrmantown,  and  subsequent 


456  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON    GOVERNOR.  [1777. 

movements,  from  papers  of  Elias  Dayton.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  ?ISS.] 

[Oct.  G.  Return  of  tliird  New  Jersey  regiment,  commanded  by 
Col.  Elias  Dayton,  after  battle  of  Germantown.  Original.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  18.  A  detail  of  the  'number  of  officers  and  privates  in 
Gen.  Newcomb's  brigade,  and  where  each  company  were  stationed. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

i7T§. 

[Jan.  24.  New  Barbadoes.  Isaac  Van  Giesen  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn,  at  Marbletown  (Marblehead  ?)  Sending  him  £25  18s., 
collected  in  the  congregation  for  his  use,  and  informing  him  that 
£5  5s.  more  were  in  his  hands — Regretting  his  absence,  but  anxious 
for  his  safety,  could  not  expect  his  continuance  with  them  while  af- 
fairs were  in  such  a  precarious  state — it  would  be  a  severe  stroke  to 
them  to  hear  of  his  connectino-  himself  with  any  other  eone;rca:ation 
— not  a  single  "  regular"  or  "green  coat"  (British  or  Hessian  sol- 
dier) had  been  there  since  he  had  left.  (The  Rev.  Mr.  Romeyn  did 
return  before  May,  1779.)  Original,  in  the  handwriting  of  Peter 
Wilson,  who  added  a  postscript  from  himself.  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[Oct.  13.  Aequackanonk.  Gen.  Lord  Stirling  to  Col.  Elias 
Dayton — The  moving  off  of  the  British  troops  enables  him  to  order 
Col.  Dayton,  with  his  two  regiments,  to  march  to  Elizabethtown  the 
next  morning.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Nov.  10.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
Lord  George  Germain — Arrived  at  New  York  on  31st  Oct.  from 
Connecticut,  where  lie  had  been  confined  more  than  two  yeai's  and 
four  months — thought  it  a  duty  not  to  quit  his  post  till  the  last  ex- 
tremity— his  reasons  for  remaining — relates  at  some  length  how  he 
was  sent  prisoner  to  Connecticut,  where,  to  escape  a  gaol,  he  was 
obliged  to  give  his  parole — conduct  of  Gov'r  Trumbull  on  the  occa- 
sion— his  subsequent  close  confinement  in  a  gaol  for  eight  months — 
the  reasons  for  such  treatment — Mrs.  Franklin  obliged  to  leave  New 
Jersey  on  its  being  abandoned  by  the  King's  troops — her  sad  state 
of  health  induced  him  to  write  to  Mr.  Washington,  requesting  per- 
mission to  visit  her,  was  refused,  and  to  complete  his  distress,  soon 
after  heard  the  account  of  her  death,  "who,  it  may  be.  truly  said, 
died  of  a  broken  heart" — other  details  concerning  his  imprisonment 
and  the  ill-usage  he  received — is  in  want  of  money  for  his  present 
subsistence — solicits  some  relief  and  future  provision — remarks  on 
the  exchange  of  prisoners — satisfaction  at  having  been  able  io  pre- 
serve the  public  papers  and  records  of  New  Jersey.  S.  P.  0.  Am. 
&  W.  Indies.     VoL  178.     Original.     60  folios. 

[See  "  Contributions  to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  20L  Tlie  means  taken  by 
Gov.  F.  to  preserve  the  public  records  led  to  their  loss.  The  Minutes  of  Council 
and  other  documents  are  missing,  and  are  presumed  to  have  been  among  those  he 
took  with  him.] 


1778.]  WILLIAM    LIVINGSTON'    GOYKIJNOR.  457 

Nov.  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
Lord  (jicorge  Germain — Giving  some  account  of  the  present  situa- 
tion of  affairs  in  America,  and  of  the  temper  and  disposition  of  the 
people,  so  far  as  they  have  come  to  his  knowledge  during  his  con- 
finement ;  together  with  observations  respecting  same.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  "W.  Indies.      Vol.  178.      Original.     40  folios. 

Dec.  o.  New  York.  INIemorial  of  David  Ogdcn,  late  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  to  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury- — Stating 
his  services  as  a  Councillor  and  one  of  tlie  Justices  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  for  the  said  Province,  where  all  his  ])roperty, 
to  the  amount  of  several  hundred  pounds,  was  plundered  by  the 
Rebels,  praying  that  their  Lordships  will  grant  him  a  salary  to  sup- 
port the  dignity  of  his  station,  or  such  other  relief  as  their  Lord- 
ships shall  seem  meet.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  178. 
Original.     7  folios. 

N.  B.  A  copy  similar  to  the  preceding,  but  dated  New  York, 
1779,  3Iay  13,  is  in  Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  271,  D. 

[See  Sabine's  Royalists,  and  Field's  Provincial  Courts.] 

Dec.  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
Lord  George  Germain — That  Washington  has  not  above  three 
thousand  five  hundred  men  of  his  army  with  him  at  New  Jersey — 
information  with  respect  to  that  Province — proposes  that  a  sudden 
attack  should  be  made  upon  Washington — consequences  of  same — 
a  general  opinion  that  Commissioners  should  be  appointed  for  the 
sole  direction  of  all  civil  and  political  matters  during  the  continu- 
ance of  the  rebellion — hears  that  a  loan  of  five  or  six  millions  ster- 
ling has  been  negociated  in  Holland  for  the  use  of  the  Ixebols,  and 
that  France  has  become  security  for  the  payment — a  Spanish  gen- 
tleman at  Philadelphia,  who,  it  is  suspected,  is  entrusted  with  some 
secret  commission  from  the  Court  of  Spain — remarks  on  Willing,  a 
prisoner  at  New  York — and  on  the  conduct  of  the  llebels  towards  the 
Loyalist  prisoners.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &.  W.  Indies.  Vol,  178. 
Origiuah     24  folios. 

Dec.  21.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  ^Secretary 
Lord  George  Germain — Transmitting  a  petition  to  the  King  from 
David  Ogden,  (see  Dec.  3,  1778,)  Councillor,  and  one  of  the  Justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  whom  he  reeonimends  as  a 
proper  object  for  his  Majesty's  bounty — also  in  favour  of  Wni.  Ixiy- 
ard,  formerly  an  inhabitant  of  New  Jersey  and  New  York,  a  great 
sufferer  by  the  rebellion.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  178. 
Original.     4  folios. 

[Jan.  12.  Elizabcthtown.  Capt.  Wm.  Gifford  to  Col.  Benj. 
Holme,  of  Salem— Thanking  him  for  taking  up  some  deserters  from 
his  regiment— the  brigade  quartered  1st,  3d,  and  part  of  4th  regi- 
ments°at  Elizabcthtown— the  other  part  of  4th  at  Spanktowu,  (now 


458  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERXOK.  [1779. 

Kaliway) — 2(1  regiment  at  Newark — their  quarters  excellent  com- 
pared to  what  they  were  the  winter  before  at  Valley  Forge.  Origi- 
nal.    N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Jan.  22.  AYhitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Gei'main  to 
Gov'r  Franklin — Congratulations  on  his  deliverance  from  his  long 
and  severe  confinement  in  the  liands  of  the  llebels — His  Majesty 
fully  persuaded  of  his  zeal  and  attachment — the  treasury  has  granted 
him  £500  for  his  present  use,  and  £500  per  annum  till  he  is  restored 
to  his  Government — thanks  for  his  valuable  information — entirely 
agrees  with  him  that  the  war  should  be  carried  on  so  as  to  make  the 
Rebels  feel  their  distresses — hopes  an  opportunity  will  occur  for  Sir 
H.  Clinton  to  restore  him  to  his  position  in  the  Jersics.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol  364.     Entry.     7  folios.j 

Jan.  23.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Thos.  de  Grey,  Jr.,  to  Fred. 
Smyth,  Esq.,  [Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey] — His  memorials  and 
letter  have  been  laid  before  Lord  George  Germain — impossible  to 
compensate  the  Loyalists  to  the  extent  of  their  losses — the  Treasury 
have  ordered  an  allowance  of  £400  to  be  continued  to  him.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  364.     Entry.     3  folios. 

Feb.  5.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
Lord  George  Germain — Enclosing  extract  of  a  letter  received  from 
a  gentleman  of  New  Jersey,  containing  some  intelligence  of  the 
present  situation  of  aflEiiirs  in  that  Province — at  no  time  the  Rebels 
so  embarrassed  and  disheartened  as  at  present — a  number  of  refu- 
gees from  New  Jersey  and  adjacent  parts  have  expressed  a  desire  to 
embody  themselves,  and  make  depredations  in  the  Rebel  country — 
his  remarks  on  same,  and  the  steps  taken  in  consequence.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  AV.  Indies.     Vol.  178.     Original.     15  folios. 

Feb.  11.  Petition  of  Wm.  Chandler,  of  Elizabethtown,  New 
Jersey,  to  Seer.  Lord  George  Germain — That  on  account  of  his  loy- 
alty and  being  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Chandler,  was  obliged  to  fly  in 
Jan.,  1776 — that  he  returned  in  Dec.  following,  but  on  the  Royal 
army  evacuating  Elizabethtown  in  Jan.,  1777,  was  again  obliged  to 
fl}^ — that  Brig.  Gen.  Skinner  granted  him  a  warrant  to  be  Captain 
in  the  New  Jersey  Volunteers  in  the  April  following — that  he  has 
not  received  any  pay  for  two  years,  and  prays  his  Lordship's  recom- 
mendation to  Sir  Henry  Clinton  for  a  Captain's  Commission  in  the 
New  Jersey  brigade.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  271,  C. 
Original.     8  folios. 

[Feb.  26.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
Condition  of  the  Continental  currency — the  amazing  rise  of  prices, 
&c., — "In  our  greatest  distresses,  and  when  the  blackest  clouds 
hung  over  our  heads,  we  have  found  our  resources  in  the  Divine  su- 
perintendence of  our  rising  Empire ;  and  there  we  would  still  place 
our  hopes  of  better  prospects" — the   King's  speech  published — Paul 


1779.]  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR.  459 

Jones  in  Holland  refitting — "  West  Florida  lias,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Miss.,  furnished  laurels  to  adorn  the  brows  of  the  Spani.sh  forces, 
upwards  of  500  British  troops,  besides  negroes,  having  been  taken 
there" — Lord  Sandwich  had  put  a  period  to  his  own  wretched  exist- 
ence— business  before  the  Legislature.  Original.  N.  J.  Ilist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[Peter  Wilsox. — The  materials  for  a  biograpliical  sketch  of  tliis  eminently 
useful  and  prominent  man  in  his  day,  liave  been  collected  by  Mr.  Archer  Gilford, 
and  it  is  hoped  that  the  sketch  will  before  long  be  given  to  the  public.  As  a 
member ,  of  the  Legislature,  a  reviser  of  the  Statutes  of  the  State,  a  teacher  of 
youth,  a  citizen  and  a  Christian,  he  was  ever  found  faithful,  active  and  efficient.] 

[March  12.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  as  Colonel  of  the 
third  regiment  of  New  Jersey  troops,  in  the  army  of  the  United 
States,  to  take  rank  from  Feb.  9,  1776 — signed  by  John  Jay,  Presi- 
dent of  Congress.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

April  12.  Newport.  Letter  from  James  Clarke,  Seer,  to  the 
Loyal  Associated  Eefugees  at  Rhode  Island,  to  Gov'r  Franklin  and 
others — With  an  account  of  their  proceedings  and  the  success  at- 
tending same — also  a  second  letter  dated  May  7.  S.  V.  0.  Am.  & 
W.  Indies.     Vol.  178.     2  Papers.     Copy.     18  folios. 

[May  11.  Trenton.  Peter  AYilson  to  Ilev.  Dirck  Eomeyn, 
New  Barbadoes — Had  just  received  the  news  of  the  destruction  of 
Closter  in  Bergen  County — the  petition  for  assistance  had  been  re- 
ferred to  a  Committee,  of  which  he  was  Chairman,  and  the  necessary 
resolutions  passed  without  unnecessary  delay — but  the  forms  obliged 
to  be  observed  had  retarded  the  departure  of  Col.  Frelinghuysen 
until  the  day  before.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

Closter  was  taken  on  10th  IMay,  and  many  of  the  inhabitants  were  carried  off, 
after  having  their  houses  bui-nt,  &c.  See  Gordon's  New  Jersey,  p.  302 — Howe's 
Hist.  Collections,  p.  76.] 

[May  12.  Trenton.  Peter  AYilson  to  Piev.  Dirck  Romcyn — 
Recommending  the  citizens  of  the  County  to  petition  the  Congress, 
if  they  wished  the  "  True  Patriot's"  scheme  for  diminishing  the 
quantity  of  the  currency  to  prevail — the  inhabitants  of  Somerset 
had  done  so,  but  the  House  exceedingly  averse  to  it — desires  his 
views  upon  the  militia  tax— a  law  in  contemplation  to  call  in  the 
old  money  of  New  Jersey  Convention,  and  Loan  Office  money  be- 
fore next  October.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

May  12.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Seer. 
Lord  George  Germain— Has  received  his  letter  of  22d  Jan.,— satis- 
faction of  the  loyalists  that  Great  Britain  has  determined  to  prose- 
cute the  war  with  vigour — doings  of  the  Refugees,  who  spread  ter- 
ror through  the  Rebel  country — recommends  the  ease  of  Daniel 
Coxe,  oue'of  the  Council  for  New  Jersey,  who  has  memorialized  his 
Lordship— encloses  extract  of  a  letter,  intercepted,  written  by  Mr. 
De  Berdt.  formerly  Agent  for  New  Jersey,  on  public  matters.  S. 
P   0      Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  178.     Original.     10  folios. 


4G0  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR.  [1779. 

Nov.  4.  Whlteball.  Letter  from  (T.  de  Grey,  Jr.,)  to  Fred. 
Smyth,  Esq., — As  lie  is  appointed  one  of  the  Council  to  aid  and  as- 
sist in  the  new  Commission  lately  transmitted  to  Sir  Henry  Clin- 
ton, his  presence  at  New  York  of  essential  service — trusts  he  will 
continue  to  remain  there — his  request  for  remuneration  for  expenses 
incuried  touching  the  Gaspee  schooner  under  consideration.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     VoL  178.     Draft.     5  folios. 

March  24.  New  York.  Letter  from  F.  Smyth  (Chief  Justice 
of  New  Jersey)  to  (W.  Knox,  Esq.) — His  gratification  at  beiwg  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  Council  to  assist  Sir  Henry  Clinton  in  the  exe- 
cution of  his  new  Commission — will  be  happy  in  any  way  to  aid  the 
views  and  wishes  of  Government — has  empowered  Mr.  Walpole,  the 
banker,  to  receive  £200  from  the  Treasury  on  his  account.  S.  P. 
0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  272.     Original.     4  folios. 

March  25.  New  York.  Lettt-r  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  W. 
Knox,  Esq., — Has  received  his  Circular  Letter  of  the  8th  Oct.,  en- 
closing an  answer  to  the  French  Declaration,  which  he  proposes  hav- 
ing published  in  the  newspapers,  and  sent  into  the  Rebel  lines.  S. 
P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  272.     Original.     2  folios. 

April  5.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Thomas  de  Grey,  Jr.,  to 
Fred.  Smyth,  Esq., — Has  received  Sir  Henry  Clinton's  Certiticate 
as  having  discontinued  his  salary — shall  immediately  procure  the 
Treasury's  Orders  for  paying  him  annually  £400 — six  months  due 
to  him  in  January  last.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Voh  364. 
Entry.     2  folios. 

[June.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — Pas- 
sage of  a  resolution  for  rewarding  those  concerned  in  taking  "  John, 
the  Regular" — and  of  a  bill  for  the  protection  of  the  frontier — the 
times  very  critical— the  prisoners  (those  taken  at  Closter)  he  hopes 
will  soon  be  enlarged — the  fate  of  Charleston — the  Militia  Bill 
reported.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  10.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
One  hundred  and  ninety-six  men  ordered  to  the  defence  of  Bergen 
County — a  Council  of  Siifety  he  believes  will  be  appointed — busi- 
ness crowding  in  upon  them.      Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

_  [Aug.  21.  Philadelphia.  Rev.  Dr.  Andrew  Hunter  to  Col. 
Elias  Dayton — Prospects  of  obtaining  money  from  the  Treasury  to 
pay  the  brigade  uncertain — reports  from  the  South,  of  the  escape 
of  about  1000  prisoners  from  Charleston.  Original.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS. 

Rev.  Dr.  Hunter  was  a  Chaplain  in  the  American  array,  and  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Stockton. — Field's  Provincial  Courts,  p.  179.] 

[Sept.  30.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
Money  wanted,  and  some  bold  stroke  must  be  struck  for  that  pur- 


1780.]  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR. 


461 


pose— Gen.  Arnold's  treason—"  Infamous  to  tlie  latest  po.stcrity  is 
tlie  conduct  of  a  Traitor,  even  in  the  eyes  of  those  ^vIlo  ap])rove\he 
Treason"— evident  that  America  is  under  the  protection  of  Uivinc 
Providence.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soe.  MSS.J 

[Nov.  11.     Trenton.     Teter   Wilson  to   Rev.  Direk  Piomeyu— 
deferring  to  the  embarrassments. of  the  finances  and   distre.ss  of  the 
army — wishes  Mr.  llomcyn's  views  thereon.     Orjrriual      N  J  Hist 
Soc.  xMSS.]  *=       •         •     • 

[Nov.  18.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Piev.  Direk  Komeyn— 
High  prices  of  every  thing— higher  in  Trenton  than  in  Elizabeth- 
town — rates  of  Continental  money  with  new  issue.  Ori'^inal  N 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Nov.  22.  Trenton— Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Direk  Romeyn— A 
law  passed  for  estimating  the  value  of  the  Continental  currency  at 
the  current  exchange — the  new  money  to  pass  as  specie — result  of 
an  application  for  a  pass  for  Dr.  John  A^arick  to  have  some  goods 
brought  to  Bergen — Difficulties  and  embarrassments  increasing  daily 
— the  want  of  money  the  universal  cry — the  subject  of  slavc-keepin'' 
had  been  before  tlie  Legislature  and  been  dismissed — had  been  again 
introduced,  and  would  probably  be  referred  to  their  constituents — 
— complains  of  the  fatigue,  expense  and  pains  incurred  by  him  for 
the  county — the  people  of  Phil.delphia  had  regulated  the  value  of 
Continental  money  for  themselves — encloses  a  piece  of  poetry  said 
to  be  written  by  Lord  Nugent.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soe.  jMSS.] 

[Dec.  11.  Trenton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Direk  Romeyn — A 
regiment  expected  to  be  raised  for  a  year — 120  men  to  be  stationed 
in  Bergen  County — to  have  no  bounty,  and  to  be  raised  by  volun- 
tary enlistment — cannot  obtain  leave  of  absence — difficulties  attend- 
ing the  purchasing  of  supplies — rum  and  sugar  to  be  bought  much 
cheaper  in  Bergen  than  in  Trenton — had  obtained  a  pass  for  J.  Var- 
ick's  medicines  and  clothes  (see  Nov.  22,  1780) — cautions  against 
any  abuse  of  the  pass.     Orig'l.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

Feb.  20.  New  York.  Letter  from  Gov'r  Franklin  to  Secretary 
Lord  George  Germain — Being  iu  no  official  employ,  has  omitted 
writing  to  his  Lordship,  fearing  his  letters  might  be  troublesome — 
gratitude  to  the  King  for  hi.s  mark  of  favor  in  appointing  him  one 
ot  the  Council  to  the  Commissioners  for  restoring  peace  to  tlie  Colo- 
nies, and  also  nominating  hi,n  one  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  for  the 
purpose  of  associating  and  employing  the  Loyalists  in  N.  America — 
assurances  of  his  inviolable  attachment  to  the  King's  service — about 
5  or  GOO  Loyalists  already  associated,  and  encouraging  accdunta 
from  the  Rebel  country  respecting  the  eflects  of  their  printed  Dec- 
laration, (a  copy  is  enclosed,)  particularly  from  Connecticut  and  New 
Jersey — difficulties  of  operation  in  concert  so  great,  that  they  cannot 


462  "\7ILLIAM   LIVINGSTON    GOVERNOR/  [1781. 

flatter  themselves  with  successes  -Droportionable  to  their  endeavours. 
S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  272.  Origl.  11  folios.  Two 
Printed  Papers.     36  folios. 

May  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Germain  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Has  received  his  letter  of  20th  Feb.,  enclosing  a  printed 
copy  of  the  Articles  of  the  Associated  Loyalists,  and  also  of  the 
Declaration  of  the  Board  of  Directors — regrets  that  any  false  deli- 
cacy should  have  interrupted  his  correspondence,  which  is  so  inter- 
esting and  useful — requests  him  to  continue  same — remarks  on  the 
Associated  Loyalists,  and  on  the  alarm  of  the  Rebels  in  consequence. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  364.     Entry.     6  folios. 

[May  10,  20.  Princeton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn 
— Embarrassments  arising  from  the  state  of  the  currency — Dr. 
Witherspoon  accused  of  hurting  the  credit  of  the  currency — an  en- 
quiry into  his  conduct  thought  of — a  proposed  plan  for  remedying 
the  evils — the  army  in  absolute  want — meetings  in  various  places 
for  upholding  the  value  of  the  Continental  money — Thomas  Hutch- 
ins,  Geographer  General,  had  presented  the  State  with  an  elegant 
map  of  interior  America,  from  Fort  Pitt  to  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio 
— great  stir  of  religion  at  Cohansey,  in  Cumberland  County — horrid 
murders  and  robberies  in  several  parts  of  the  State  had  been  dis- 
covered— Dominie  Leydt's  daughter  au  accessory.  Original.  N.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  29.  Princeton.  Peter  AVilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
Wishes  the  sentiments  of  the  people  of  Bergen  to  be  communicated 
to  the  Legislature,  in  relation  to  the  "  Tender  Act" — and  that  asso- 
ciations should  be  formed  to  suj^port  the  laws.  Origl.  N.  J.  Hist. 
Soc.  MSS.] 

[May  31.  Princeton.  Peter  Wilson  to  the  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn 
— Account  of  a  meeting  among  the  Pennsylvania  Sergeants,  and  its 
suppression — the  repeal  of  the  Tender  Act  likely  to  pass.  Orig'l. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  —  (Princeton  ?)  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn 
— Presumes  Mr.  R.  feels  relieved  by  the  departure  of  the  ruffian 
refugees  from  Fort  Lee — position  of  the  enemy's  forces  at  the  South 
— had  been  an  engagement  at  Camden — events  connected  therewith 
— report  of  Lord  North's  having  introduced  a  motion  in  Parliament 
declaring  America  independent — had  moved  and  carried  through  the 
House  a  provision  for  the  supply  of  the  troops  on  the  lines — a  tax  in 
hard  money  to  be  raised  to  pay  the  interest  on  the  new  money. 
Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[June  12.  Princeton.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
The  repeal  of  the  "  Tender  Act"  had  passed  the  Assembly,  and  was 
then  in  the  Council — had  voted  against  it,  believing  it  pregnant  with 
many  evils — his  reasons  at  length — in  favor  of  raising  a  hard  money 


1781.]  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON    GOVERXOU.  463 

tax  to  pay  interest — supplies  for  the  army  raised  in  kind — many  of 
tlie  Counties  had  availed  themselves  of  the  "  uothiufness"  of  the 
Continental  money  to  pay  up  their  arrears  of  taxes— Mr.  jNIorris 
"  Financier,']  purchasing  flour  and  wheat  in  Somerset  and  Sussex- 
reports  relative  to  the  operations  of  the  armies — (a  very  interestin"- 
letter  upon  the  state  of  aifairs  at  that  time.)  Ori"-'l  \  J  UUt 
Soc.  MSS.J  .... 

[Sept.  21  to  Nov.  1.  Notes  of  Col.  Dayton  durins;  the  siege  of 
Yorktown,  Virginia.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

[Oct.  Order  of  march  at  Yorktown.  Original  from  Papers  of 
Gen'l  (then  Cul.)  Dayton,  among  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.,  with  a  rough 
sketch  of  the  woi'ks.] 

Nov.  6.  New  York.  Secret  and  Confi(?ential  Letter  from  Gov'r 
Franklin  to  Seer.  Lord  George  Germain — The  late  surrender  of  Lord 
Cornwallis  and  the  army  under  his  command,  to  the  French  and 
Rebels,  one  of  the  most  unfortunate  events  which  could  have  hap- 
pened— had  he  been  timely  relieved,  or  been  able  to  extricate  him- 
self from  the  enemy,  there  were  well-grounded  assurances  that  there 
would  be  a  speedy  termination  of  the  Kcbellion — scarcely  possible 
to  give  an  idea  of  the  .surprising  distress  felt  by  all  Loyalists  at  the 
10th  Article  of  Surrender — remarks  thereon — his  ideas  of  embark- 
ing for  England  strongly  protested  against  by  Sir  11.  Clinton — de- 
cided on  remaining  in  consequence — his  endeavours  to  pacify  the 
Loyalists — remarks  on  the  supposition  that  "Washington  may  pub- 
lish a  Proclamation,  inviting  the  Loyalists  to  return,  and  promising 
them  protection  and  restitution  of  property — his  views  on  the  pos- 
ture of  affairs  and  opinions  as  to  the  course  most  proper  to  be  jiur- 
sued  (of  a  most  interesting  nature.)  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  "W.  Indies. 
Vol.  272.     Original.     2G  folios. 

lY§-2. 

Jan.  2.  Whitehall.  Letter  from  Lord  George  Germain  to  Gov'r 
Franklin — Has  received  and  laid  before  the  King  his  secret  and 
coufideutial  letter  of  the  Gth  Nov., — an  enquiry  is  to  be  immediately 
made  into  the  conduct  of  the  Captain  of  the  Bonetta — the  alarm 
taken  by  the  Loyal  Refugees  at  the  10th  Article  of  Lord  Cornwal- 
lis's  capitulation  jiot  to  be  wondered  at — great  satisfaction  that  he 
yielded  to  Sir  H.  Clinton's  remonstrance  and  determined  to  remain 
— the  King's  anxiety  to  remove  fears  and  restore  confidence  to  his 
zealous  subjects — what  are  the  measures  proper  to  adopt  as  most 
likely  to  procure  peace  it  is  not  easy  to  determine — the  country  will 
expect  some  other  mode  more  eiiectual  than  has  been  hitherto  adopt- 
ed.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     VoL  'dGi.     Entry.     9  folios. 

"^  Jan.  6.  New  York.  Copy  of  an  Order  sent  by  Sir  II.  Clinton 
to  Lieut.  Gen.  Leslie  and  Lieut.  Col.  Clarke — Assuring  His  3Iajc.s- 
ty's  Loyal  subjects  of  every  protection,  and  begging  them  to  remove 


464:  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR.  [1782. 

from  tlieir  minds  every  cause  of  apprehension — that  every  attention 
shall  be  paid  to  their  security  possible  as  to  the  troops  under  his 
command.     S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  ^Y.  Ind.     Vol.  272.     Copy.     2  folios, 

Jan.  24.  Head  Quarters,  New  York.  Letter  from  Sir  Henry 
Clinton  to  His  Excellency  Gov'r  Franklin,  President  of  the  Hon. 
Board  of  Directors — Enclosing  copy  of  an  Order  which  he  has 
thought  proper  to  send  to  Lieut.  Gen.  Leslie,  which  he  begs  may  be 
communicated  to  the  Lion.  Board  of  Directors  of  Associated  Loy- 
alists.    S.  P.   O.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  272.     Copy.     2  folios. 

Jan.  29.  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  Sir 
H.  Clinton — Has  received  copy  of  his  Order  to  Lieut.  General 
Leslie — the  assurances  it  contains  affords  great  satisfaction  to  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  Associated  Loyalists — has  no  doubt  if  they  are 
generally  promulgated,  many  ill  consequences  might  be  prevented, 
and  much  benefit  result  therefrrm  to  His  Majesty's  service.  S.  P.  0. 
Am.  &  W.  Indies.     A^ol.  272.     Copy.     3  folios. 

Feb.  26.  New  Jcrsc}^  Copy  of  intelligence  from  a  gentleman 
of  good  character  and  credit  in  New  Jersey — An  insight  into  the 
motions  of  the  Ilebels  in  various  parts,  and  suggestions  for  an  expe- 
dition to  Chesapeake,  directed  immediately  against  Baltimore,  &c. 
S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.   Indies.     Vol.  272.     Copy.     13  folios. 

March  23.  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  Lord 
George  Germain — Has  received  His  Lordship's  letter  of  2d  January 
— the  King's  gracious  attention  and  assurances  of  his  affection  and 
reo-ard  fur  the  Loyalists  have  had  already  the  most  beneficial  effects 
— relation  of  his  endeavours  to  calm  their  minds  so  much  agitated, 
since  Lord  Cornwallis'  surrender,  and  to  induce  Sir  H.  Clinton  to 
publish  something  for  their  encouragement — encloses  depositions  re- 
specting the  treatment  of  Lieut.  Jackson  and  others,  by  Captain 
Dundas,  of  the  Bonetta.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies.  Vol.  272. 
Original.     IG  folios.     3  Enclosures.     22  folios. 

May  10.  New  York.  Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  Sec- 
retary the  Earl  of  Shelburne — Has  received  his  Lordship's  letter  of 
oOth  March — nothing  particular  to  communicate  respecting  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  Associated  Loyalists,  as  their  operations  are 
at  present  suspended  by  an  order  from  the  Commander-in-Chief — a 
general  inclination  prevails  for  an  accommodation  with  Great  Brit- 
ain, even  in  those  who  have  hitherto  been  active  in  the  cause  of  Re- 
bellion, partly  from  a  suspicion  of  the  sinister  designs  of  the  French 
Cabinet — his  opinion  of  the  course  to  be  adopted — the  generality  of 
the  people  ardently  wish  for  peace.  S.  P.  0.  Am.  &  W.  Indies. 
Vol.  272.     Original.     11  folios. 

June  5.  "Whitehall.  Letter  from  Secretary  the  Earl  of  Shel- 
burne to  Governor  Franklin — Has  received  his  letter  of  23d  March, 
which  he  has  laid  before  the  King — refers  him  for  an  answer  to  the 


1782.]  WILLIAM    LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR.  465 

several  points  therein  contained  to  Sir  Guy  Carleton,  who  is  fully 
instructed  of  His  Majesty's  mind,  and  will  communicate  his  orders 
to  him,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  interests  of  the  Associated  Loy- 
alists.    S.  P.  0.     Am.  &  W.  Indies.     Vol.  272.     Draft.     2  folios. 

[June  15.  Trenton.  Peter  "Wilson  to  Kev.  Dirck  Romeyn — Sev- 
eral items  of  news — had  not  yet  reported  the  bill  preventing  illicit 
trade — suffering  much  anxiety  of  mind  in  consequence  of  the  condi- 
tion of  his  wife — "  The  Governor  cruelly  denies  me  a  new  pass  for 
my  wife,  tho'  I  believe  the  one  she  has  will  do,  if  she  is  able  to  go, 
and  you  could  procure  permission  for  her  from  Gov'r  Clinton — it 
would  be  an  inestimable  favor."     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

^  [June  22.  "  Head-Quarters."  General  Washington  to  Col. 
Elias  Dayton,  in  answer  to  a  letter  relating  to  the  imprisonment  of 
Capt.  Asgill — Wishes  that  every  indulgence  may  be  accorded  to  him 
not  inconsistent  with  his  security — had  expressed  his  williu<'ness  that 
any  application  the  prisoner  might  think  proper,  might  be  made  to 
the  British  Commander-in-Chief — but  had  desired  it  to  be  announced 
that  he  would  receive  no  application,  nor  >  answer  any  letter  gn  the 
subject,  which  did  not  inform  him  that  ample  satisfaction  was  made 
for  the  death  of  Captain  Huddy — presumes  Col.  Dayton  was  not  in- 
formed of  that  circumstance.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Captain  Asgill  was  captured  at  Yorktown,  and  was  designated,  "  by  lot,"  as  the 
officer  to  suffer  death,  in  retaliation  for  an  outrage  committed  on  Captain  Joshua 
Huddy,  under  the  immediate  orders  of  Lippincott,  a  captain  in  the  British  ser- 
vice— the  British  Commander  refusing  to  deliver  up  Lippincott  on  the  demand  of 
Gen'l  Washington.  The  youth  of  the  young  ofllcer,  (he  was  only  nineteen,)  his 
high  birth  and  noble  qualities,  excited  the  hveliest  interest  in  both  armies.  After 
being  kept  in  confinement  for  nearly  seven  months,  Congress,  on  7th  November, 
1782,  directed  the  Commander-in-Chief  to  set  him  at  liberty.  For  all  the  circum- 
stances connected  with  the  murder  of  Huddy — for  letters  of  Lady  Asgill  to  the 
Count  de  Vergennes,  &c.,  see  Doct.  227  of  House  of  Representatives,  24th  Con- 
gress, 2d  session,  Feb.  14,  1837.] 

[July  ?  Col.  Elias  Dayton  to  Capt.  Asgill — Announcing  to  him 
the  ill  success  of  an  application  to  Gen'l  Washington — (see  June  22, 
1782.)     Original  draft.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[July  10,  1782.  Beverwyek.  Wm.  S.  Livingston  to  Col.  Aaron 
Burr — Congratulating  him  on  his  marriage  with  the  "  amiable  Mrs. 
Provost" — "  May  Love  be  the  time-piece  in  your  mansion,  and  Hap- 
piness its  minute  hand."     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

[July  27.  Yorktown,  Penn'a.  Captain  Henry  Greville,  of  the 
Guards,  to  Col.  Elias  Dayton — Enclosing  to  him  a  letter  for  his  par- 
ticular friend  Captain  Asgill — (sec  June  22,  178-'.)  Original.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  5.  Chatham.  Captain  Charles  Asgill  to  Col.  Elias  Day- 
ton, at  King's  Ferry — Thanking  him  for  his  attention  in  relation  to 
his  request  to  be  permitted  to  embark  for  Europe — the  request  pre- 
ferred under  the  supposition  that,  from  having  beeu  admitted  to 
30 


466  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR,  [1782. 

parole,  the  idea  of  retaliating  upon  bim  for  the  murder  of  Captain 
Huddy,  had  been  abandoned — asks  for  the  continued  intercession  of 
Col.  Dayton — "  I  fear  if,  at  a  future  time,  the  decision  proves  fa- 
vorable, it  will  probably  be  too  late  to  render  comfort  either  to  me 
or  my  aged  father" — (see  June  22.)  OriginaL  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.,  and  a  duplicate  under  date  of  Sept.  6.] 

[Sept.  12.  Chatham.  Capt.  Charles  Asgill  to  Col.  Elias  Day- 
ton— Asking  him  to  renew  his  attempt  to  obtain  permission  for  him 
to  return  to  England  on  parole — (see  Sept,  5  and  June  22.)  Orig'l. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1T83. 

[Jan.  8.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  as  Brigadier  Greneral  in 
the  Army  of  the  United  States,  signed  by  Elias  Boudinot,  President 
of  Congress.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[July  19.  Baron  Steuben  to  Brigadier  Gen'l  Dayton — Answer 
to  the  Addresses  of  the  Officers  of  the  New  Jersey  line  at  the  close 
of  the  Revolution.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Printed  in  the  "  Proceedings"  of  the  Society,  Vol.  V.  p.  14.] 

1784. 

[June  1784,  to  July,  1785.  Naval  Officers'  register  of  fees,  &c., 
port  of  Perth  Amboy.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Oct.  6-7.  Account  of  the  proceedings  "  at  a  Convention  of 
Clergymen  and  Lay  Deputies  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America,  held  in  New  York" — Small  printed 
broadside,  recommending  the  principles  of  ecclesiastical  union — see 
Bishop  White's  Memoirs  of  the  Prot.  Epis.  Church,  p.  65 — ("  the 
short  printed  account  of  the  proceedings  at  the  meeting  was  in  very 
few  hands  at  the  time,"  says  Bishop  White.)     Whitehead  MSS.] 

1785. 

[Jan.  17.  New  Barbadoes.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn, 
at  Schenectady — Particulars  respecting  various  congregations  in  the 
Dutch  Reformed  Connection — State  news — the  Assembly  had  passed 
a  law  for  calling  in  a  part  of  the  State  money,  £30,000,  at  three  for 
one — "  by  this,  and  some  other  measures  equally  wise  and  politic, 
they  have  totally  ruined  the  credit  of  the  State — local  news — the 
estate  of  John  Zabriskie  to  be  sold  for  specie,  and  the  interest  paid 
annually  to  Baron  Steuben  during  life" — his  (Wilson's)  school  very 
large.     Original     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[April  16.  Perth  Amboy.  Petition  from  the  Churchwardens 
and  Vestrymen  of  St.  Peter's  Church  to  the  Council  of  Proprietors 
of  the  Eastern  Division,  for  assistance  in  repairing  their  Church  and 
Parsonage  house,  which  had  been  much  injured  by  the  "  devastation 
of  the  British  troops."     Original.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

One  hundred  acres  of  land  were  granted  in  consequence  of  this  petition  and 
subsequently  sold  by  the  Vestry."] 


178((.]  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON   GOVERNOR.  467 

1786. 

[Feb.  11.  New  Barbadoes.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn,  Schenectady — Local  news — Daniel  Freligh  to  be  called 
again — Dom.  Hardenburgh  going  to  New  Brunswick,  Major  Dey, 
Wm.  Provoost,  Mrs.  Vanallan,  &c.    Orig'l.    N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

[Feb.  2-4.  London.  Letter  from  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
and  seventeen  other  English  Prelates  to  the  Clerical  and  Lay  Depu- 
ties of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  tlic  United  States — The 
answer  to  an  Address  from  the  Convention  which  assembled  in  Phil- 
adelphia, October,  1785,  expressing  their  desire  to  promote  the  spirit- 
ual welfare  of  the  Church  in  America,  and  to  be  instrumental  in  per- 
fecting its  organization,  &c.  Contemporaneous  copy.  Whitehead 
MSS. 

Printed  in  White's  Memoirs  of  P.  E.  Cliurch,  p.  354:.] 

[May  1.  Middle  Temple.  Chain  of  title  to  the  Proprietary 
rights  in  East  Jersey  of  Thomas  Hart,  one  of  the  twenty-four  Pro- 
prietors, si^mitted  to  Peter  Bond  for  his  opinion  upon  certain  points, 
and  his  written  answer.     Original.     Whitehead  MSS. 

See  September  2,  1766,  and  May  24, 1729.] 

[May  19.  The  Memorial  of  the  State  (Jonvention  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  New  Jersey  to  the  General  Convention, 
to  be  held  at  Philadelphia  on  20th  June — Stating  wherein  they 
approved  or  disapproved  of  the  action  of  the  previous  General  Con- 
vention. Contemporaneous  copy.  Whitehead  MSS . 
Printed  in  White's  Memoirs  P.  E.  Church,  p.  367.] 

[May  25.  Memorial  of  Rev.  Uzal  Ogden  and  Patrick  Dennis, 
members  of  the  New  Jersey  Prot.  Epis.  Convention,  to  the  General 
Convention  in  Philadelphia,  to  be  held  in  June — Dissenting  from  the 
views  presented  in  the  Memorial  adopted  by  the  Convention  for 
presentation  (see  May  19) — and  giving  their  views  in  relation  to  the 
proposed  ecclesiastical  organization  and  prayer  book,  of  which  they 
approve.     Contemporaneous  copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[June  3.  New  York,  Rev.  Abm.  Beach  to  James  Parker,  at 
Perth  Amboy — Encloses  him  a  copy  of  the  Memorial  from  the  State 
Convention  of  the  Prot.  Epis.  Church  to  the  General  Convention— 
(see  May  19)— Rev.  Mr.  Ogden  confident  that  the  New  Jersey  Dele- 
gates will  not  be  received  "  on  account  of  their  audiicity  iu  daring  to 
hesitate  with  respect  to  receiving  the  new  Prayer  Book"— the  New 
York  Convention  had  done  nothing— four  of  the  Lay  Delegates  from 
New  Jersey  must  attend  the  Convention.  Original.  Whitehead 
MSS.] 

[June  6.  James  Parker  to  Rev.  Abm.  Beach— His  course  in 
the  State  Convention,  relative  to  the  action  of  the  General  Conven- 
tion of  the  Prot.  Epis.   Church,  had  been  misrepresented  by  Rev. 


468  WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON    GOVERNOR.  [1786. 

Mr.  Ogden  to  his  prejudice — politically  accused  of  being  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  Chandler,  &c.     Original  draft.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

[June  11.  Perth  Amboy.  James  Parker  to  John  de  Hart, 
Elizabethtown — What  they  had  done  in  the  Prot.  Epis.  Convention 
had  had  a  considerable  influence  on  the  politics  of  the  State,  and  al- 
though it  had  operated  against  him,  was  never  better  pleased  with  any 
transaction  of  his  life — accused  of  having  absolutely  refused  the  ob- 
servance of  4th  July,  and  of  being  under  the  dictation  of  Dr. 
Chandler — his  course,  however,  had  been  fully  justified,  and  he  had 
been  elected  Mayor  of  Amboy,  notwithstanding  the  hostility  shown 
to  him.  Original  draft.  Whitehead  MSS.] 
[See  White's  Memoirs  P.  E.  Church,  pp.  105-106.] 

[June.  Draft  of  a  letter  to  the  English  Bishops,  by  Rev.  Dr. 
William  Smith,  in  answer  to  their  communication  of  Feb.  24th — 
Prepared  for  adoption  by  the  General  Convention,  but  not  accepted 
by  that  body.     Contemporaneous  copy.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

See  Bishop  WTiite's  Memoirs  of  Prot.  Epis.  Church,  pp.  125,  ^0.  The  Hon. 
John  Jay  thought  this  draft  too  submissive,  and  another  was  adopted,  which  is 
printed  in  Bishop  W.'s  Memoirs,  p.  360.] 

17§§. 

[ Draft  of  a  letter   from  James  Parker  to  a  gentleman  in 

England,  upon  the  state  of  public  affairs  in  New  Jersey.     White- 
head MSS.] 

[Oct.  12.  List  of  the  fortunate  numbers  in  the  Perth  Amboy 
Church  Lottery,  drawu  on  the  6th  to  the  9th  October,  "  under  the 
inspection  of  the  Mayor,  Ptecorder  and  Aldermen  of  the  city."  Orig- 
inal printed  broadside.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

1791. 

[Nov.  2.  A  comparative  view  of  the  present  and  proposed  rates 
of  fare  for  crossing  the  llaritan  River  at  New  Brunswick,  presented 
to  the  Legislature  by  James  Parker  prior  to  the  erection  of  a  bridge 
— having  reference  to  local  controversy  as  to  the  location  of  the 
bridge.     Original  printed  broadside.     Whitehead  MSS.] 

1792. 

[{April  13?)  Columbia  College.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn — Would  make  enquiries  after  riding  chairs — Mr.  Steven- 
son established  at  Morristown  (as  a  teacher) — had  £125  proc.  assured 
to  him — not  likely  to  leave  there — death  of  Dr.  Myer — Mr.  Blauvelt, 
reports  circulated  to  his  prejudice — books  read  at  College — lands  in 
Bergen  County,  within  five  miles  of  New  York,  can  be  got  for  five 
or  ten  shillings  per  acre — one  acre  of  which  would,  when  formed  into 
a  garden,  yield  as  much  annual  profit  as  fifty  acres,  twenty  miles  dis- 
tance from  Schenectady,  for  which  thirty-two  shillings  per  acre  was 
asked.     Original     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 


17^)2.]  W.   PATERSON — i:.    HO\Vb:i>L    GOVERNORS.  469 

[April  14.  Columbia  College.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn — Had  been  in  search  for  a  second-hand  chair  (one-horse 
vehicle)  for  Mr.  R. — advises  him  to  get  a  new  one — would  cost  about 
£32 — either  Mr.  Jacob  Sickles  or  Mr.  Cornelius  Brower,  would  wish 
to  engage  with  Mr.  R.,  and  study  divinity — ]Mr.  Stevenson  had  re- 
fused the  Academy  at  Newark,  and  they  were  building  one  at  Mor- 
ristown,  where  Mr.  S.  "was  highly  appi'oved — intended  leaving  the 
College  after  Commencement — going  to  Flatbush — remarks  upon  the 
character  of  several  students — Dr.  Romeyn  had  seceded  from  the 
College,  and  with  between  forty  and  fifty  students  would  attach  him- 
self to  Brunswick — "  the  speculators  gone  in  one  universal  crash,  and 
the  city  in  a  violent  ferment — Duer,  Macomb,  Walter  Livingston, 
&c.,  &c."     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

[Mr.  Stevenson  did  not  obtain  the  Academy  at  Morristmvn.  See  Proceedings 
N.  J.  Hist.  Society,  Vol.  VIII.  page  23.  Mr.  Caleb  Russell  was  the  principal  In- 
strnctor.] 

1793. 

[June  5.  Commission  of  Elias  Dayton  as  Major  General  of  the 
Second  Division  of  the  Militia  of  New  Jersey,  from  Richard  Howell, 
Governor.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[Sept.  4.  Flatbush.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck  Romeyn — 
Estimate  of  Dr.  31. 's  method  of  instruction — not  approved  of — char- 
acter of  the  studies  pursued  by  his  own  pupils — constantly  engaged 
with  a  prospect  of  a  considerable  degree  of  usefulness.  Orig'l.  N. 
J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1794. 

[Dec.  22.     Division  and  Brigade  orders  of  Gov'r  Howell  and  Gen- 
eral Bloomfield,  on  the  return  of  the  New  Jersey  troops  from  the  ex- 
pedition into  Pennsylvania.     Printed  broadside.      N.   J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 
1796. 

[Nov.  17.  Erasmus  Hall.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn — Declining  to  entertain  a  proposition  for  a  removal  to 
Schenectady.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

1798. 

[May  11.  Columbia  College.  Peter  Wilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn — Had  been  honored  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Union  College — his  surprise  thereat,  and  comments  thereon.  Orig'l. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.] 

[July  10.  Voluntary  Association  of  people  of  Newark  to  ob- 
serve the  Sabbath,  signed  by  eighty  five  heads  of  families.  Orig  1. 
N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS.J 

1799.  ^       ,^.    , 

[Jan.  18.  Columbia  College.  Peter  W^ilson  to  Rev.  Dirck 
Romeyn— Giving  his  reasons  for  declining  the  Presidency  of  Union 


4rO  RICHAED    HOWELL     GOVERNOR.  [1799. 

College  as  the  successor  of  Dr.  Smith.     Original.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc. 
MSS.] 

[ Freehold.     Letter  from  Dr.  Thomas  Henderson  to  Elias 

Boudinot — Givdug  particulars  respecting  the  life  of  Rev.  Wm.  Ten- 
nent.     Original  draft.     N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  MSS. 

The  substance  of  this  communication  incorporated  by  Dr.  Boudinot  in  his  pub- 
lished Lite  of  Tennent]. 


APPENDICES. 


APPENDIX   A 


35  folios 

15 

62 

470 

300 

19 

250 

270 

List  of  the  Minutes  of  Council  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 

DEPOSITED    IN    Her    MajESTt's    StATE    PaPER    OfFICE,    LonDON. 

Received  from  Mr.  Henry  Stevens. 


1681,  Oct.  19,  to  Nov.  2,* 
1703,  Aug.  14,  to  25, 

1708,  Dec.  20,  to  1709.  April  4, 

1709,  May  26,  to  1709-10,  Jan.  31, 

1710,  Dec.  6,  to  1710-11,  Feb.  10, 

1711,  July  6,  to  16, 

1713,  Nov.  30,  to  1714,  April  17, 

1714,  April  17,  to  1718,  April  12, 

1715,  Nov.  7,  to  1716,  June  2. 
In  the  two  last  sections,  the  Minutes  copied  in  one,  do  not 

agree  with  the  Minutes  in  the  other ;  some  meetings  even 
are  entirely  left  out  in  one,  while  they  are  reported  in  the 
other. 

1716,  Nov.  27,  to  1716-17,  Jan.  26,     .  . 
The  above  remark  is  equally  applicable  to  this  section. 
1718-19,  Jan.  13,  to  1719,  March  28, 

1719,  Aug.  8,  to  Nov.  17, 

1720,  April  2,  to  1721,  July  4, 
1721-22,  March  7,  to  1722,  May  5, 
1722,  Nov.  14,  to  1724,  Oct.  24,     . 
1724,  April  20,  to  1725,  Aug.  23, 
1726,  April  30,  to  1727-28,  Feb.  10, 

1728,  April  24,  to  1728-29,  Jan.  20, 

1729,  Sept.  1,  to  1730,  July  15,      . 

1731,  July  7,  to  1732,  Aug.  7, 

1732,  Aug.  7,  to  1735,  Aug.  22,      . 
1735-36,  March  16,  to  1736,  Oct.  29, 
1737,  May  2,  to  1738,  June  24,       . 

1739,  Aug.  17,  to  Dec.  29, 

1740,  March  26,  to  Aug.  8, 

1740,  Dec.  31,  to  1741,  May  2, 

1741,  July  1,  to  1743,  May  24,       . 
1746,  June  4,  to  Nov.  1,  .  .  •  • 
1746,  Dec.  8,  to  1747,  May  11, 

*  Printed  at  length  in  N.  Y.  Col,  Docts.,  Vol  II.  pp.  293  300 ;  an 
Jersey,  &c.,  p.  192. 


120 

175 

80 

240 

110 

150 

150 

360 

40 

170 

80 

160 

100 

40 

80 

90 

75 

40 

80 

60 


see  East 


474 


APPENDIX    A. 


1747- 

1749, 

1749- 

1751 

1752 

1752 

1752 

1753 

1754 

1754 

1754 

1755 

1755 

1755 

1756. 

1756 

1756 

1756 

1756 

1757 

1757 

1757 

1758 

1759 

1761 

1762 

1763 

1764 

1765 

1767 

1768 

1769 

1770 

1771 

1772 

1773 

1775 


-48,  Feb.  12,  to  1749,  Oct.  20 
Oct.  4,  to  Oct.  20,     . 
-50,  Feb.  16,  to  March  1, 
Sept.  18,  to  Oct.  23, 
Feb.  7,  to  Feb.  12, 
April  24,  to  May  11, 
Nov.  21  and  22, 
June  7  and  8, 
Feb.  7  and  21,     . 
April  23  to  30, 
Nov.  22  and  23, 
Jan.  22,  to  March  4, 
Aug.  9  to  21, 
Dec.  2  and  3, 
Feb.  24, 
July  23  to  27, 
Aug.  5,  to  1758,  June  17, 
Sept.  25, 
Nov.  27, 
Jan.  13, 

March  1,  to  July  25, 
March  31,  (not  in  the  former 
July  28,  to  Aug.  21, 
Jan.  12,  to  March  19, 
March  17,  to  1762,  June  5, 
May  22,  to  1763,  Feb.  24, 
June  4,    . 
Feb.  20  and  23, 
May  22,  to  June  20, 
Aug.  21,  to  Nov.  26, 
Feb.  22,  to  July  26, 
Feb.  21,  to  Dec.  6,     . 
March  20,  to  Oct.  27,      . 
Oct.  20,  to  Dec.  21,   . 
Feb.  21,  to  Sept.  26, 
Feb.  22,  to  1774,  March  31, 
Jan.  12,  to  May  20, 


section) 


160  f 
60 

bli( 

110 

t( 

15 

(I 

20 

(t 

60 

u 

13 

(( 

14 

(( 

90 

(( 

20 

u 

50 

11 

35 

u 

50 

u 

35 

a 

8 

a 

16 

u 

118 

u 

2 

11 

7 

ii 

20 

« 

23 

u 

7 

cc 

35 

u 

40 

(( 

140 

« 

60 

(( 

7 

t 

15 

« 

32 

(( 

36 

« 

94 

u 

130 

u 

380 

11 

70 

l( 

90 

11 

180 

(( 

90 

(( 

List  of  the  Minutes  of  Council  in  Assembly,  of  the  Province  of 
New  Jersey,  deposited  in  her  Majesty's  State  Paper  Office, 
London.     Received  from  Mr.  Stevens. 


1738,  Oct.  26,  to  1738-39,  March  15, 

1740,  April  10,  to  July  31, 

1741,  Oct.  2,  to  Nov.  4, 

1742,  Oct.  16,  to  Nov.  25, 


360  folios. 
200      " 
110      " 
150      „ 


APPENDIX    A. 


475 


1743,  Oct.  10,  to  Dec.  10, 

1744,  June  22  to  Dec.  8,     . 

1745,  April  5  to  Oct.  18, 

1746,  June  11,  to  Nov.  1,    . 

1747,  May  6,  to  May  9, 

1747,  Aug.  20,  to  Feb.  18,  1747-48, 
1748-49,  Feb.  21,  to  1749,  March  28, 

1748,  Nov.  10,  to  Dec.  15, 

1748,  Nov.  24,  to  Dec.  15,  (about  the  Riots) 
1748-49,  March  22,  to  1750-51,  Feb.  22,  do., 

1749,  Sept.  28,  to  Oct.  20, 
1749,  Oct.  3,  to  Oct.  20,     . 
1749-50,  Feb.  14  to  27, 
1750-51,  Jan.  28,  to  Feb.  22, 
1751,  May  21,  to  June  7, 

1751,  Sept.  16,  to  Oct.  23, 

1752,  Jan.  28,  to  Feb.  12, 

1752,  Dec.  14,  to  22, 

1753,  May  23,  to  June  8, 

1754,  June  5,  to  21, 

1754,  Oct.  1,  to  21,       . 

1755,  Feb.  24,  to  March  3, 
1755,  Aug.  1,  to  20,      . 
1755,  Nov.  12  to  14, 

1755,  Dec.  16  to  24,      . 

1756,  March  9,  to  16, 
1756,  May  20,  to  June  30, 
1756,  July  23,  to  27, 
1756,  Oct.  12,  to  15, 

1756,  Dec.  17,  to  24, 

1757,  March  11,  to  23, 
1757,  May  24,  to  June  3,    . 

1757,  Aug.  19,  to  1758,  April  17, 

1758,  July  25,  to  Aug.  12, 

1759,  March  6,  to  16,    . 
1761,  March  26,  to  April  7, 

1761,  Nov.  30,  to  1762,  April  28, 

1762,  Sept.  14,  to  25, 

1763,  May  26,  to  June  3, 

1764,  Feb.  14,  to  23, 

1765,  May  21,  to  June  20, 

1768,  April  12,  to  May  10, 

1769,  Oct.  11,  to  Dec.  6, 

1770,  Sept.  26,  to  Oct.  27, 

1771,  Nov.  20,  to  Dec.  21, 

1772,  Aug.  19,  to  Sept.  26, 

1773,  Nov.  10,  to  1774,  March  11, 
1775,  Jan.  11,  to  Feb.  13,  . 
1775,  May  15,  to  20,     . 


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APPENDIX   A. 


List  of  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
Province  of  New  Jersey,  deposited  in  her  Majesty's  State 
Paper  Office,  London.     Received  from  Mr.  Stevens. 

J\farmscripts. 

1703,  Nov.  10,  to  Dee.  13, 

1704,  Sept.  1,  to  28,  .  , 

1704,  Nov.  13,  to  Dec.  12, 

1705,  Oct.  15,  to  Nov.  8,     . 
1707,  April  5,  to  Oct.  31, 
1709,  May  25,  to  June  30, 

1709,  Nov.  21,  to  1709-10,  Jan.  31,     . 
1716,  Nov.  27,  to  1716-17,  Jan.  26, 
1718,  April  8,  to  1719,  March  28, 
1721-22,  March  7,  to  1722,  May  5, 
1728,  Dec.  12,  to  1728-29,  Jan.  14,      . 

Printed  Copies. 

1710,  Dec.  6,  to  1710-11,  Feb.  10, 

1711,  July  6,  to  July  16,    . 
1723,  Sept.  27,  to  Nov.  30,       . 
1725,  May  25,  to  Aug.  23, 
1727,  Dec.  9,  to  1727-28,  Feb.  10,       . 
1730,  May  7,  to  1741,  Nov.  4, 
1742,  Oct.  16,  to  1745,  Oct.  17, 
1745-46,  Feb.  26,  to  1752-53,  Feb.  12, 
1753,  May  16,  to  1760,  March  26, 
1761,  March  27,  to  1765,  Nov.  30, 
1768,  April  12,  to  1774,  March  11,       . 
1775,  Jan.  11,  to  May  20,  ... 

(The  established  price  of  copying  in  the  State 
four  pence  a  folio  of  seventy-two  words.) 


.     100  folios 

75 

.     110 

40 

.     460 

144 

.     300 

250 

.     350 

180 

.       50 

.     250  folios. 

30 

.     150 

240 

.     300 

1692 

.  1905 

2545 

.  4000 

2500 

.  5000 

650 

Paper  Office  is 

APPENDIX    B. 

Catalogue  ot  Books,  Pamphlets,  and  other  Publications  refer- 
ring IN  WHOLE,  OR  IN  part,  TO  New  JeRSEY  DURING  THE  CoLONIAL 

Period,  exclusive  of  the  Public  Documents  of  the  State. 

*^*  This  Catalogue  might  have  been  extended  by  the  insertion  of  the  titles  of 
a  number  of  controversial  pamphlets,  sermons,  and  other  publications  connected 
with  events  of  a  temporary  or  limited  interest,  as  well  as  of  Journals  of  Travellers  ; 
but  it  is  believed  that  all  of  any  importance  are  enumerated.  There  are,  of  course, 
matters  referred  to  in  the  Legislative  Journals,  Colonial  Records,  and  Historical 
Society  Collections  of  both  New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  which  have  special  rela- 
tion to  New  Jersey ;  the  New  York  Documents  in  particular,  as  will  be  seen  by 
the  many  references  in  these  pages,  are  exceedingly  valuable.  The  newspapers 
of  the  times  constitute  a  mine  of  historical  wealth  that  can  always  be  worked  to 
advantage,  and  other,  usual  sources  of  infoi-mation,  it  was  not  thought  necessary  to 
specify  more  particularly.  There  are  some  few  works  in  the  list  relating  to  events 
of  the  present  century,  which  it  was  thought  addsable  to  insert  for  their  rarity  or 
intrinsic  importance. 

164§. 

A  Description  of  the  Province  of  New  Albion,  iind  a  Direc- 
tion for  Adventurers  with  small  stock  to  get  two  for  one,  and  good 
land  freely  :  And  for  Gentlemen,  and  all  Servants,  Labourers  and 
Artificers,  to  live  plentifully.  And  a  former  Description  reprinted 
of  the  healthiest,  pleasantest,  and  richest  Plantation  of  A^eic  Al- 
bion, in  North  Virginia^  proved  by  thirteen  witnesses.  Together 
with  a  Letter  from  Master  Robert  Evelin,  that  lived  there  many 
years,  shewing  the  particularities  and  excellency  thereof.  With  a 
brief e  of  the  charge  of  rictuaU,  (md  necessaries  to  transport  and  buy 
stock  for  each  Planter,  or  Labourer,  there  to  get  his  Master  £50  per 
annum,  or  more  in  twelve  trades,  at  £1U  charges  only  a  man. 
Printed  in  the  year  1648.  Quarto.  Reprinted  in  Force's  Histori- 
cal Tracts,  Vol.  II.      Washington,  1838. 

16T0. 

A  Brief  Description  of  New  York,  formerly  called  New  Nether- 
lands, With  the  places  thereunto  adjoining.  Together  with  the  man- 
ner of  its  scituation,  fertility  of  the  soyle,  healthfulnesse  of  the  chmate, 
and  the  commodities  thence  produced.  Also  some  directions  and  ad- 
vice to  such  as  shall  go  thither;  an  account  of  what  commodities 
they  shall  take  with  tliem ;  the  profit  and  pleasure  that  may  accrue 
to  them  thereby.  Likewise  a  brief  llclation  of  the  customs  of  the 
Indians  there.  By  Daniel  Denton.  London.  Small  4to.  Ae- 
printed  by  Pennsylmnia  Historical  Society,  184o.     %vo.  p>p.  lb. 

1«75 
John    Fenwicke's  Proposal   for   planting   his   Colony    of  New 


■i78  APPENDIX   B. 

Csesarea  or  New  Jersey.     Folio.     Single  leaf.     London,  1675.     A 
copy  offered  for  sale  in  London  in  1853. 

16§2. 
A  Brief  Account  by  the  Province  of  East  Jersey,  in  America, 
Published  by  the  present  Proprietors,  for  information  of  all  such  per- 
sons who  are,  or  may  be  inclined  to  settle  themselves,  families  and 
servants  in  that  country.  London,  1682.  Quarto,  pp.  8.  Reprhited 
in  Smith'' s  History  of  New  Jersey^  p.  539  /  andj  in  East  Jersey 
under  the  Proprietary  Governments^  p.  207. 

Proposals  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  Jersey,  in  America,  for  the 
Building  of  a  town  on  Ambo  Point,  and  for  the  disposition  of  lands 
in  that  Province ;  and  also  for  encouragement  of  artificers  and  la- 
bourers that  shall  transport  themselves  thither  out  of  England,  Scot- 
land, and  Ireland.  London,  1682.  Quarto,  pp.  8.  Reprinted  in 
Smith's  History  of  New  Jersey^  p.  543,  in  East  Jersey  under 
the  Proprietary  Governments  ;  and  in  Contributions  to  the  Early 
History  of  Perth  Amboy^  dbe. 

16§3. 

A  Brief  Account  of  the  Province  of  East  New  Jersey,  in  America, 
published  by  the  Scots  Proprietors  having  interest  there,  for  the  infor- 
mation of  such  as  may  have  a  desire  to  transport  themselves  or  their 
families  thither.  Wherein  the  nature  and  advantage  of,  and  interest 
in  a  Foreign  Plantation  to  this  country,  is  demonstrated.  Edin- 
burgh, 1683.  Quarto,  pp.  15.  In  Rich's  Catalogue  of  American 
Rooks,  1832,  Presumed  to  he  tlie  same  as  put  forth  by  the 
English  Proprietors  in  1682. 

16§4. 

The  Planters  Speech  to  his  neighbours  and  countrymen  of  Penn- 
sylvania, East  and  West  Jersey  ;  and  to  all  such  as  have  transported 
themselves  into  new  Colonies  for  the  sake  of  a  quiet  retired  life.  To 
which  is  added  the  complaints  of  our  supra-interior  inhabitants. 
London.  12mo.,  pp.  73.  In  Rich's  Catcdogue,  1832.  IVie  Ti- 
tle and  Introduction  are  printed  in  Proud''s  Pennsylvania,  I. 
p.  226. 

16§5. 

The  Model  of  the  Government  of  the  Province  of  East  New  Jer- 
sey, in  America  ;  and  Encouragements  for  such  as  Designs  to  be  con- 
cerned there.  Published  for  the  information  of  such  as  are  desirous 
to  be  interested  in  that  place.  Edinburgh.  Printed  by  John  Keid, 
Anno  Dom.,  1685.  12mo.  Reprinted  by  the  New  Jersey  Histori- 
cal Society  in  1846,  as  an  Appendix  to  "  East  Jersey  under  the 
Proprietary  Governments.'''' 

1698. 

An  Historical  and  Geographical  Account  of  the  Province  and 
County  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  West  New  Jersey,  in  America.     The 


APPENDIX   B.  479 

RicliDess  of  the  Soil,  the  Sweetness  of  the  Situation,  &c.,  with  a 
Map  of  both  Countries,  &c.  By  Gabriel  Thomas,  who  resided  there 
about  fifteen  years.  London.  12mo.  pp.  3-4.  A  facsimile  7-ej)rint 
was  issued  in  Neio  York  in  1848. 

The  Case  put  and  Decided  by  George  Fox,  George  Whitehead, 
Stephen  Crisp  and  other,  the  most  antient  and  eminent  Quakers, 
between  Edward  Billing  on  the  one  part,  and  some  West  Jersians, 
headed  by  Samuel  Jennings  on  the  other  part.  In  an  Award 
relating  to  the  Government  of  their  Province,  wherein  because  not 
moulded  to  the  Pallate  of  the  said  Samuel,  the  Light,  the  Truth,  the 
Justice  and  Infallibility  of  these  great  friends,  are  arraigned  by  him 
and  his  accomplices.  Also  several  Remarks  and  animadversions  on 
the  same  award,  &c.  (Anonymous.)  Small  4to.  pp.  IG.  New  Jer- 
sey Hist.  Soc.  Library. 

1T06. 

George  Keith's  Journal  of  Travels  in  America  from  New 
Hampshire  to  Carituck.     Small  4to.     London,  1706. 

1T30. 

An  Historical  Account  of  the  Incorporated  Society  for  the  Propa- 
gation of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  containing  their  Foundation, 
Proceedings,  and  the  Success  of  their  Missionaries  in  the  British 
Colonies,  to  the  year  1728.  By  David  Humphreys,  D.  D.,  Secretary 
to  the  Society.  London,  1730.  8vo.  pp.  356.  lupnhUsJied  by 
Stanford  and  Sioords,  Neiv  York,  1853. 

1737. 

A  Defence  of  a  Sermon  preached  at  Newark,  June  2,  1736. 
(The  sermon  was  against  the  doctrine  and  worship  of  the  Church 
of  England.)  The  only  copy  knoicn  is  imperfect.  It  is  in  the 
JVew  Jersey  Historical  Society  Zibrary.     'Zinio.,  2^J^-  HO.        « 

1740. 

Memoirs  and  Considerations  concerning  the  Trade  and  Revenues 
of  the  British  Colonies  in  America.     By  John  Ashley.     Loudon, 

1740. 

1742. 

A  Vindication  of  the  late  New  Jersey  Assembly.  In  Philadel- 
phia Library. 

1743. 
Extracts  from  the  Minutes  and   Votes  of  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  with  notes  and  observations.     In  Philadelphia  Library. 

An  answer  to  the  Notes  and  Observations  upon  the  Votes  of  the 
Assembly  of  New  Jersey.     In  Philadelphia  Library. 

1744. 
The  Speech  of  Lewis  Morris,   Es^i.,   Governor  of  New  Jersey 
Philadelphia,  1744.     In  Philadelphia  Library. 


4S0  APPENDIX   B. 

1746. 

A  Brief  Vindication  of  the  Purchassors  Against  the  Proprie- 
tors in  a  Christian  Manner.  48  pages  20mo.  New  York,  1746. 
In  English  State  Paper  Office. 

1747. 
A  Bill  in  the  Chancery  of  New  Jersey^  at  the  suit  of  John.,  Earl 
of  Stair^  and  others,  Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New 
Jersey.,  against  Benjamhi  JBotid,  and  some  other  Persons  of  Eliza- 
bethtown,  distinguished  by  the  name  of  the  Clbiker  Lot  Right 
Men.,  With  Three  large  Maps  done  from  Copper  Plates.  To  wliich 
is  added  :  The  Publications  of  The  Council  of  Proprietors  of  East 
Neio  Jersey.,  and  Mr.  Nevill's  Speeches  to  the  General  Assembly, 
concerning  the  Riots  committed  in  New  Jersey,  and  the  Pretences 
of  the  Rioters  and  their  seducers.  These  Papers  will  give  a  better 
Light  into  the  History  and  Constitution  of  JSfeic  Jersey.,  than 
any  thing  hitherto  published.,  the  matters  whereof  hace  been 
chiefly  collected  from  Records.  Published  by  Subscription. 
Printed  by  James  Parker,  New  York,  1747.  Folio  pp.  124  and  39. 
Draicn  pyrincipally  by  James  Alexander. 

An  Ansv;er  to  the  Council  of  Proprietors'  two  Publications,  set 
forth  at  Perth  Amboy  the  25th  of  March,  1746,  and  the  25th  of 
March,  1747.  As  also  some  observations  on  Mr.  Nevilles  Speech  to 
the  House  of  Assembly,  in  relation  to  a  Petition  presented  to  the 
House  of  Assembly,  met  at  Tre?itoion,  in  the  Province  of  Neio 
Jersey  in  May,  1746.  New  York.  Printed  and  sold  by  the 
Widow  Catharine  Zenger,  1747.  Folio  pp.  13.  Very  rare — only 
tico  copies  known. 

1752. 

A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  of  New  Brunswick  to  his  friend  in 
Hiizabethtown ;  on  the  first  Point  in  Controversy  between  the  Pro- 
prietors and  Elizabethtown.  1752.  Folio  pp.  4.  Very  rare ; 
only  one  copy  knoion. 

An  Answer  to  a  Bill  in  the  Chancery  of  Neio  Jersey^  at  the 
suit  of  John.,  Earl  of  Stair.,  and  others,  co^nmonly  called  Proprie- 
tors of  the  Eastern  Division  of  New  Jersey.,  against  Benjamin 
Bond.,  and  others  claiming  under  the  original  Proprietors  and  asso- 
ciates of  Elizabethtotcn.  To  which  is  added  :  Nothing  either  of 
The  Publications  of  the  Council  of  Proprietors  of  East  New  Jer- 
sey., or  of  The  Pretences  of  the  Rioters,  and  their  Seducers  ;  except 
so  far  as  the  Persons  meant  by  Rioters,  pretend  Title  against  the 
Parties  to  the  above  Answer  :  but  a  great  deal  of  the  Controversy, 
though  much  less  of  the  History  and  Constitution  of  New  Jersey, 
than  the  said  Bill.  Audi  Alteram  Partem.  .Published  by  subscrip- 
tion. New  York.  Printed  by  James  Parker,  1752.  Folio  pp.  48. 
Drawn  by  William  Livingston  and  Wm.  Smith.,  Jr..^  of  Coun- 
sel for  the  L>efe?ulants. 


APPENDIX  B.  481 

1T53, 

A  Letter  to  the  Independnnt  Reflector,  by  David  Marin  Beu 
Jesse,  Pastor  at  Aquenonka  (David  Mariuus,  Pastor  at  Acquacka- 
nonck).  New  York.  Printed  and  sold  by  Hugh  Guine.  Small 
4to.,  pp.  31.  (Reviewing  the  Religious  tendencies  of  certain  arti- 
cles in  the  Paper.)     In  N.  J.  Hist.  Soc.  Library. 

1755. 

A  Remark  on  the  Disputes  and  Contentions  in  this  Province, 
(New  York)  by  David  Marin  Ben  Jesse,  Pastor  at  Aquenonka', 
(David  Mai'inus,  Pastor  at  Acquackanonck).  New  York.  Hugh 
Gaine,  1755.  (In  opposition  to  King's  College,  New  York,  and  ad- 
vocating a  separate  College  for  the  youth  of  the  Dutch  Church, 
rather  than  patronize  that  of  the  "  Jersey  College.")  In  X.  J. 
Hist.  Soc.  Library. 

1756. 

Life  and  Travels  of  Samuel  Bownas  through  Connecticut,  Rhode 
Island,  Long  Island,  New  Jersey,  and  an  Account  of  his  Appre- 
hension and  Trial  at  Hempstead,  L.  I.  8vo.  London,  1756.  (Was 
in  Eas|  Jersey  in  1702.) 

1757. 

Funeral  Sermon  at  the  Interment  of  Governor  Belcher,  who  died 
at  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  Aug.  31,  1757.     By  Aaron  Burr. 

A  Memorial  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  patent  of  Minisink  and 
Wawayanda,  bordering  on  the  Crown  lands  of  New  York,  respecting 
the  Controversy  between  New  York  and  New  Jersey.  New  York, 
1757.     In  Philaddphia  Library. 

1758. 
An  Account  of  Two  Missionary  Voyages.  By  the  appointment 
of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts. 
The  one  to  New  Jersey,  in  North  America;  the  other  from  Amer- 
ica to  the  Coast  of  Guiney.  By  Thomas  Thompson,  A.  M.,  Vicar 
of  Reculver,  in  Kent.     London,  1758.     8vo.,  pp.  87. 

1759. 

A  Pocket  Commentary  of  the  first  settling  of  New  Jersey  by  the 
Europeans ;  and  an  account  or  fair  detail  of  the  original  Indian  E. 
J.  Grants,  and  other  rights  of  the  like  tenor  in  East  New  Jersey. 
Digested  in  order.  New  York.  Printed  by  Samuel  Parker,  1759. 
8vo.     In  Philadelphia  Library. 

Beskrifning  om  de  Swenska  forsamlingars  Forna  och  narwarcnde 
tilstand  uti  nya  Sverige  sedan  nye  Nederland.  Isaac  Acrelius, 
Stockholm,  4to.,  1759.  A  Translation  entitled  New  Sioeden,  or 
the  Swedish  Settlements  on  the  Delaicare.  By  Isaac  Collins,  of 
Philadelphia.  In  New  York  Hist.  Soc.  Collections^  Vol.  V. 
pp.  401-448. 

31 


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482  APPENDIX   B. 

ireo. 

The  Bill  of  Complaint  in  the  Chancery  of  New  Jersey^  brought 
by  Thomas  Clarke  and  others  against  James  Alexander^  Esq.,  and 
others,  commonly  called  The  Proprietors  of  East  Neio  Jersey, 
wherein  the  Title  of  the  People  of  Elizabeth  Toion  to  the  contro- 
verted Lands  is  fully  exhibited,  and  the  Objections  of  the  pretended 
Proprietors  stated  and  refuted.  Now  published  from  the  original, 
filed  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  in  1754,  to  satisfy  many  who  are 
anxious  to  know  the  Foundation  of  a  private  Debate  of  the  greatest 
importance  in  America.  Printed  by  Wm.  Weyman,  in  New  York, 
1760.     Folio,  pp.  18. 

A  Summary,  Historical  and  Political,  of  the  First  Planting, 
Progressive  Improvements,  and  present  state  of  the  British  Settle- 
ments in  North  America.  By  William  Douglass.  London,  1760. 
2  vols.,  8vo. 

1-763. 

An  Address  to  the  Freeholders  of  New  Jersey,  on  the  subject 
of  public  salaries.     Philadelphia,  1763.     In  PhiladPa  Library. 

1T65. 

A  Concise  Account  of  North  America,  containing  a  description 
of  the  British  Colonies,  their  situation,  extent,  climate,  soil,  &c., 
&c.,  with  accounts  of  the  Indians.  By  Robert  Rogers.  8vo.  Lon- 
don, 1765. 

The  History  of  the  Colony  of  Nova-Caisaria,  or  New  Jersey  ; 
containing  an  account  of  its  First  Settlement,  progressive  improve- 
ments, the  original  and  present  Constitution,  and  other  events,  to 
the  year  1721,  with  some  particulars  since ;  and  a  short  view  of  its 
present  state.  By  Samuel  Smith.  Burlington,  in  New  Jersey. 
Printed  and  sold  hj  James  Parker.  Sold  also  by  David  Hall,  in 
Philadelphia.     M.DCCLXV.     8vo. 

1T68. 

The  Journal  of  a  Two  months'  Tour,  with  a  view  of  Promoting 
Religion  among  the  Frontier  Inhabitants  of  Pennsylvania,  &c.  To 
which  are  added  remarks  on  the  Language  and  Customs  of  some 
particular  Tribes.     By  Chas.  Beatty,  A.  M.     London,  8vo.,  pp.  110. 

1T69. 

Liberty  and  Property  without  oppression  (Pamphlet  referring  to 
the  Monmouth  Co.  Riots.)  TJte  only  copy  knoicn  is  in  the  His- 
torical Society  Library.     Imperfect. 

1T70. 

The  Plea  and  Answer  of  the  Right  Honorable  William,  Earl  of 
Stirling,   and   others,   Proprietors    of   East    New   Jersey,   to   John^ 
Hunt's    Bill   in   Chancery.     New   York.     Printed   by  John   Holt. 
Folio,  pp.  44. 

A  General  History  of  the  British  Empire  in  America,  &c.  By 
Mr.  Wynne.     London,  1770.     8vo.,  2  vols. 


APPENDIX   B.  483 

17T2. 

Travels  into  North  America,  contaiuing  its  Natural  History,  and 
a  Circumstantial  Account  of  its  plantations  and  agriculture  in  gen- 
eral, (fee,  &c.  By  Peter  Kalni,  Professor  of  a^conomy  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Aobo,  in  Swedish  Finland,  and  member  of  the  Swedish 
Royal  Academy  of  Sciences.  Translated  into  English  by  John 
Reinhold  Forster,  F.  A.  S.  (2d  edition.)  London,  1772.  2  vols 
8vo. 

1774. 

A  Journal  of  the  Life,  Travels,  Sufferings  and  Labour  of  Love 
in  the  Work  of  the  Ministry  of  that  Worthy  Elder  and  faithful 
Servant  of  Jesus  Christ,  William  Edmundson,  who  departed  this 
life  the  thirty-first  of  the  sixth  mouth,  1712.  Second  edition. 
London,  1774.     8vo.,  pp.  404. 

1775. 

Travels  through  the  Middle  Settlements  of  North  America  in 
1759-60,  with  observations  on  the  state  of  the  Colonies.  By  Rev. 
A.  Buruaby.     4to.  and  8vo.     Loudon,  1775. 

A  short  state  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Proprietors  of  East  and 
West  Jersey ;  relative  to  the  Line  of  Division  between  them  ;  by 
which  the  Injustice  of  the  pretended  claim  of  West  Jersey  to 
Lauds  Eastward  and  adjoining  the  Line  of  Division,  as  run  by  Joha 
Lawrence,  will  appear.  New  York.  Printed  by  Jas.  Rivington. 
M.DCC.LXXV.     8  vo.,  pp.  23. 

1777. 

Topographical  Description  of  such  parts  of  North  America  as 
are  contained  in  the  Annexed  Map  of  the  Middle  British  Colonies 
in  North  America.  By  T.  Powaall,  M.  P.,  late  Governor  of  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay,  &c.     Large  Paper.     Folio.     London,  1777. 

A  copy  of  this  was  sold  at  auction  March  4th,  18.54,  by  Bangs  Brothers  &  Co., 
in  New  York,  containing  manuscript  additions,  considerably  enlarging  the  origi- 
nal work,  prepared  for  a  new  edition  in  1779,  which  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
published.  A  portion  of  the  new  matter  contains  extracts  from  Gov.  Pownall's 
Journal,  kept  by  him  while  travelling  through  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania.  It 
is  thouo-ht  tliis  volume  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Piatt  in  New  York. 

177§. 
Proceedings  of  a  General  Court  Martial  held  at  Brunswick,  in 
the  State  of  New  Jersey,  by  order  of  His  Excellency  General  Wash- 
ington, Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  for  tlie  Trial  of  Major  General  Lick.  July  4th,  1778. 
Major  General  Lord  Stirling,  Presideut.  Philadelphia.  John  Dua- 
lap,  1778.     Folio,     pp.  62. 

1779. 
Letters  to  a  Nobleman  on  conduct  of  the  War   in   the   Middle 
Colonies.     London,  1779.     12mo.,  pp.  87. 

17  SO. 
The  History  of  the  Civil  War  in  America.     By  an  Officer  of  the 


484  APPENDIX   B. 

Army.  (Captain  Hall,  of  the  46tli  Regiment.)  Vol.  I.,  compre- 
hending the  campaigns  of  1775,  1776  and  1777.  (No  more  pub- 
lished.)    London,  1780. 

Political  Annals  of  the  Present  United  Colonies  from  their  Set- 
tlement to  the  Peace  of  1763,  compiled  chiefly  from  Records,  and 
authorized  often  by  the  insertion  of  State  Papers.  By  George 
Chalmers.  London.  4to.,  pp.  695.  (An  octavo  Edition  with  ad- 
ditional matter  published  in  Boston,  1845,  with  title  "  Introduction 
to  the  History  of  the  Revolt  of  the  American  Colonies.") 
1Y75 — 1781. 

The  Remembrancer,  or  Impartial  Repository  of  Public  Events. 
London.     Printed  for  J.  Almon. 

17§7. 

Simcoe's  Military  Journal.  A  History  of  the  operations  of  a 
Partisan  Corps  called  the  Queen's  Rangers,  commanded  by  Lieut. 
Col.  J.  Q.  Simcoe,  during  the  War  of  the  American  Revolution. 
Privately  printed.  London,  1787.  Published  New  YorJc^  1844. 
8yo.,  pp.  328. 

Travels  in  North  America  in  the  years  1780,  1781  and  1782. 
By  the  Marquis  de  Chastellux,  one  of  the  forty  members  of  the 
French  Academy,  and  Major  General  in  the  French  Army,  serving 
under  the  Count  de  Rochambeau.     2  vols.  8vo.     London,  1787. 

1791. 

New  Travels  in  the  United  States  of  America,  performed  in 
1788.  By  J.  T.  Brissot  de  Warville.  Paris,  1791.  2d  edition. 
London,  1794.  2  vols.,  Svo.  Translation,  J^oston,  1797,  Vltno., 
pp.  260.  (The  French  edition  consists  of  3  volumes,  of  which  the 
3d  is  on  the  Commerce  of  America ;  not  included  in  this  transla- 
tion.) 

1792. 

Eumenes  :  Being  a  Collection  of  Papers  to  show  the  Errors  and 
Omissions  of  the  Constitution  of  New  Jersey,  established  July  2d, 
1776  and  the  necessity  of  calling  a  Convention  for  Revision  and 
Amendment.  Trenton.  8vo.,  1792.  In  New  York  State  Li- 
brary. 

Materials  Towards  a  History  of  the  Baptists  in  Jersey,  distin- 
guished into  First-day  Baptists,  Seventh-day  Baptists,  Tuncker  Bap- 
tists, Rogerine  Baptists.  By  Morgan  Edwards,  A.  M.,  and  Quon- 
dam' Fellow  of  R.  I.  College.  Philadelphia.  Printed  by  Thomas 
Dobson,  at  the  Stone  House,  in  Second  street.     1792.     12mo.,  pp. 

156. 

1796. 

The  Journal  of  an  Excursion  to  the  United  States  of  North 

America,  in  the  summer  of  1794.     By  Henry  Wansey,  F.   A.   S. 

A  Wiltshire  Clothier.     Salisbury,  1796,  8vo.,  pp.  304.     (A  "  Sec- 


APPENDIX    B.  485 

ond  Edition  with  Additions," — but  leaving  off  considerable  matter 
appended  to  the  first,  relating  to  Dr.  Priestley's  visit  to  America — 
was  issued  in  12mo.  form  in  1798.) 

1797. 

The  History  of  Pennsylvania  in  North  America,  from  the  Orig- 
inal Institution  and  Settlement  of  that  Province,  &c.,  in  IGSl,  till 
after  the  year  1742 ;  with  an  Introduction  respecting  the  Life  of 
Wm.  Penn,  prior  to  the  grant  of  the  Province,  and  the  religious  So- 
ciety of  the  People  called  Quakers;  with  the  first  rise  of  the  neigh- 
boring Colonies,  more  particularly  of  West  New  Jersey^  and  the 
Settlement  of  the  Dutch  and  Swedes  in  Delaware.  To  wLich  is 
added  a  brief  description  of  the  said  Province  and  of  the  general 
state  in  which  it  flourished,  principally  between  the  years  17G0  and 
1770,  &c.,  &e.  Written  principally  between  the  years  1776  and 
1780.     By  Robert  Proud.     Philadelphia,  1797.     2  vols.  8vo. 

179T. 
Travels  of   Duke   de    Rochefaucault    Liancourt  in  the  United 
States  in  1795-6-7.     London,  1799.     4to.  and  8vo. 

1S06. 
Bill  of  Mortality,  being  a  Register   of  all  the   Deaths  in  the 
Presbyterian  and  Baptist  Congregations  of  Morristown,  New  Jersey, 
for  Thirty-eight  years  past.     By  Rev.  Doctor  Johnes  and  William 
Cherry,  Morristown,  1806.     8vo.,  pp.  112. 

1807. 
A  Century  Sermon  preached  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  January 
1st,  1801 ;    containing  A  Brief  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  that  Town.     By  Alexander  Macwhorter,  D.  D.     Newark.     8vo., 
pp.  24.     1807. 

1810. 
A  Concise   Description  of  Schooley's  Mountain  in  New  Jersey. 
By  Samuel  L.  Mitchell,  LL.  D.     New  York,  1810.     8vo. 

1812. 
Alden's  New  Jersey  Register  and  United  States  Calendar  for  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1812.  Newark.  Printed  by  William  Tattle. 
24mo.,  pp.  124.  (Intended  to  be  an  annual  Publication,  but  was 
discontinued.  It  contains  a  very  full  record  of  officers  of  the  State 
and  of  the  different  counties — public  institutions,  «fcc.) 

1814. 
Collection  of  American  Epitaphs  and  Inscriptions.     By  Timo- 
thy Alden.     5  vols.,  24mo.     New  York,  1814. 

1820. 
An  Abridgment  of  the  General  History  of  the  Baptist  Denomi- 
nation in  America  and  other  parts  of  the  World.     By  David  Bene- 
dict, A.  M.     Boston,  1820.     12mo.,  pp.   448.     (Abridgment  of  the 
first  Edition.     See  1848.) 


486  APPENDIX   B, 

1§22. 

Memoirs  of  the  Rev.  David  Brainerd,  Missionary  to  the  Indians 
on  the  Borders  of  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  chiefly 
taken  from  his  own  Diary.  By  Eev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  of  North- 
ampton. Including  his  Journal,  now  for  the  first  time  incorporated 
with  the  rest  of  his  Diary,  in  a  regular  Chronological  series.  By 
Sereno  Edwards  Dwight.     New  Haven,  1822.      8vo.,pp.  507. 

1823. 

Printed  Case.  "  The  Pompton  Church  at  Pompton,  in  Bergen 
County,  &c.,"  vs.  "The  Reformed  Dutch  Church  of  Pompton  Plains, 
&c."     New  Jersey  Court  of  Appeals,  1823? 

1§24. 

History  of  the  State  of  New  York,  including  its  Aboriginal 
and  Colonial  Annals.  By  John  V.  N.  Yates  and  Joseph  W.  Moul- 
ton.     New  York,  1824.     Svo.,  pp.  428.     Only  one  vol.  published. 

1§26. 

The  Wonderful  History  of  the  Morristown  Ghost,  Thoroughly 
and  carefully  Revised.  By  David  Young.  Newark,  1826.  48mo., 
pp.  76.  (The  original  narrative  was  anonymously  printed  about 
1789.) 

1§27. 

Sketches  of  the  Primitive  Settlements  on  the  River  Delaware. 
A  Discourse  delivered  before  the  Society  for  the  Commemoration  of 
the  Landing  of  William  Penn.  By  James  N.  Barker.  Philadel- 
phia, 1827.     8vo. 

A  Military  Journal  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  from  1775 
to  1783  :  describing  interesting  events  and  transactions  of  that  Pe- 
riod;  with  numerous  Historical  Facts  and  Anecdotes.  To  which  is 
added  an  Appendix,  containing  Biographical  Sketches  of  several 
General  Officers.  By  James  Thatcher,  M.  D.,  late  Surgeon  in  the 
American  Army.  Second  Edition,  revised  and  corrected.  Boston, 
1827.     8vo.,  pp.  487. 

1§2§. 

The  History  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  from 
the  Restoration  to  the  Revolution.  By  the  Rev.  Robert  Wodrow, 
Minister  of  the  Gospel  at  Eastwood — with  an  original  Memoir  of 
the  Author,  &c.  By  Rev.  Robert  Burns,  D.  D.,  F.  A.  S.  4  vols., 
Svo.  Glasgow.  (Best  Edition — the  original  work  published  in 
1720-1722.) 

Report  on  the  Origin  and  Increase  of  the  Paterson  Manufacto- 
ries, and  the  Intended  diversion  of  their  Waters  by  the  Morris  Ca- 
nal Company.  Also  on  Post  Rail  Roads,  as  the  means  of  cheap 
conveyance  throughout  New  Jersey,  of  bringing  Susquehanna  Coal 
to  the  Iron  Mines  and  Forges,  and  to  supply  Paterson  and  New 
York ;  also,  a  method  of  supplying  the  City  of  New  York  with  wa- 


APPENDIX   P.  487 

ter  from  the  great   Falls   of  the   Passaic.     By  John   L.   Sullivan, 
Civil  Engineer.     Paterson,  1828.     8vo.,  pp.  G2. 

1§29. 
The  History  of  the  late  Province  of  New  York,  from  its  discov- 
ery to  the  appointment  of  Governor  Golden  in  1762.  By  the  Hon. 
William  Smith,  formerly  of  New  York,  and  late  Chief  Justice  of 
Lower  Canada.  2  vols.,  8vo.  New  York,  1829.  (The  original 
edition  was  published  in  1757,  and  brought  down  the  history  only 
to  1736.  This  edition  published  under  the  auspices  of  the  New 
York  Historical  Society.) 

1§30. 

Historical  Notices  of  Saint  Peter's  Church  in  the  City  of  Perth 
Amboy,  New  Jersey,  contained  in  Two  Discourses  delivered  in  the 
said  Church,  June  19th  and  26th,  1825,  shortly  after  the  erection 
of  a  marble  tablet  in  the  east  wall  of  the  church,  in  memory  of  the 
first  benefactors  of  the  same ;  with  some  additions  by  James  Chap- 
man, Rector.     Elizabethtown,  1830.     8vo.,  pp.  28. 

1833. 

A  Memoir  of  the  Life  of  William  Livingston,  Member  of  Con- 
gress in  1774,  1775,  and  1776;  Delegate  to  the  Federal  Convention 
in  1787,  and  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey  from  1776  to 
1790.  With  Extracts  from  his  Correspondence  and  Notices  of  va- 
rious members  of  his  family.  By  Theodore  Sedgwick,  Jun.  New 
York,  1833.     Silhouette  portrait. 

1834. 

A  Full  Report  of  the  case  of  Stacy  Decow  and  Joseph  Hendrick- 
son  vs.  Thomas  L.  Shotwell.  Decided  at  a  special  Term  of  the  New 
Jersey  Court  of  Appeal,  July  and  August,  1833,  embracing  the  de- 
cision of  the  Court  of  Chancery,  the  arguments  of  the  Counsel  on 
each  side,  and  the  Final  decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  Phila- 
delphia, 1834.  8vo.  pp.  724.  (Relating  to  the  Decision  among  the 
Society  of  Friends  between  the  "  Orthodox"  and  "  Hicksite"  parties. 
The  argument  of  Samuel  L.  Southard  in  this  case,  was  also  published 
in  1833.     1  Vol.   8vo.  pp.  279.) 

A  Short  Description  of  the  Province  of  New  Sweden.  By 
Thomas  Campauius  (Stockholm,  1702.  4to.)  Translated  from  the 
Swedish  for  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  with  notes.  By 
Peter  Duponceau.  Philadelphia,  1834.  8vo.  And  Penn.  Hist. 
Soc.  Collections,  Vol.  III.  part  1. 

The  History  of  New  Jersey,  from  its  Discovery  by  Europeans, 
to  the  adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution.  By  Thomas  F.  Gor- 
don.   Trenton.     Published  by  Daniel  Feuton,  1834.     8vo. 

A  Gazetteer  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  comprehending  a  Gene- 
ral view  of  its  physical  and  moi-al  condition,  together  with  a  Topo- 
graphical and  Statistical  Account  of  its  Counties,  Towns,  Villages, 


488  APPENDIX   B. 

Canals,  Kail  Roads,  &c.,  accompanied  by  a  Map.  By  Thomas  F 
Gordon.  Trenton.  Published  by  Daniel  Fenton,  1834.  8vo. 
(This  and  the  foregoing  bound  together.) 

1§35. 

Annals  of  the  Swedes  on  the  Delaware,  to  which  is  added  the 
charter  of  the  United  Swedish  Churches.  By  Rev.  John  Curtis 
Clay.     Philadelphia,  1835.     12mo.  pp.  180. 

Extracts  from  the  Journal  of  Proceedings  of  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress of  New  Jersey,  held  at  Trenton  in  the  months  of  May,  June, 
and  August,  1775.  Burlington.  Printed  and  sold  by  Isaac  Col- 
lins.   M.DCC.LXXV. 

An  ordinance  for  regulating  the  Militia  of  New  Jersey,  passed 
at  a  sitting  of  the  Provincial  Congress,  held  at  Trenton  in  the  month 
of  October,  1775,  to  which  is  annexed  the  Continental  Arti- 
cles of  War.  Burlington.  Printed  and  sold  by  Isaac  Collins. 
M.DCC.LXXVI. 

Journal  of  the  Votes  and  Proceedings,  as  well  of  the  Committee 
of  Safety,  at  a  sitting  in  January,  1776,  as  the  Provincial  Congress 
of  New  Jersey,  at  a  sitting  at  New  Brunswick,  began  Jarmary  31, 
and  continued  to  the  second  day  of  March  following.  New  York. 
John  Anderson,  Printer.     MDCCLXXVI. 

Journal  of  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress of  New  Jersey,  held  at  Trenton  in  the  month  of  Oct.,  1775. 
Burlington.     Printed  and  sold  by  Issac  Collins. '    M.DCC.LXXVI. 

(The  above  four  pamphlets  were  reprinted  by  order  of  the  Legis- 
lature in  1835.) 

1836. 

The  History  of  the  United  States  of  North  America  from  the 
Plantation  of  the  British  Colonies,  till  their  revolt  and  declaration 
of  independence.  By  James  Grahame,  Esqr.  11  Vols.  8vo. 
Smith,  Elder  &  Co.  Loudon,  1836.  (The  first  two  volumes  of  this 
work  were  published  in  1827,  but  were  revised  and  corrected  by  the 
author  when  the  complete  work  was  issued.  An  American  Edition 
in  2  vols.,  8vo.,  was  published  in  Philadelphia  in  1846.) 

1§37. 
History  of  the  New  Netherlands,  Province  of  New  York,  and 
State  of  New  York,   to   the   adoption  of  the  Federal   Constitution. 
By  William  Dunlap.     2  vols.     8vo.     New  York,  1839. 

1§3§. 
Speech  of  Amzi   Armstrong,  of  Essex  County,  in  Privy  Council, 
October   31,  1838,  on  the  powers   and   Duty  of  the   Governor  and 
Privy  Council  in  Canvassing  the  Votes  for  Representative  in   Con- 
gress.    8vo.     1838. 

Q  1§39. 

An  Historical  Account  of  the   First  Settlement  at   Salem,  in 


APPENDIX    B.  489 

Wei^t  Jersey.  By  John  Fen  wick,  Esqr.,  Chief  Proprietor  of  the 
same  :  With  many  of  the  important  events  that  have  occurred,  down 
to  the  present  generation,  embracing  a  period  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years.  Ey  R.  G.  Johnson.  Philadelphia,  1839.  lJ4mo. 
pp.  173. 

1§40. 
Description  of  the  Geology  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  being  a 
Final  Report   bv  Henry  D.  Rogers,  State  Geologist.     Philadelphia, 
1840.     8vo.  pp. "^301.     Maps. 

A  Sermon  containing  a  General  History  of  the  Parish  of  "West- 
field,  N.  J.,  preached   January  1,  1839,  in  the  Presbyterian  Church        ^ 
of  that  place.     By  James  Huntting,  Pastor.     Elizabcthtown,  1840. 
8vo.     pp.  31. 

1§11. 

History  and  Antiquities  of  New  England,  New  York  and  New 
Jersey.     Worcester,  1841.     Svo.     Engravings,  pp.  576. 

1S13. 

Historical  Notes  of  the  American  Colonies  and  Revolution  from 
1754  to  1775.  By  William  Griffith,  of  New  Jersey.  Published  by 
his  Executors.  Burlington,  1843.  8vo.  pp.  300.  (Published  as 
left  by  the  author,  by  whom  they  were  intended  as  an  Introduction 
to  his  ''  Law  Register.") 

The  Colonization  and  subsequent  History  of  New  Jersey,  a  Dis- 
course pronounced  before  the  Young  Men's  Association  of  New 
Brunswick,  December  1,  1842.  By  William  Beach  Lawrence. 
Somerville,  N.  J.,  1843.     Svo.  pp.  31. 

1§41. 

Notes,  Historical  and  Biographical,  concerning  Elizabcthtown, 
its  eminent  men.  Churches  and  Ministers.  By  Nicholas  Murray, 
D.  D.     Elizabcthtown,  1844.     12mo.  pp.  166. 

A  sketch  of  the  Life  and  Public  Services  of  Theodore  Freling- 
huysen.     By  Cortlandt  Parker.     New  York.     Svo.  p.  12. 

An  Historical  Sermon,  designed  as  a  Memorial  to  the  inhabitants 
of  Wantage,  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey,  containing  an  account  of 
the  first  emigrants,  their  Pedigree,  Dangers,  Deliverances,  «fec. 
Preached  January  7,  1844,  in  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church, 
Wantage,  by  the  Rev.  Peter  Kanouse,  A.  M.  New  York,  1844. 
24mo.  pp.  66. 

Some  account  of  the  Conduct  of  the  Religious  Society  of  Friends 
towards  the  Indian  Tribes  in  the  settlement  of  the  Colonies  of  East 
and  West  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania,  with  a  brief  narrative  of  their 
labours  for  the  civilization  and  Christian  Instruction  of  the  Indians 
from  the  time  of  their  settlement  in  America  to  the  year  1843. 
Published  by  the  Aborigines'  Committee  of  the  Meeting  for  Suffer- 
ings.    London,  1844.     8vo.  pp.  247. 


490  APPENDIX   B. 

Historical  Collections  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  containing  a 
Greneral  Collection  of  the  most  interesting  facts,  traditions,  Biographi- 
cal sketches,  anecdotes,  &c.,  relating  to  its  History  and  antiquities, 
with  Geographical  descriptions  of  every  Township  in  the  State,  illus- 
trated by  120  Engravings.  By  John  AV.  Barber  and  Henry  Howe. 
New  York.  Published  for  the  authors  by  S.  Tuttle,  1844.  (Second 
Edition  in  1852.     8vo.) 

1§45. 

Reminiscences  of  Old  Gloucester ;  or  Incidents  in  the  History 
of  the  Counties  of  Gloucester,  Atlantic,  and  Camden,  New  Jersey. 
By  Isaac  Mickle,  Attorney  at  Law.  Philadelphia,  1845.  8vo. 
pp.  98. 

Historical  Notices  of  the  Missions  of  the  Church  of  England,  in 
the  North  American  Colonies,  previous  to  the  Independence  of  the 
United  States.    By  Rev.  Ernest  Hawkins,  B.  D.    8vo.,  London,  1845. 

1§46. 

An  Address  delivered  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Eliza- 
bethtown,  N.  J.,  November  24th,  1845,  on  the  dedication  of  a  Monu- 
ment erected  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  James  Caldwell,  formerly 
Pastor  of  the  said  Church,  who  fell  by  the  hands  of  an  assassin 
November  24th,  1781.  By  Samuel  Miller,  D.  B.  With  the  Inau- 
guration ceremonies.     Elizabethtown,  1846.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietary  Governments,  a  narrative  of 
events  connected  with  the  settlement  and  progress  of  the  Province, 
until  the  surrender  of  the  government  to  the  crown  in  1702.  Drawn 
principally  from  original  sources.  By  William  A.  Whitehead. 
With  an  appendix  containing  "  The  Model  of  the  Government  of  East 
New  Jersey,  in  America."  By  George  Scot,  of  Pitlochie.  Now 
first  reprinted  from  the  original  edition  of  1685.  New  York.  Pub- 
lished by  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  1846.  8vo.  For7ning 
■JVol.  I.  of  the  Society'' s  "  Collections.'''' 

The  Goodly  Heritage  of  Jerseymen.  The  first  Annual  Address 
before  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Society  at  their  meeting  in  Trenton, 
January  15,  1846.  By  Rt.  Rev.  George  W.  Doane,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
Bishop  of  New  Jersey.     Burlington,  1846.     8vo.  pp.  32. 

A  History  of  the  original  Settlements  on  the  Delaware,  from  its 
discovery  by  Hudson  to  the  colonization  under  William  Penn.  To 
which  is  added  an  account  of  the  ecclesiastical  affairs  of  the  Swedish 
Settlers,  and  a  history  of  Wilmington,  from  its  first  settlement  to  the 
present  time  ;  Illustrated  by  drawings.  By  Benjamin  Ferris.  Wil- 
mington :     Wilson  &  Heald,  1846.     8vo. 

The  Days  of  Old :  a  Centennial  Discourse,  delivered  in  Trinity 
Church,  Newark,  N.  J.,  February  22,  1846.  By  Matthew  H.  Hen- 
derson, M.  A.,  Rector.  Published  by  Request.  New  York,  1846. 
8vo. 

1§47. 

Gleanings  for  the  History  of  the  Protestant   Reformed  Dutch 


APPENDIX   B.  491 

Church  of  Harlingen,  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey.     By  Christo- 
pher C.  Hoagland.     Somerville,  1847.     8vo.  pp.  15. 

The  American  Loyalists  or  Biographical  Sketches  of  adherents 
to  the  British  Crown  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution.  By  Lorenzo 
Sabine.     Boston,  1847.     8vo.  pp.  733. 

A  Centennial  Discourse  containing  a  History  of  the  Scotch 
Plains  Baptist  Church,  New  Jersey,  during  the  First  Ccntur}"^  of  its 
Ecclesiastical  Existence.  By  William  E.  Locke,  the  Pastor. 
Preached  August  8th,  1847.     New  York,  1847.     8vo.  pp.  3G. 

The  Life  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling,  Major  General 
in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  during  the  Bevolution,  with  selec- 
tions from  his  correspondence.  By  his  Grandson,  William  Alexander 
Duer,  LL.  D.  New  York,  1847.  8vo.  pp.  272.  lorniitKj  colimie 
II.  of  the  "  Collections  "  of  the  N'.  J.  Illst.  Society. 

A  Brief  History  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey.  By  Samuel  IMiller,  D.  D.  Pre- 
sented and  read  to  the  N.  J.  Hist..  Society  iu  1847.  (Partly  Manu- 
script.) 

1§4§. 

History  of  New  Netherland ;  or  New  York  under  the  Dutch. 
By  E.  B.  O'Callaghan,  M.  D.     2  Vols.     8vo.     New  York,  1848. 

A  General  History  of  the  Baptist  Denomination  in  America  and 
other  parts  of  the  world.  By  David  Benedict.  New  York,  1848. 
Large  8vo.  pp.  970. 

Civil  and  Political  History  of  New  Jersey.  By  Isaac  S.  Mul- 
ford,  M.  D.     Camden,  1848.     8vo.  pp.  500. 

Selections  from  the  Correspondence  of  the  Executive  of  New 
Jersey  from  1776  to  178G.  Published  by  order  of  the  Legislature. 
Newark,  N.  J.,  1848.     8vo. 

1849. 

The   Provincial   Courts   of  New  Jersey,  with   Sketches  of  the 

Bench    and  Bar.     By  Richard   S.  Field.     New  York,  1849.     8vo. 

pp.  311.    Forming  Volume  III  of  the  "  Collections''  of  the  N. 

J.  Hist.  Society. 

1§50. 

A  Record  of  Christ  Church,  New  Brunswick.  By  the  Rev. 
Alfred  Stubbs,  Rector  of  the  Parish.  New  York,  1850.  8vo. 
pp.  32. 

An  Historical  Account  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  being  a  Sermon  preached  on  Thanksgiving  Day, 
December  12,  1850.  By.  William  Edward  Scheuck,  Pastor  of  that 
Church.     Princeton,  1850.     8vo.  pp.  78. 

1§51. 

A  Semi-Centennial  Sermon  preached  June  22  and  29,  1851, 
upon  the  History  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  for 
the  first  half  Century  of  its  Ecclesiastical  Existence.  By  the 
Pastor,  Henry  C.  Fish.     New  York,  1851.     24mo.  pp.  108. 


92  APPENDIX  B. 

The  Papers  of  Lewis  Morris,  Grovernor  of  the  Province  of  New 
Jersey,  from  1738  to  1746.  Published  by  the  New  Jersey  Histori- 
cal Society.  (Edited  by  Wm.  A.  Whitehead.)  New  York.  George 
P.  Putnam,  1852.  Forming  Vol.  IV.  of  the  Society's  "  Gollec- 
tiotis.^'     8vo. 

1§53. 

History  of  the  State  of  New  York.  By  John  Romeyn  Brodhead. 
First  Period,  1609-1664.     New  York,  1853.     8vo.  pp.  801. 

Historical  Discourses  relating  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Newark ;  originally  delivered  to  the  Congregation  of  that  Church 
during  the  month  of  January,  1851.  By  Jonathan  F.  Stearns,  D.  D., 
Pastor  of  the  Church,  with  notes  and  illustrations.  Newark, 
1853.     8vo. 

Address  before  the  Surviving  Members  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  Delivered  February  1,  1853, 
on  the  occasion  of  their  first  annual  meeting.  By  Richard  S.  Field. 
Princeton,  1853.     8vo.  pp.  42. 

The  German  Petition  to  the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Newark,  demanding  the  virtual  repeal  of  those  laws  which  forbid 
Sabbath  tippling  and  Sabbath  desecration ;  with  the  Reply  of  the 
Common  Council,  and  an  Introduction.    Newark,  1853.    8vo.  pp.  12. 

The  first  Sussex  Centenary,  containing  the  Addresses  of  Benj. 
B.  Edsall,  Esq.,  and  Rev.  J.  F.  Tuttle,  with  notes,  appendix,  &c. 
Newark,  1853.     8vo.  pp.  102. 

1§55. 

A  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Madison,  N.  J.,  a  dis- 
course delivered  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  Nov.  23,  1854.  By  Rev. 
Samuel  L.  Tuttle,  Pastor  of  the  Church.  New  York.  12rao. 
pp.  119. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey  for  the  year  1854.  By  Wm.  Kitchell,  State  Geologist. 
New  Brunswick,  1855.     8vo.  pp.  100.     Plate. 

Proceedings  in  New  Jersey  in  the  year  1672 :  A  series  of  arti- 
cles in  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser,  (published  Jan.  9th,  22d  ;  Feb. 
5th,  10th;  March  19th;  April  4th;  May  29th,  30th ;  June  12th, 
13th,  20th,  30th;  July  9th,  12th,  16th.)  By  William  A.  White- 
head and  Jonathan  F.  Stearns,  D.  D. 

1S56. 

The  History  of  the  Church  of  England  in  the  Colonies  and  For- 
eign Dependencies  of  the  British  Empire.  By  Rev.  James  S.  M, 
Anderson,  M.  A.     London,  1856.     4  Vols.     12mo. 

1§57. 

Contributions  to  the  Early  History  of  Perth  Amboy  and  adjoin- 
ing country,  with  Sketches  of  Men  and  Events  in  New  Jersey  during 
the  Provincial  Era.  By  William  A.  Whitehead.  New  York.  D. 
Appleton  &  Co.,  1856.     8vo.  pp.  428-i-viil 


APPENDIX   B.  493 

Second  Annual  Report  on  the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State  of 
New  Jersey  for  the  year  1855.  By  Wm.  Kitchell,  State  Geologist. 
Trenton,  1856.     8vo.  pp.  248.     Plates. 

The  History  of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey, 
from  the  year  1703  to  the  present  time,  compiled  from  original  docu- 
ments, the  manuscript  records  and  letters  of  the  Missionaries  of  the 
Society  for  propagating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  parts,  and  from  other 
sources.  By  Samuel  A.  Clark,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church.  Phil- 
adelphia and  New  York,  1857.     12mo.  pp.  203. 

Annals  of  the  Classis  of  Bergen,  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church, 
and  of  the  Churches  under  its  care;  including  the  Civil  History  of 
the  ancient  Township  of  Bergen.  By  Benjamin  C.  Taylor,  1).  D. 
New  York  :  pp.  479.     12mo. 


PUBLICATIONS  "OF  THE   NEW  JERSEY  HISTOR- 
ICAL SOCIETY. 

COLLECTIONS  VOL.  I.     Containing:— 

"  East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietary  Governments :  a  Narrative  of  Events 
connected  with  the  Settlement  and  progress  of  the  Province,  until  the  surren- 
der of  the  Government  to  the  Crown  in  1702.  Drawn  principally  from  ori"-i- 
nal  sources:  by  William  A.  Whitehead.  With  an  Appendix,  containin"-  the 
model  of  the  Government  of  East  New  Jersey  in  America,  by  George  Scott, 
of  Pitlochie,  now  first  reprinted  from  the  original  edition  of  1685,"  pp.  353. 

COLLECTIONS  VOL.  IL     Containing:— 

"  The  Life  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling ;  Major-General  in  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  during  the  Revolution,  with  selections  from  his 
Correspondence,  by  his  Grandson,  William  Alexander  Duer,  LL.D.,"  pp. 

281:+ XV. 

COLLECTIONS  VOL.  IIL     Containing:— 

"  The  Provincial  Courts  of  New  Jersey,  with  Sketches  of  the  Bench  and 
Bar :  by  Richard  S.  Field,"  pp.  324. 

COLLECTIONS  VOL.  IV.     Containing:— 

"The  Papers  of  Lewis  Morris,  Governor  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
from  1738  to  1746,"  pp.  336  +  xxx.     Edited  by  Wm.  A.  WnrrEnEAD. 

COLLECTIONS  VOL.  V.     Containing:— 

"  An  Analji.ical  Index  to  the  Colonial  Documents  of  New  Jersey  in  the 
^•j   State  Paper  Offices  of  England.    Compiled  by  Hexry  Stevens.     Erlited  with 
Notes  and  References  to  printed  works  and  Manuscripts   in   other   depositories, 
g^  by  WiLLLAii  A.  Whitehead.     New  York  :  D.  Appleton  &  Co.     1658. 


494  APPENDIX    B. 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  I.     ContainiDg  :— 

Proceedings  of  Meetings  at   Trenton  to   organize  the   Society,   in  February 
1845.  •^' 

Proceedings  at  Newark,  May  7th,  1845. 

Discourse  by  Charles  King,  Esq. 
Proceedings  at  Trenton,  Sept.  4th,  1845. 

Journal  of  Capt.  John  Schuyler,  on  an  Expedition  to  Canada  in  Autrnst, 

1690. 
Three  Letters  from  Rev.   Samuel  Davies,  President  of  Prmceton  CoUeo-e 

1759-60. 
Address  by  Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  D.  D. 
Proceedmgs  at  New  Brunswick,  Nov.  6th,  1845. 

Three  Letters  from  Governor  Franklin  to  his  Father,  June   and  October 

1767,  and  May,  1769. 
Letter  from  William  Strahan,  London,  1766. 
Proceedings  at  Trenton,  January  15th,  1846. 

Letter  from  Lord  Cornbury  to  the  inhabitants  of  Bergen,  1706. 
Proceedings  at  Burlington,  May  7th,  1846. 

Letter  from  William  Dockwra,  Proprietaries'  Register,  to  Governor  Andrew 

Hamilton,  April  1st,  1693. 
An  account  of  a  Journey  in  the  Southern  States  in  1781,  by  Abel  Thomas. 
An  account  of  the  capture  and  death  of  the  refugee  John  Bacon,  by  George 

F.  Fort,  M.  D. 
Extracts  Irom  a  Paper  on  the   Discovery  and  Settlement  of  Monmouth 
County,  by  Rev.  A.  A.  Marcellus. 
Proceedings  at  Salem,  Sept.  3d,  1846. 

Corrections  of  errors  in  Mr.  lOng's  Discourse. 
Exports  of  Salem  County. 
Criminal  Statistics  of  Essex  County. 

Proceedings  of  the  Committees  of  Freehold  and  Shrewsbuiy,  on  the  open- 
ing of  the  Revolution. 
Index. 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  IL     Containing:— 

Proceedings  of  Socjety  at  Elizabethtown,  November  5th,  1846. 

Proceedings  of  the  Government  of  New  York,  December,  1675,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1678,  in  relation  to  the  settlement  and  jurisdiction  of  Major  John 
Fenwick  in  West  Jersey. 
Journal  of  Lieut.  William  Barton,  during  Sullivan's  Expedition  against  the 

Indians,  in  1779. 
Extracts  from  Journal  of  Doctor  Ebenezer  Elmer  during  the  same  Expedi- 
tion. 
Proceedings  at  Trenton,  January  21st,  1847. 

Second   Annual  Address,  by  Hon.  Joseph  C.  Hornblower,  LL.D.,  President 
of  the  Society. 
Proceedings  at  Newark,  May  27th,  1847. 

Diary  of  Events  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  from  March  20th  to  April  20th,  1780, 
during  the  Siege  by  the  British,  by  Samuel  Baldwin. 
Proceedings  at  New  Brunswick,  June  25th,  1847. 

Journal  of  an  Expedition  to  Canada  in  1776,  by  Lieut.  Ebenezer  Elmer  of 
the  New  Jersey  Forces. 
Proceedings  at  Freehold,  Sept.  16th,  1847. 

Letter  from  Richard  Stockton  to  Robert  Ogden,  about  public  affairs,  1765, 
Index. 


APPENDIX   B.  495 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  IIT.     Containing:— 

Proceedings  of  the  Society  at  Trenton,  January  20th,  1848. 

Letter  from  James  I.ogan  to  Colonel  Cox,  June,  1719,  relative  to  the  di- 
viding line  of  East  and  West  Jersey. 

Journal  of  Lieut.  Ebenezer  Elmer.     (Continued  from  Vol.  II.) 
Proceedings  at  Newark,  May  25th,  1848. 

Letter  from  David  Ogden,  February  20th,  17G7,  to  the  Claimants  xinder 
Indian  Purchases. 

Memoir  of  Rev.  James  Caldwell,  by  Rev.  Nicholas  Murray,  D.  I).  "^ 

Extract  from  a  Diary  of  Mr.  Jacob  Spicer,  1757. 

A  Brief  Account  of  the  Swedish  Mission  in  Raccoon  and  Penn's   Neck  by 
Rev.  Nicholas  Collin,  D.  \). 
Proceedings  at  Princeton,  September  27th,  1848. 

A  Biographical  Sketch  of  Gov.  William  Franklin,  by  Wm.  A  Whitehead. 
Proceedings  at  Trenton,  January  18th,  1849. 

Letter  from  Governor  Franklin  to  his  Father,  Dec.  24th,  1774. 

Journal  of  Blaj.  Wm.  Gould  during  an  Expedition  into  Pennsylvania,  1794. 
Index. 

PROCEEDINGS   VOL.  IV.     Contaiuing:— 

Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  1 7,  1 849. 

Memoir  of  Governor  Lewis  Morris,  by  Rev.  Robert  Da\'idson,  D.  D. 
Census  of  Northampton,  Burlington  County,  1709. 

List  of  Judges,  Clerks,  Sherifl's,  Surrogates  and  Attorneys  of  Salem  Coun- 
ty, from  the  settlement. 
Memoir  of  John  Fcnwick,  Chief  Proprietor  of  Salem  Tenth,  by  Robert  G. 

Johnson 
Letters  from  Wm.   Strahan  to   David  Hall,  describing  the  trial   of  John 
Wilkes. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Freehold,  September,  1849. 

State  of  Religion  in  the  Provinces  of  East  and  West  Jersey  in  1700. 
The  Battle  of  Monmouth  Court  House,  by  Charles  King,  Esq. 

Letteis  from  Wm.  Peartree  Smith  to  Elias  Boudinot.  k* 

Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  January  17,  1850. 

Letter  from  Rev.  Uzal  Ogden,  ]\Iissionary  to  Sussex  County,  Jidy,  1772. 
Lease  for  a  year  from  Dame  Elizabeth  Carteret,  to  the  Twelve  Proprietors, 

for  East  Jersey. 
The  Aborigines  of  New  Jersey,  by  Archer  Gifford,  Esq. 
Index, 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  V.     Containing:— 

Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  IGth,  1850. 

Letter  of  Major-General  Baron  Steuben  to  Officers  of  the  New  Jersey  Line. 
July  19th,  1783. 

Tables  of  the  Sittings  of  the  Provincial  Assemblies,  .and  names  of  members. 

Orders  of  Generals  Schuyler  and  Sullivan  to  Col.  Jonathan  Dayton,  1776. 
Proceedings  of  JNIceting  at  Morristown,  September  12th,  1850. 

The  Robbery  of  the  Treasury  in  1768,  by  W.  A.  Whitehead. 

The  Hollanders  in  New  Jersey,  by  Rev.  Abraham  Messier,  D.  D. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  Jan.  2;5d,  1851. 

The  American   Union,  and  the  Perils  to  which  it  has  been  exposed,  by  J. 
P.  Bradley,  Esq. 

Letters  of  Joseph  Sherwood,  Provincial  Agent.  _ 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  15th,  1851. 

Letter  from  Major  F.  Barber,  1776.  y 

Letter  from  Joseph  Shippen,  Jr.,  1752. 

Selections  from  Correspondence  of  William  Alexander,  Eari  of  Stirling. 
Index. 


y^ 


496  APPENDIX   B. 

PKOCEEDINGS  VOL.  VI.     Containing:— 

Proceedings  of  meeting  at  Somerville,  September  11th,  1851. 
Letter  from  Robert  Morris,  1781. 
Journal  of  Andrew  Bell,    Secretary  of  General  Clinton,  kept  during  the 

march  of  British  army  through  New  Jersey,  in  1778. 
Inquiry  into  the  location  of  Mount  Ployden,  by  Rev.  George  C.  Schanck. 
Review  of  the  trial  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  in  1742,  by  Rich'd  S.  Field, 
Selections  from  Correspondence  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling,  in 
1755. 
^      Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  January  15th,  1852. 

Selections  from  correspondence  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling,  in 
1755. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  20th,  1852. 

The  Uses  and  Benefits  of  Historical  Societies,  by  Hon.   Theodore  Freling- 

huysen,  LL.  D. 
Selections  from  correspondence  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling,  in 
1755. 
^     Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  New  Brunswick,  September  8th,  1852. 

Description  of  site  of  Fort  Nassau  on  the  Delaware,  by  Edward  Armstrong. 
The  Pennsylvania  Insurrection  of  1794,  by  Rev.  Jas.  Carnahan,  D.  D. 
;      Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  January  20th,  1853. 

Report  of  Corresponding  Secretary  on  the  Belcher  Papers. 
Report  of  Committee  authorized  to  examine  supposed  site  of  Fort  Nassau. 
The  Discovery  of  the  Northmen,  by  Charles  C.  Rafn,  Secretary  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Northern  Antiquaries. 
The  History  and  Location  of  Fort  Nassau  on  the  Delaware,  by  Edward 
Armstrong. 
Index. 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  VIL     Containing  :— 

Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  10th,  1853. 

Letter  of  "  Pierwim,  ye  Sachem  of  Pau,"  relative  to  "  Cooks  of  Dozens," 
in  Collections,  Vol.  I. 

Biographical  Sketch  of  Gen.  Wm.  Winds,  by  Rev.  Joseph  F.  Tuttle. 

Selections  from  the  correspondence  of  William  Alexander,  Earl  of  Stirling. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  January  19th,  1854. 

Proceedings  on  announcement  of  death  of  Hon.  James  G.  King. 

"  The  Iron   State,  its  Natural  Position,  Power  and  Wealth,"  an  Address, 
by  Hon.   Jacob  W.  Miller. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Newark,  May  18th,  1854. 

Diary  of  John  Clark,  attached  to  the  Continental  Army  from  May,  1778, 
to  November,  1779. 
Proceedings  of  Meeting  at  Trenton,  January  18th,  1855. 

Letter  from  Rev.  Dr.  Hopkins  to  Rev.  Dr.  Bellamy,  July  20th,  1758. 
Proceedings  of  Ikjeeting  at  Newark,  May  17th,  1855. 
Index. 

PROCEEDINGS  VOL.  VIIL  in  Press. 


APPENDIX    C. 

Titles  op  the  several  Editions  of  the  Laws  of  New  Jekset,  in- 
cluding Revisions,  Compilations,  and  Digests. 
1723. 

The  Laws  and  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  His  IMajesty's 
Province  of  Nova  Csesarea,  or  New  Jersey,  As  they  were  Enacted 
by  the  Governour,  Council,  and  General  Assembly,  for  the  Time 
being  in  divers  Sessions,  the  first  of  which  begun  in  November, 
1703.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford,  Printer  to  the 
King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
1717.  (So  on  the  Title-page,  but  the  volume  contains  Acts  down 
to,  and  including  1722,  with  continuous  paging.)  Small  folio, 
pp.  142. 

1732. 

The  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New  Jer- 
sey, From  the  Time  of  the  surrender  of  the  Government  of  the  said 
Province,  to  the  Fourth  year  of  the  Reign  of  King  George  the 
Second.  Collected  and  Published  by  order  of  the  said  Assembly. 
Philadelphia.  William  and  Andrew  Bradford,  1732.  Small  folio, 
pp.  282.  Compiler  not  named^  hut  knoton  as  lLinsey''s  Edition  of 
the  Laws. 

1752--1761. 

The  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  From  the 
time  of  the  surrender  of  the  Government  in  the  second  year  of  the 
Reign  of  Queen  Anne  to  the  year  1761,  being  the  first  of  King 
George  the  Third.  Collected  and  published  by  order  of  tlie  General 
Assembly  of  the  Province.  By  Samuel  Nevill,  Esqr.,  second  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  of  the  said  Province.  Folio. 
Vol  L  1752.  Printed  by  Wm.  Bradford.  Vol.  IL  1761.  Printed 
at  Woodbridge  by  James  Parker. 

175§. 

The  Grants,  Concessions,  and  original  Constitutions  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  Jersey.  The  Acts  passed  during  the  Proprietary  Gov- 
ernments, and  other  material  Transactions  before  the  surrender 
thereof  to  Queen  Anne.  The  Instrument  of  surrender,  and  Her 
formal  acceptance  thereof.  Lord  Cornbury's  commission  and  In- 
structions consequent  thereon.  Collected  by  some  Gentlemen  cm- 
ployed  by  the  General  Assembly,  and  afterwards  published  by  Vir- 
tue of  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  said  Province  ;  with  proper 
tables  alphabetically  digested,  containing  the  principal  matters  in  tho 
32 


498  APPENDIX   C. 

Book.  By  Aaron  Learning  and  Jacob  Spicer.  Philadelphia. 
Printed  by  W.  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  King's  Most  Excellent 
Majesty  for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey.  Large  8vo.  pp.  763. 
(1758.) 

Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Province  of  New  Jersey, 
from  the  surrender  of  the  Grovernment  to  Queen  Anne  on  the  17th 
day  of  April,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1702,  to  the  14th  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1776.  To  which  is  annexed  The  Ordinance  for  regulating 
and  establishing  the  Fees  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  of  the  said 
Province.  By  Samuel  AUinson.  Burlington.  Printed  by  Isaac 
Collins,  1776.     Folio. 

i"r§4. 

Acts  of  the  Council  and  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey  from  the  Establishment  of  the  present  government,  and  Dec- 
laration of  Independence,  to  the  end  of  the  first  Sitting  of  the  Eighth 
Session  on  the  24th  day  of  December,  1783 ;  with  the  Constitution 
prefixed,  &c.  Compiled  under  the  appointment  of  the  Legislature. 
By  Peter  Wilson,  A.  M.  Trenton.  Isaac  Collins,  1784.  Folio, 
pp.  890,  and  58  of  Appendix  and  Index. 

1§00. 

Laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  Revised  and  Published  under 
the  authority  of  the  Legislature.  By  William  Paterson.  New 
Brunswick.  Printed  by  Abraham  Blauvelt.  Folio.  Newark. 
Printed  by  Matthias  Day.     Large  8vo. 

1§11. 

Laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  compiled  and  published  under 
the  authority  of  the  Legislature.  By  Joseph  Bloomfield.  Trenton. 
Printed  by  Jas.  J.  Wilson,  1811. 

1§21. 

Laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  Revised  and  Published  under 
the  Authority  of  the  Legislature.  Printed  for  the  State,  by  Joseph 
Justice.     Trenton,  1821.     (Known  as  Pennington's  Revised  Laws.) 

A  Compilation  of  the  Public  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey, 
passed  since  the  revision  in  the  year  1820.  Arranged  and  published 
under  the  authority  of  the^Legislature.  By  Josiah  Harrison.  Cam- 
den.    Printed  by  J.  Harrison,  1833. 

1§3§. 
A  Digest  of  the  Laws  of  New  Jersey  ;  containing  also  the  Con- 
stitutions of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  and  the  Rules  and 
Decisions  of  the  Courts.  By  Lucius  Q.  C.  Elmer.  Bridgeton, 
1838.  8vo.  pp.  728.  Second  Edition,  with  additions  to  1855. 
Edited  by  John  T.  Nixon.  Philadelphia,  1855.— (Now  [1858]  in 
general  use.)         _  .  ____       ,  .      .. 


APPENDIX   C.  499 

1§43. 

The  Public  Laws  of  New  Jersey  from  Jan.,  1834,  to  Feb.,  1843, 
inclusive.     Camden.     Printed  by  J.  Harrison,  1843. 

1§47. 

Statutes  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  Revised  and  Published  un- 
der the  authority  of  the  Legislature.  Trenton.  Printed  by  Phil-' 
lips  and  Boswell,  1847.  (Known  as  Eevised  Statutes  of  P.  J). 
Vroom,  H.  W.  Green,  and  W.  L.  Dayton.) 

1S52. 

An  Index  to  the  Statutes  at  Large  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey, 
and  a  Synopsis  of  the  Constitution  adopted  June  29th,  1844.  Al- 
phabetically arranged  by  Archer  Gilford,  Counsellor  at  Law,  New- 
ark, N.  J.     Printed  at  the  Newark  Daily  Advertiser  Office,  1852. 

*-:t;*~This  Index  shows,  in  Chronological  order,  as  near  as  may  consist  with  an 
Alphabet  arrangement,  the  Statutes  at  large — with  reference  to  the  English 
Statutes  of  the  different  reigns  whence  any  have  been  taken;  and  giving,  as 
briefly  as  possible,  the  contents  of  the  most  important  Acts  from  1776  to  1M50. 
No  complete  copy  could  be  found  to  carry  it  back  to  an  earlier  period. 

A  Digest  of  the  Statiftory  and  Constitutional  Constructions  de- 
livere^d  in  the  Supreme  Court,  and  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals  of 
the  State  of  New  Jersey.  Alphabetically  arranged  by  Archer 
GiflFord,  Counsellor  at  Law,  Newark,  N.  J.  Printed  at  the  New- 
ark Daily  Advertiser  Office,  1852. 

*i^*  Prefixed  to  this  work,  is  a  Chronological  List  of  N.  J.  Reports  from  Coxe's 
(1795)  to  Zabriskie's  (1850).  The  object  of  the  work  being,  to  show  what  con- 
structions our  Courts  have  given  at  any  term  with  respect  to  any  Statute,  or  part 
of  a  Statute  passed. 


APPENDIX    D. 
List  of  Newspapers  in  New  JEPtSEY  prior  to  1800,  with  the  date 

OP    THEIR    first  PUBLICATION. 

New  Jersey  G-azette, 

January,  1778.  Trenton.  "Printerl  by  Isaac  Collius."  Some  years  after, 
the  place  of  piiblication  changed  to  Burlington. 

The  Princeton  Packet  and  General  Advertiser, 
June,  1786.     Printed  by  James  Tod. 

The  Brunswig  Gazette, 

Sept.,  1786.  "  Brunswic.  Printed  by  Abraham  Blauvelt."  Continued  till 
October,  1792. 

The  Brunswick  Gazette  and  Weekly  Monitor, 

September,  1786.  Printed  by  Shelly  Arnett.  Notwithstanding  the  similarity 
in  title  to  the  foregoing,  it  appears  to  have  been  published  for  several  years 
— probably  imtil  the  interests  of  the  two  pubUshers  were  combined  in  the 
Guardian. 

Wood's  Newark  Gazette  and  New  Jersey  Advertiser, 

May,  1791.  "  Printed  by  John  Wood,  near  the  Episcopal  Church."  Thought 
to  have  been  discontinued  November,   1797. 

New  Jersey  State  Gazette, 

September  12th,  1792.     Trenton.     By  Matthias  Day  &  Co. 

The  Guardian,  or  New  Brunswick  Advertiser, 

October,  1792.  Printed  by  Arnett  and  Blauvelt.  The  41st  number  before  me 
has  the  title  printed  Guaridan.     Had  it  been  so  spelt  from  the  first  ? 

Jersey  Chronicle, 

May,  1795.     Philip  Freneau,  printer.  Mount  Pleasant. 

The  Centinel  of  Freedom, 

October  .oth,  1796.  Newark.  By  Daniel  Dodge  &  Co.  In  September,  1823, 
the  title  was  changed  to  the  "  Sentinel  of  Freedom,"  imder  which  it  still 
continues  to  be  published,  being  the  weekly  issue  of  the  Daily  Advertiser. 

Newark  Gazette  and  New  Jersey^  Advertiser, 

November,  1797.  "Printed  by  John  H.  Williams  for  the  Proprietors,"  suc- 
ceeding "Wood's  Newark  Gazette." 

New  Jersey  Journal, 

January  2,  1798.     Elizabethtown.     By  Shepard  Kollock, 

Trenton  Federalist, 

March,  1799.     By  Sherman  &  Mershon. 


APPENDIX   E. 

Notices  of  some  of  the  Public  Kecords,  &c. 

Mr.  Samuel  H.  Congar,  the  Librarian  of  the  Historical  Socie- 
ty, reports  the  following  Kecords  to  be  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of 
the  County  of  Essex : — 

"  Kecords  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  and  Common  Pleas  from 
April,  1709,  to  the  present  time — 62  volumes. 

"  *^*  In  Books  P.  &j  H.  is  a  record  for  Essex  County,  of  certifr- 
cates  concerning  killed  and  wounded  soldiers,  kept  in  pursuance  of 
an  "  Act  for  the  relief  and  support  of  married  and  disabled  soldiers 
and  seamen,  and  of  the  widows  and  children  of  such  as  fall  in  bat- 
tle, &c.,"  passed  June  10th,  1773. 

"  '  A  Book  of  Deeds — B,  1728' — apparently  recorded  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  Act  passed  in  1713,  which  was  disallowed  in  1721  ;  re- 
enacted  in  1723,  and  again  disallowed  in  1731,  Book  A  is  probably 
lost. 

"  A  regular  Series  of  Volumes  of  Deeds  and  Conveyances  (Book 
A  having  been  missing  since  the  destruction  of  the  Court  House  by 
fire  in  1835  or  6,)  from  Book  B,  1793,  to  the  present  time — 215 
volumes. 

"  Books  of  Mortgages  from  1765,  in  which  year,  June  20,  the 
Act  was  passed  relating  to  their  registration,  to  the  present  time — 
85  volumes. 

"  A  small  Printed  Book,  in  which  are  recorded  the  executions 
under  which  the  Commissioners  of  Forfeited  Estates  sold  the  prop- 
erty of  those  who  adhered  to  the  royal  cause  in  the  Kevolution. 

"  Records  of  Marriages  from  1795  to  the  present  time — but  the 
law  requiring  their  registration  is  not  complied  with  as  it  should  be. 

"  Four  Road  Books,  A,  C,  D,  E :  the  first  two  having  been  made 
or  copied  anew  by  order  of  the  Freeholders  and  Justices  some  years 
ago — the  first  record  of  a  road  is  in  1698. 

"  The  Old  Dockets  of  Justices  are  deposited  with  the  Clerk. 
Manumitted  Negroes  or  Slaves  are  noticed  in  some  of  the  books, 
and  also  the  Incorporation  of  Religious  Societies. 

"  The  Orphans'  Court  Books  commence  about  1794.  The  "Wills 
a  little  later. 


502  APPENDIX   E. 

"  There  are  old  volumes  of  laws  at  the  Court  House,  the  proper- 
ty of  the  County,  among  rubbish,  from  which  the  printed  book  of 
Executions,  above  mentioned,  was  extracted.  Large  boxes  of  old 
papers  are  in  the  Hall,  and  there  may  be  manuscripts  of  some  inter- 
est undiscovered,  and  if  not  burned  or  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the 
County,  something  may  yet  be  found  by  an  exploring  party  composed 
of  volunteers,  (the  only  troops  good  for  much  in  this  cause,)  under 
the  command  of  Captains  Patience  and  Perseverance. 

"  The  Freeholders  and  Justice's  Book,  from  1735  to  1789,  was 
recently  recovered.  It  should  have  been  in  the  custody  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Board,  but  was  found  in  General  Thomas  Ward's  gar- 
ret. The  books  of  other  Counties  may  be  extant  in  other  garrets. 
In  1713-14  these  Boards  were  first  organized,  and  another  older 
book  is  probably  forever  lost." 


The  Newark  Town  Records  from  the  settlement  down  to  1833, 
are  in  a  tolerable  state  of  preservation,  and  have  recently  been 
transcribed  at  the  expense  of  the  City,  with  a  view  to  their  publica- 
tion in  a  subsequent  volume  of  the  Society's  "  Collections." 

The  Parish  Papers  of  Trinity  Church,  Newark,  contain  several 
interesting  documents  referring  to  the  establishment  and  progress  of 
that  Congregation  from  1736.  Many  of  these  were  not  known  to 
exist  by  the  Bev.  M.  H.  Henderson,  when  his  Centennial  discourse 
was  prepared  in  1846,  having  since  been  rescued  from  the  rubbish  of 
a  garret. 

Copies  of  the  Manuscripts  of  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of 
the  Grospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  relating  to  the  Colonies,  are  in  the 
possession  of  the  Bev.  F.  L.  Hawks,  D.  D.,  of  New  York.  They 
are  full  of  interesting  materials  for  the  illustration  of  the  establish- 
ment and  progress  of  the  Church  of  England  polity  and  services  in 
New  Jersey.  See  Clark's  "  Church  in  the  Colonies  " — "  Contri- 
butions to  East  Jersey  History,"  p.  209,  &c. 

The  Dutch  Records,  translated  by  Vanderkemp,  in  the  Office  of 
the  Secretary  of  State,  at  Albany,  New  York,  contain,  in  some  of 
the  volumes,  references  to  New  Jersey,  while  under  the  domination 
of  the  Dutch,  which  have  not  appeared  in  print. 

WooDBRiDGE,  Middlesex  County. — The  Town  Book  contains  a 
large  amount  of  varied  information  relative  to  the  secular  and  theo- 
logical history  of  the  Town  from  1668  to  1750,  in  tolerably  regular 
order.  From  1750  to  1799  the  record  is  less  complete.  See  "  Con- 
tributions to  the  History  of  Perth  Amboy  and  Surrounding  Coun- 
try."    The  Register  of  Births,  Deaths  and  Marriages  appears  to  be 


APPENDIX  E.  50iJ 

quite  complete  for  several  years  after  the  settlement,  and  there  are 
entries,  although  few  in  number,  comparatively,  of  later  date  down 
to  1781.  Some  portions  of  the  volume  are,  or  were  when  seen  by 
the  writer,  in  a  very  dilapidated  state. 

The  records  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  Town  ex- 
tend back  to  an  early  period. 

PiscATAWAY,  Middlesex  County. — The  Town  Book  contains  a 
large  amount  of  miscellaneous  matter  from  1675  to  1800.  See 
"  Contributions  to  the  History  of  Perth  Amboy  and  Surroundinff 
Country."  The  Register  of  13irths,  Marriages  and  Deaths  covers 
dates  from  1G76  to  1790.  The  Deaths  do  not  appear  to  be  recorded 
with  much  regularity  after  the  first  twenty  years,  and  Marriages 
subsequently  became  less  frequently  entered. 


Mr.  Jonathan  Hand,  Clerk  of  Cape  May  County,  thus  reports 
in  relation  to  the  Records  in  his  office : — 

"  The  regular  record  of  Deeds  was  commenced  in  1785,  but  we 
have  one  old  record  of  deeds  commencing  in  169-1  and  ending  in 
1726.  Between  the  years  1726  and  1785  the  deeds  I  suppose  were 
recorded  in  the  Secretary's  Office  for  West  Jersey,  at  Burlington, 
which  records  were  subsequently  removed  to,  and  are  now  in  the  Of- 
fice of  the  Secretary  of  State,  Trenton.  Our  old  record  of  Deeds 
above-mentioned  (1694  to  1726)  is  called  'Liber  A.' 

"  We  have  a  few  deeds  recorded  in  another  old  book  called  *  Mis- 
cellany Book  A.'  " 

(Mr.  Hand  very  politely  furnished  the  Editor  with  various  ex- 
tracts from  this  book,  showing  that  it  was  a  depository  for  Protests, 
Manumission  Papers,  Agreements,  Deeds,  &c.,  between  1559  and 
1795.) 

"  Court  and  Miscellaneous  Record. — Number  1,  consisting  of 
about  two  quires  of  foolscap  unbound,  contains  Proceedings  of 
Courts,  Wills,  Powers  of  Attorney,  Ear-Marks,  and  in  fact  nearly 
or  quite  every  thing  which  in  those  days  were  recorded ;  commencing 
January  10,  1692,  and  ending  in  1698. 

"  Number  2  consists  of  about  one  quire  of  foolscap  unbound, 
containing  entries  similar  to  those  in  Number  1,  from  1698  to  1706, 

"  Number  3  consists  of  about  one  quire  of  letter  paper,  and  con- 
tains the  proceedings  of  Courts  and  Quarter  Sessions,  and  Common 
Pleas,  from  1720  to  1722. 

"  Number  4  consists  of  about  one  quire  of  foolscap,  and  contains 
proceedings  from  1723  to  1735 — the  first  Court,  July  2, 1723,  being 
held  at  the  Presbyterian  Meeting  House. 


504  APPENDIX  E. 

"  Number  5  is  a  book  of  about  tbe  same  size,  containing  the 
proceedings  from  1736  to  1739.  The  Courts  were  then  held  at 
'  the  Baptist  Meeting  House.' 

"  Number  6  is  an  old  unbound  record  of  about  three  quires  of 
foolscap,  containing  proceedings  from  1740  to  1762. 

"  Number  7  is  about  the  same  size  as  No.  6,  and  contains  pro- 
ceedings from  1763  to  1773. 

"  From  this  time  down  the  records  refer  only  to  suits  in  Court, 
and  their  proceedings  begin  to  be  recorded  in  a  more  correct  and 
legal  form." 


The  Editor  regrets  that,  for  reasons  given  in  the  Preface  to  this 
volume,  similar  information  relative  to  the  records  of  the  other 
counties,  has  not  been  secured. 


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